News
December 2021
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ILO in action
We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic
15 December 2021
ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the ILO in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
July 2020
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World Youth Skills Day
1st ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call winner announced
15 July 2020
The winner of the first ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call has been announced, and the USD 50,000 prize has gone to a domestic workers association in Zimbabwe.
March 2010
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307th ILO Governing Body
ILO Commission of Inquiry emphasizes the role of the process of national healing and reconciliation in ensuring freedom of association rights in Zimbabwe
29 March 2010
An ILO Commission of Inquiry recently released its report entitled “Truth, reconciliation and justice in Zimbabwe”. The independent Commission of Inquiry, composed of high-level independent legal experts, had been mandated to examine the observance by Zimbabwe of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), following complaints lodged by 13 Worker delegates and 13 Employer delegates to the 97th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2008.
February 2009
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Commission of Inquiry on Zimbabwe
Commission of Inquiry on Zimbabwe begins its work, mindful of the process of dialogue and reconciliation underway in the country
24 February 2009
The Commission of Inquiry, set up by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at its 303rd Session (November 2008) to examine complaints concerning the observance by Zimbabwe of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), held its first session in Geneva from 18-20 February 2009.
June 2006
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Press release
South African elected new Chairman of ILO Governing Body Committee on Freedom of Association cites Cambodia, Djibouti, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Zimbabwe
12 June 2006
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected Mr. Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana, Minister of Labour of the Republic of South Africa, as Chairman for its 2006-07 Session.