South Africa's minimum wage 'legitimises poverty'

A South African trade union said it is outraged by the passing of the minimum wage bill, which was overwhelmingly endorsed by parliament. Date of Zimbabwe elections announced. Teaching boys and girls to make sanitary pads in Uganda.

Photo: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (second left) speaks with workers during a visit to the Volvo Automobile assembly plant in Durban. He backs the bill. Credit: AFP