It's freezing cold in Johannesburg

It's winter in Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦 @news.rte.ie

Today, it's #AfricaDay

This Mother’s Day, rise as one for her health. Honour moms everywhere by supporting healthy beginnings for every mother and baby. Join the #OneWorldMovement and donate today: bit.ly/3QYjS6L

On #InternationalNursesDay, we honour the 30 million nurses who are the heart of health systems worldwide. WHO urges accelerated investments to avoid a projected 4 million #nurse shortage by 2030. Because when nurses are supported, everyone thrives 🔗 bit.ly/42SkqBL

Nearly 80% of nurses work in countries that make up just under half of the world’s population. High income countries, with only 17% of the global population, employ nearly half of all #nurses. Read more in the 🆕 State of the World’s Nursing Report 👉 bit.ly/4dcr5dz #InternationalNursesDay

Globally, one nurse in seven and nearly a quarter in high-income countries are foreign-born, highlighting reliance on international migration. More in the State of the World’s Nursing Report 👉 bit.ly/4dcr5dz #InternationalNursesDay

Women make up 85% of the nursing workforce, yet in most countries, they still earn less than men doing the same job. It’s time to close the gap because equal work deserves equal pay. 👉 bit.ly/42SkqBL #InternationalNursesDay

We have made progress in reducing premature mortality, but it isn’t fast enough. Only 1 in 3 countries, mainly in the Americas and the Western Pacific, are expected to accelerate this progress. More in the World Health Statistics Report 2025 👉 bit.ly/437wz4w

As we mark #InternationalWorkersDay, we're at a critical turning point. The billionaire class has launched an unprecedented attack on public services, democratic institutions & workers' rights. The time to fight back is now. Read full PSI statement: psishort.link/MayDay25

Join us on May 12 for an inspiring conversation with PSI General Secretary Daniel Bertossa and @afscme.bsky.social President Lee Saunders on how workers are organizing to defend democracy and public services against the billionaire agenda. Register here: psishort.link/AFSCME25

💰The billionaires are rewriting the rules — and shutting the rest of us out. 🛑This isn’t just inequality. It’s a coup on democracy, rights, and the future of work. 📢Stand up. Speak out. Take action. 👉 www.ituc-csi.org/stop-the-bil... #StopTheBillionaireCoup #TakeBackDemocracy

🚨 #Democracy is under attack. Billionaires are rigging the system to serve their own interests—at the expense of workers, rights, and our planet. It's time to fight back. ✊ 📢 Join the global call to #StopTheBillionaireCoup

On this #InternationalNursesDay, PSI stands with nurses globally as they confront unprecedented challenges - from staff shortages and burnout to increasing workplace violence. Want to hear directly from nurses worldwide? Join us on 15 May. More info: publicservices.international/resources/ne...

PSI is hiring two senior positions in our global office! Head of Sector and Union Building + Head of Office of the General Secretary. Join us in shaping global policy and building union power across 150 countries. Apply by May 23! More info: psishort.link/vacancies

"We're going to win no matter what it takes" @afscme.bsky.social President Lee Saunders addresses labour leaders from around the world, tuning in to our webinar to hear firsthand how American unions are fighting back. publicservices.international/resources/ev...

☕ Does your neighbour drink 23 billion espressos a year? 🚨Starbucks reports all its global coffee bean sales via a small Swiss address. It's a paperwork scheme, pilling up profits here where taxes are low. We join @cictar.bsky.social @publiceye.ch & @alliancesud.ch to expose Starbucks Swiss Scheme

We must acknowledge all nurses caring for our patients yet getting poverty wages @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @who.int @euronews.com

It has been raining 🌧 all week days in Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦 @bbcweather.bsky.social

Humanitarian food relief saves lives, but we must equally invest in boosting local food production and making agriculture in vulnerable countries more resilient. Investing in agriculture today ensures #FoodSecurity tomorrow. #AgricultureCan

Rich in calcium, its pods are boiled, seeds eaten fresh, & leaves thicken soups & stews. Mature pods of African Okra are also used as coffee substitutes! It's time to rediscover Africa's #ForgottenCrops & their potential to transform agrifood systems 👉 buff.ly/L5JHO8i

Did you know that you should try to eat at least 5 portions or 400 grams of fruits and vegetables every day? YES = ❤️ NO = 🔁 Here are just 5 reasons why fruits and vegetables are essential to our health and wellbeing! More about our need for #HealthyDiets👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd15... #WorldHealthDay

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It's harvesting time in Sekhukhuneland @fao.org #FoodSecurity

👋🏽Hello! 🎉Here you can follow and engage with our member organisations. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼We are Education International, through our 383 member organisations, we represent more than 32 million teachers and education support personnel in 178 countries and territories.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Department of Agriculture has launched a blended finance instrument in collaboration with the Land Bank to help farmers who require capital to continue growing the sector. @DLRRD_za @LBP_Official @africanews @_AfricanUnion @OtpLimpopo @AFASA

DeepSeek claims ‘theoretical’ profit margins of 545%

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.

Street festival in Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂

A cuppacino chat 😃 😀 😄 😁

Street festival in Johannesburg 😃 @euronews.com

Morning traveling in Mpumalanga; the province of the rising sun

Rain clouds gathering at Setlaboswana, Sekhukhuneland

Global Aid and Hunger Crisis

Economic Inequality and Minimum Wage Debate

No water in Johannesburg @eNCA

China has released new draft regulations governing multichannel networks, or MCNs. It's the latest effort to strengthen oversight of China’s social media industry, ensuring that it adheres to political controls and creates an internet space that is politically restrained yet commercially vibrant.

Africa's media landscape has become a contested space where great powers vie for influence and control. While Western media have historically dominated, Chinese and Russian outlets are gaining ground, capitalizing on anti-colonial sentiments. We speak with scholar Dani Madrid Morales to learn more.

For more of our recent coverage of China's growing ICC system — and some of its growing pains, see this week's "Vacancies for Global Propaganda." bit.ly/3WvZFIw

Trump announced that he is delaying the rollout of proposed tariffs on Canadian imports for a minimum of 30 days. He stated that the pause will allow time to determine “whether or not a final economic deal with Canada can be structured.” This comes after backtracking Mexico tariffs earlier today

US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with ... downloads?

Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is rife in the United States of America 🇺🇸 #Geopolitics worsening under #Trump @cnn.com

Workers of the world 🌎 unite; uou have nothing to lose but your chains #SocialistState or nothing @id_communism @socialist_china @China_Fact @XHNews @MFA_China @SACP1921 @SACPWC @GPSACP

If we don't know who we are, then we are whoever somebody says we are Proudly #Mokone wa Tisane

Food security in practice at gaTisane village, Sekhukhuneland, South Africa 🇿🇦 @fao.org

Ploughing of fields has commenced in Sekhukhuneland Very hot this past weekend #Kutupu village

With over 4,000 artisanal miners ⛏️ stranded underground 🏚️ at an abandoned gold mine 🪙 in Stilfontein, the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has ignited debates 🗣️ in South Africa 🇿🇦.

Equal pay for equal work and jobs of equal value, it’s time to bridge the gap! 💼🌍 Our toolkit tackles the misconceptions head-on and provides practical solutions. 📖✨ Let's close the pay gap once and for all. 💪 www.industriall-union.org/5-steps-for-...