Cape Town — The recently appointed Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, has described her department’s mission as a “mammoth task,” emphasising its critical role in driving substantive positive change and hope for South African citizens. Addressing a Ministerial Committee meeting held to welcome new principals and present the department’s programme, Meth laid out a […]
As we approach the 2024 elections, the date of which is expected to be announced this evening during the State of the Nation (Sona) address, there are worrying messages from the business community that ANC politics could severely damage the economy. Banks are warning of an imminent drop in the rand’s value and increased unemployment […]
The Minister of Employment and Labour is facing a crisis with his senior management and staff. By now it is well known to the public that both the biggest entities under the Department of Labour, namely the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, missed their audit and were unable to give proper […]
Nxesi promises nuance in Employment Equity 30 June 2023 A “ground-breaking” settlement reached yesterday between Employment & Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and trade union Solidarity states that “affirmative action shall be applied in a nuanced way… and the economically active population (EAP) statistics will only be one of the many factors that will be taken […]
Proposed rules would do more than lead to job losses and discourage new hires Sandile July and Nonkosazana Nkosi address only one concern about the effect of the new draft employment equity regulations — that they will lead to job losses because individuals will be fired or retrenched (“Jobs unlikely to be lost when applying employment […]
Note to Editors: A voicenote from the DA Federal Leader John Steenhuisen is attached here. The Democratic Alliance (DA) will this week approach the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to declare various sections of the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) unconstitutional and invalid. The draft form of the regulations issued in terms of section 15A last month, […]
The Black Business Council (BBC) has condemned trade union Solidarity for encouraging white-owned businesses to defy government’s approved policy on black economic empowerment (BEE). On Thursday, Solidarity wrote letters to at least 2 000 major white-owned companies asking the businesses to protest against government’s latest “race laws”. In a letter which we have seen, the […]
Being absurdly impractical, it is unfeasible for businesses to comply with the equity act This is a story about a failing state in its last throes of insanity, desperate to get away with a totalitarianism so absurd that it unwittingly sets the scene for a new and better order. On the face of it, the […]
Dismissal for the purpose of meeting the regulations’ numerical goals would violate the Labour Relations Act The publication of the employment equity (EE) regulations last month has caused much controversy. While a vibrant contestation of ideas is the lifeblood of a healthy constitutional democracy, public discourse must always adhere to the factual and legal reality […]
The new EE regime is absurd and impracticable Envision the SA labour market as a timepiece, a complex blend of gears and springs, each playing a crucial role in maintaining the harmony of the ensemble. To function smoothly there needs to be a seamless integration of disparate elements and the deft touch of an invisible […]
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