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YES, UJ partner to tackle the country’s youth unemployment crisis
3rd August 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Private sector jobs engine the Youth Employment Service (YES) and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have committed to collaborate on a range of initiatives to provide skills, training and... 


Youth employment initiative results in 85 placements
28th July 2023 By: Darren Parker

The South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) and the National Business Initiative (NBI) Youth Employment Initiative, which was launched earlier this year in a bid to help unemployed... 


Entrepreneurship competition relaunched to celebrate SMMEs
27th July 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

This year, with the post-pandemic relaunch of finance institution Business Partners’ Entrepreneur of the Year competition, the unyielding resilience of South African entrepreneurs will once again... 


Heineken announces employee share ownership plan
26th July 2023 By: Darren Parker

Further to merger conditions imposed by the South African competition authorities, beer maker Heineken Beverages South Africa has announced the launch of an employee share ownership plan (ESOP)... 


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South Africa needs to embrace more 4IR technology or fall behind
17th July 2023 By: Darren Parker

Professional services and auditing firm PwC says that South Africa’s competitors are all adopting 4IR technologies and developing their workforces and, if South Africa fails to follow suit, the... 


Harambee showcases efforts to get youth engaged with economy
Harambee showcases efforts to get youth engaged with economy
13th July 2023

Members of the media were recently given a tour of the offices of social impact nonprofit organisation Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, with the aim of highlighting its work in connecting... 


China’s participation key to AfCFTA success
12th July 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

South African diplomat and ambassador of South Africa to Madagascar Gert Grobler has emphasised the importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in advancing Africa’s integrated... 


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Grid capacity, skills shortages hampering renewables roll-out
7th July 2023 By: Darren Parker

Grid capacity constraints and skills shortages have been highlighted by several renewable industry leaders as the primary issues that are holding South Africa back from overcoming the current... 


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Numsa secures wage increase of 8% for Gautrain employees, travel perk retained
5th July 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has secured an above-inflation wage increase of 8% across the board for all workers at Gautrain and that the staff card will... 


Isuzu Motors South Africa president and automotive executive oversight committee skills development workstream chairperson Billy Tom
Host of new occupations in automotive sector demands skills
27th June 2023 By: Darren Parker

The demands of digitalisation, electrification, autonomous vehicles, sustainability and changing consumer preferences have given rise to a host of new occupations within the automotive sector,... 


Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi
Labour market transformation ticks over latest CEE report finds, new EE regulations addressed
23rd June 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) on June 23 confirmed in its latest Employment Equity (EE) report that not much transformation has taken place in the labour market in recent years,... 


Cosatu head of policy Lebogang Mulaisi
Opinion: Presidential Climate Commission’s electricity recommendations – a reflection from labour
21st June 2023

In this article, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) head of policy Lebogang Mulaisi writes that the Presidential Climate Commission's electricity recommendation signals a potential... 


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Partnership continues to build opportunities for youth in South Africa
16th June 2023

Diversified miner and energy company Exxaro Resources’ partnership with the business-led collaboration Youth Employment Services (YES) programme has led to 259 youth in its host communities –  from... 


UIF welcomes arrest of six suspects for allegedly defrauding it of R2m
12th June 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), an entity of the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), has welcomed the arrests of six suspects from the North West province who allegedly defrauded the... 


Seifsa CEO Lucio Trentini
Metals, engineering companies unable to meet employment equity targets – Seifsa
12th June 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Companies in the metals and engineering sector will simply be unable to meet the proposed draft Employment Equity sectoral targets in the short to medium term because the sector has been in a... 


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Infrastructure projects critical to sector’s growth
9th June 2023 By: Halima Frost

The cement and concrete industry is stagnant and the only avenue for rejuvenation is the implementation of some of the infrastructure projects for which government has allocated over R900-billion,... 


Coega
Coega reports significant progress on oil tank project
6th June 2023 By: Darren Parker

The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) says significant progress has been achieved on carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbon's (OEC's) oil tank project. Carbon black has numerous industrial... 


Jobs Fund invites applications for latest funding round
29th May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Jobs Fund calls on experienced private and public sector organisations, as well as nonprofit organisations (NPOs) to submit applications for its eleventh funding round titled Breaking Barriers:... 


Mavuso stresses centrality of efficient visa regime, lauds recent progress made
29th May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso bemoans, in her latest weekly newsletter, the months of waiting for visa decisions and how it is impacting on businesses’ ability to make progress... 


Machine Tools Africa 2024 to emphasise skills development
29th May 2023 By: Tracy Hancock

While the machine tools industry experiences daily challenges – such as high energy supply costs, power interruptions, increasing raw material costs, as well as inadequate infrastructure – that... 


No political will to deal with violent strikes, lawyer says
26th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

There is no political will to deal with the problem of violent strike action, law firm Cowan-Harper-Madikizela employment head Neil Coetzer has said. “We should not be naïve. Even though there is... 


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Unions reject Eskom's third and 'final' wage offer
26th May 2023 By: News24Wire

Three unions at Eskom have rejected what the power utility has characterised as its third and 'final' offer of a 5.25% wage increase. This comes as Eskom, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA,... 


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Contracting makes for global debate
26th May 2023 By: Halima Frost

The question of whether engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) or engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) is a preferred or advisable contracting strategy in the South... 


Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi
Collective bargaining system not operating optimally – Nxesi
25th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

The system of collective bargaining is under pressure, characterised by an increase in trade union membership figures, yet reduced representation of trade unions in collective bargaining councils,... 


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Unions reject Eskom's new, improved wage offer
24th May 2023 By: News24Wire

Three unions at Eskom have rejected the embattled power utility's latest 4.5% wage increase offer. Eskom tabled its revised offer, which is a hike from an initial 3.75%, to the National Union of... 


Workers taking a break
Newly launched employment index to focus on human capital formation
22nd May 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Trade union UASA and the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) have launched the UASA/BMR Employment Index, which tracks the employment performance of the economy and will be updated quarterly. The index... 


Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke
Unemployment rate rises to 32.9% as more people enter the job market
16th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has revealed that the official unemployment rate has increased by 0.2 percentage points, from 32.7% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 32.9% in the first quarter of... 


Unemployed youth
Unemployment rate rises to 32.9% in Q1
16th May 2023 By: Reuters

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2023 from 32.7% in the final quarter of last year, data showed on Tuesday. Statistics South Africa said the number of... 


Presidency project management office head Rudi Dicks
Urgent skills development roadmap required for a just energy transition
11th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

To successfully effect a just energy transition (JET), South Africa needs to urgently identify the skills required and create a skills development roadmap, as it could take between five and ten... 


South African Rands
SA's lowest paid must get above-inflation wage increases in the coming years
9th May 2023

Many of South Africa's domestic workers, and other groups paid the bare legal minimum, will see above-inflation increases in coming years in terms of a new plan. On Monday, the National Minimum... 


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AMSA, Numsa sign new wage agreement
8th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has signed a new wage agreement with steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA).   The agreement – which is valid from April 1 this... 


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Is there a future for exoskeletons in SA mining?
5th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

While the world’s attention has been focused on the exponential advances being made in robotics and artificial intelligence, technological development in mechanical exoskeletons has largely been... 


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Busa affirms support for an NHI backed by public/private collaboration
4th May 2023 By: Sane Dhlamini

Business Unity South Africa (Busa) CEO Cas Coovadia on Thursday stressed the organisation’s support for the establishment of National Health Insurance, but only if there is collaboration between... 


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WEF urges reskilling, as job losses are set to outpace growth in the short term
2nd May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The World Economic Forum’s latest ‘Future of Jobs’ report states that 23% of all jobs globally will change by 2027, through growth of 10.2% and a decline of 12.3%, in the next five years.... 


Eskom
Eskom union wants performance bonuses, electricity allowance, danger pay - and 15% pay hike
14th April 2023 By: News24Wire

Wage negotiations are set to start at embattled power utility Eskom next week, its biggest union the National Union of Metalworkers confirmed on Friday. Talks are set to for the 19, 20 and 21 April... 


Business formations cautious of Employment Equity Amendment impact
14th April 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Following the signing into law of the Employment Equity Amendment Act, various business and labour organisations have voiced their opinions, including urging caution about its impact on businesses... 


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