Johannesburg – Small businesses have a key role to play in providing opportunities and creating new jobs in emerging economies, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said on Sunday. Speaking at the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Message of support to striking farm workers
Pretoria - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has in a statement conveyed a message of support to farm workers who are staging a sit in at a farm in the Boland region in the Western … [Read more...]
President Zuma appeals for peace in Marikana
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has once again appealed for peace to return to the Marikana mining area in the North West following weeks of violent protests there that had claimed more than 44 lives. Addressing the … [Read more...]
Growth in June employment numbers
Pretoria - The number of people employed in the formal non-agricultural sector increased by about 0.5% or 42 000 people in the second quarter, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). The June Quarterly Employment … [Read more...]
Employment equity law to be strengthened
Cape Town - The Department of Labour intends introducing proposals to strengthen companies' compliance with the Employment Equity Act, said Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant. The Commission of Employment Equity (CEE) … [Read more...]
SAPS must prioritise hiring people with disabilities
Pretoria – The employment of people with disabilities, including sign language interpreters, at police stations needs to be prioritised, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Making use of sign language interpreters was … [Read more...]
Minister commends Woolworths
Pretoria - Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant, has commended Woolworths for its “unwavering effort to genuinely address transformation in the workplace through the implementation of employment equity (EE)”. This comes … [Read more...]
Labour Market Intelligence System launched
Pretoria – A ground-breaking research project to develop a Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) System that will enable government and the private sector to make better decisions in matching skills demand to supply in the … [Read more...]
