Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry has withdrawn proposed changes to the Broad – Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) codes on... GlobalBuzz-SA - Your Employment and Recruitment … [Read more...]
Formal sector employment up
Pretoria - The number of people employed in South Africa’s formal non-agricultural sector grew by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2012, Statistics South... GlobalBuzz-SA - Your Employment and Recruitment … [Read more...]
Jobs Fund calls for grant applications
Pretoria - The Jobs Fund, announced by President Jacob Zuma in 2011, has to date approved funding for 54 initiatives, including innovative business... GlobalBuzz-SA - Your Employment and Recruitment … [Read more...]
Farm employers say proposed wage increase too steep
Pretoria - Dozens of employers in the farming sector on Monday said the farmworkers' demand of a daily wage of R150 was too excessive, and it could... GlobalBuzz-SA - Your Employment and Recruitment … [Read more...]
Farmworkers return to work
Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the temporary return to work by striking farmworkers in the Western Cape while the parties are still finding a solution to the dispute. The Western Cape farmworkers' strike began on a … [Read more...]
Minimum wage review for farmworkers
Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has taken a decision to look at a possible review of the sectoral determination for farmworkers, which currently stands at a minimum of R70 a day. Oliphant will next week … [Read more...]
Change conditions of employment
Cape Town - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on mining houses to change their conditions of employment to enable miners to visit their homes and see their families more often. The migrant labour system, … [Read more...]
Small firms have key role in creating jobs
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...]
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...]
