When my ANC colleagues in Parliament told me
Cosatu wanted my head on a plate, I had genuine problems understanding
the reason they’re so upset. Turns out I’m just one of those bloody
slave-trading labour brokers.
Truth is, I had never really met a labour broker,
or in fact realised the intricacies of the difference between them and
regular employment agencies. All that changed when the DA nominated me
to serve on the labour committee. I had to learn v...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the news of the suspension of the controversial Director-General of Labour, Jimmy Manyi. The DA has been calling for strong action against Manyi who has stumbled from one controversial incident to the next. The DA had first revealed Manyi’s questionable ethics, by having exposed his actions at having tried to inflate the Department of Labours budget by over R1 billion. We had called for an investigation and his suspension the...
The Director General of
Labour, Jimmy Manyi, has requested the Parliamentary Labour Committee to
approve an additional R1 Billion to enable him to run the labour
department effectively. Yeah, Jimmy, we keep that kind of money under
our pillow at night! Continue reading ...