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Browsing Archive: March, 2010

Employment statistics show how ANC is chasing its own tail on labour policy

Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
Press Release:23 March 2010, Ian Ollis
The Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for December 2009 released today by StatsSA show that 351 000 jobs were lost between December 2008 and 2009. This is a severe indictment of ANC economic policy geared towards creating “decent jobs” – as combined losses in manufacturing and construction sums up to 152 000 – or 43.3% of jobs lost. (see table below)

 

The construction industry has suffered the biggest reduction in the number of employees ...

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Cosatu’s threat on labour broking shows disregard for unemployment rate

Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
Press Release: 4 March 2010, Ian Ollis

The threat by Cosatu to “take to the streets” in support of its demand to ban labour brokers is a clear sign that the trade union has no interest in the real concerns of workers and the unemployed – if this had been the case, then Cosatu would have engaged on the topic of labour brokers and how avert abuse at the fringes of the industry. Rather, they continue to demand an outright ban on the industry, which their own research before Parliamen...

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Labour Minister now claims he never called for labour broking to be banned!

Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
Press Release: 3 March 2010

In a remarkable attempt to rewrite history, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana’s spokesperson Mzobanzi Jikazana has now attempted to claim that Minister Mdladlana never called for labour broking to be banned.

 

Mr. Jikazana is being quoted as saying in this morning’s press: “Despite what the media may say, the minister has never once used the word ‘ban’. He has only said that he wants to ‘deal with’ the issue of labour brokers, and if necessary ...

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Sandton constituency MP claims his political party can make Joburg work

Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, March 23, 2010,

Natasha Beauidenhout - Sandton Chronicle

Financial woes, improving service delivery, and tackling the judicial system, education department and law enforcement are areas where the Democratic Alliance (DA) claims it can make a difference were it to take over city council.

“We have the calibre to fix it,” said Ian Ollis, DA MP for Sandton. Ollis was addressing a large audience at a public meeting in Benmore. “How many municipalities collapsed under the African National Congress ...
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