This is a collection of my press releases and where the media has reported on my involvement in Parliament or in my constituency - Sandton.  Click on the article title if you would like to post a comment.

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Press Release: Draft labour laws: We must safeguard jobs, not destroy them

Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, January 17, 2011,
Note to editors: The following statement was distributed this morning at a press conference held jointly by Ian Ollis MP, DA Shadow Minister of Labour, and George Boinamo MP, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour. A copy of the document that was presented at the press conference is available for download here.

Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force survey for the third quarter of 2010 records the fact that one in four South Africans (25.3%) are currently unemployed, using gov...
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Labour Minister spends R 350 000 on end-of-year function

Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, May 20, 2010,
Press Release: 17 May 2010

A Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question has revealed that the Department of Labour spent nearly R 350 000 on an end-of-year function for 150 department officials in December 2009. Guests from around the country were treated to return flights to Gauteng, hotel accommodation at an average cost of R 1400 per person and a party at the luxury Irene Country Lodge. Considering the current employment crisis – one million jobs lost between 2008 and 2009 - i...
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One million more unemployed since the fourth quarter of 2008

Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, May 17, 2010,
Press Release: 4 May 2010

Figures released today by Statistics South Africa show a 0.9% increase in unemployment in the first quarter, to 25.2%. This means that 171 000 jobs were lost between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. The further rise in unemployment is particularly concerning given that there are signs of recovery elsewhere in the economy.

 

Since the fourth quarter of 2008, unemployment has risen 3.3%; this amounts to one million more unemployed people in...
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The Western Cape is creating jobs while the rest of the country is losing them

Posted by Ian Ollis on Sunday, May 9, 2010,
Press Release: 7 May 2010

Figures released by Statistics South Africa this week indicate that despite a 1% rise in unemployment nationally between the last quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010, the unemployment rate in the DA-governed Western Cape has fallen by more than 1% during the same time period.

This offers clear evidence that, where the Democratic Alliance (DA) governs, the vision of an Open Opportunity Society is bearing fruit. These figures reflect the stro...


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