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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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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