CCMA launches digital platform for case processes
To ensure efficient and effective case referral and application processes, which are also safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has...
View ArticleStudents, staff must register on HealthCheck before returning to campus –...
Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande announced on Tuesday that the prerequisite for all tertiary education students and staff returning to campus was to register to the HealthCheck platform....
View ArticleSouth Africa must rapidly implement measures to attract FDI − Leon
The South African economy finds itself on the edge of a fiscal cliff, especially as the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a “massive and rapid shock”, says law firm Herbert Smith Freehills partner and...
View ArticleCovid-19 positive employees can return to work under strict conditions –...
Following a number of media reports that state that Covid-19 patients no longer need to test negative to resume work, the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) notes that this is false and instead...
View ArticleTime has come for all stakeholders to uplift South Africa’s youth, says PwC
South Africa’s lockdown restrictions are easing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, but its impact on the economy will be long-lasting and challenging, and it remains an important time for business,...
View ArticleCovid-19 patients can only return to work after 14-day isolation, medical...
South Africa's employment and labour department on Thursday stressed that workers who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 could only return to their jobs after completing 14 days of self-isolation and...
View ArticleConcrete Institute takes courses online
The Concrete Institute (TCI) says the last thing that the construction industry needs now is a costly site mishap caused by untrained staff, since it is already fighting for survival after incurring...
View ArticleMavuso laments all-time low in business confidence
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso says business confidence in South Africa is destroyed. In a weekly newsletter, she points out that the latest Rand Merchant Bank/Bureau of...
View ArticleBusiness school offerings continue to evolve, study finds
The Association of Master of Business Administration (AMBA) and Business Graduates Association (BGA) has launched new research that polled more than 433 business school decision-makers globally about...
View ArticleLabour department starts auditing UIF payments to ensure compliance
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi reports that, during the second week of June, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) appointed auditors to investigate whether money paid to employers, to...
View ArticleConcor’s youth development strategy seeks to drive transformation through...
Black-owned construction group Concor is implementing a youth development strategy that is focused exclusively on education and skills development, which the company views as the most critical driver...
View ArticleAMSA considering large-scale restructuring, jobs to be lost
While the full extent of the Covid-19 pandemic still remains uncertain as the economy slowly reopens within government’s risk-adjusted approach to easing lockdown restrictions, JSE-listed steel...
View ArticleTraining course goes online
The Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association (Sasfa) has had to adapt its five-day training course for building contractors, architects, engineers and quantity surveyors to an online...
View ArticleWelding institute championing training initiative
The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) is championing work-based apprenticeship learning for the welding industry through the SAIW Foundation, and the Quality Council for Trade and Occupation...
View ArticleB4SA calls out UIF shortcomings in TERS payments
Industry organisation Business for South Africa (B4SA) has expressed surprise at the narrative being expounded by the Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and the leadership of the Unemployment...
View ArticleUIF pays close to R6bn relief payments in May
The Department of Employment and Labour continues to support workers with payments through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), as well as working on processing Covid-19 claims that have come in...
View ArticleNo quick fixes for economy – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned on Monday that there would be no quick fixes for the economy as government gears up to launch its Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleCovid-19 has exposed weaknesses in our communities – Dlamini-Zuma
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday declared that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and deep fault lines in...
View ArticleDe Lille launches Sustainable Infrastructure System, methodology
Infrastructure investment, together with the use of public land and buildings, is a critical lever to achieve spatial and economic justice by connecting South Africa’s citizens, integrating its...
View ArticleWe must be guided by facts, not rumours – Ramaphosa on Covid-19
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday expressed concern for frontline health workers who have died owing to the coronavirus and has also warned against the stigmatisation of people who have tested...
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