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Business Unity SA (BUSA) is disappointed that Cosatu has decided to proceed with the industrial action around labour brokers on March 7th. BUSA notes that Fedusa has reservations about their participation in this action. We believe common ground could still be found with Cosatu between stronger regulation of the labour broking sector on the one hand as opposed to a total ban on the other.

BUSA considers that a well regulated labour broking sector must still play an essential role in job creation at a time when South Africa desperately needs to promote an employment friendly environment. It is possible to find a regulatory framework for labour broking which eliminates abuses, whilst retaining its facilitative role in job creation.

BUSA nonetheless hopes that the planned industrial action will be conducted in a climate of calmness and without violence. There should be no damage to property and no intimidation of those who do not want to participate.
BUSA also believes that, where damage occurs, the organizing union should be held liable.

On the Gauteng e-tolls, we appreciate efforts to reduce the impact of the programme on the economy, but regret the matter has now become “non-negotiable”. Constructive engagement would have been preferable to industrial action. The decisions around urban road tolls have been plagued by inadequate consultation, as a result of which much goodwill and support has been forfeited.
The issue is now not so much around the user-pays principle, than the inordinately high administrative costs associated with this particular project, which has not been addressed in the proposed solution. The controversy around the Gauteng e-tolls again emphasises the need for effective prior consultation on the financing of infrastructural development in South Africa.