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UASA: Statement by Mike Schüssler, Economist, on the 2013 UASA South African Employment Report (03/05/2013)

The 2013 UASA South African Employment Report (SAER) shows that for the first time, the average employee’s disposable salary is fewer than 70% of his gross salary. The South African worker's...

FEDUSA: Statement by the Federation of Unions of South Africa, on negotiations conference (11/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) will be hosting its annual Collective Bargaining Conference in Gauteng this week. This year’s conference promises to include some interesting...

More is more in tax and politics

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

The President’s State of Nation Address 2013 set the tone: the study of current tax policies by the Minister of Finance was “…to make sure that we have an appropriate revenue base to support...

SA: Statement by André Venter, UASA spokesperson, avers that uneven import and export playing field hurts manufacturing production (12/12/2012)

STATEMENT

The trade union UASA agrees with economist Mike Schussler's observation that manufacturing production is currently at 2006 levels.

SA: Statement by André Venter, trade union UASA Spokesperson, on responsibility of unions and individual South Africans (19/10/2012)

STATEMENT

Several speakers stressed that unions should make renewed efforts to lead their members and that individual South Africans should stop looking at government to take care of them, especially after...

Daily podcast – October 5, 2012.

PODCAST

The Road Freight Employers Association says that wage talks to end a strike by more than 20 000 truck drivers in South Africa have collapsed. This follows the rejection of an 18% pay rise offer...

SA in for tough ride – economist

ECONOMY

South Africans can expect a tough two years ahead as the economy feels the pinch of strikes, analysts said on Thursday. "Unless we have sensible heads putting their hands up now, we're going to see...

SA: Statement by Absa, on launching the first Small and medium enterprises Index in the banking sector (14/09/2012)

STATEMENT

“This is especially rife in the youth category where unemployment is as high as 50% and its clearly unsustainable taking into consideration that we have 15 million people on social welfare, but...

Doubt about job seekers' grant

EMPLOYMENT

The ANC's proposed job seekers' grant has been met with far less enthusiasm than the abandoned youth employment subsidy. "The job seekers' grant will have nowhere near the impact the youth wage...

KZN: Mkhize: State of the Province Address by the Premier, Pietermaritzburg (21/02/2012)

Topics

We begin the New Year filled with joy as we recollect that we ended 2011 on a high note when His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, joined us for a gala dinner our government hosted to mark the...

SA may have reached growth peak for 2011

GROWTH

South Africa may be past its growth peak for 2011 in the light of uncertainty about the global economy, nationalisation, and labour legislation, BoE Private Bank said on Tuesday.

SA unemployment rate climbs to 25%

Employment

South Africa’s unemployment rate increased to 25% in the first quarter of 2011, from 24% in the final quarter of last year, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported in its ‘Quarterly Labour...

Daily podcast – April 29, 2011

PODCAST

South African motorists are in for a rough and expensive ride as petrol prices are set to breach the R10 per litre mark on May 4 this year, a level last seen in mid-2008, Morocco said a bomb that...

SA motorists to see petrol prices breach the R10 mark in May

PETROL PRICES

South African motorists are in for a rough and expensive ride as petrol prices are set to breach the R10/l mark on May 4 this year, last seen in mid-2008.

Consumer impact of the GFIP (April 2011)

ROADS

A research report regarding the Gauteng toll fees, compiled under the direction of Mike Schussler, for AfriForum and the Road Freight Association (RFA), determined that the proposed toll fees are...

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