Robbing Peter to pay Paul may not be the way to go – Anthea Jeffery
The SACP/ANC alliance wants prescribed asset rules and/or the NSSF to give it control over the enormous pot of pensions and other savings.
The SACP/ANC alliance wants prescribed asset rules and/or the NSSF to give it control over the enormous pot of pensions and other savings.
Two leading economists, one a legal expert, have challenged Corporate SA to withdraw from Nedlac and all bargaining councils.
The PIC is not in control of the assets of the GEPF and cannot loot the fund to save Eskom, says AMAGP in response to a newspaper report.
Cofesa says red tape is strangling business’s ability to create jobs and a deregulated economy would generate 70% more investment and reduce poverty.
The National Treasury says there are no additional resources available for government departments in the next three years.
B4SA has learned from its representatives at Nedlac that all UIF TERS payments have been halted pending investigations by the Auditor-General.
South Africa’s biggest labour unions rejected a government proposal to increase the national minimum wage by 5%.
Such drafts (IRP) should be apolitical, techno-economic studies, with the former best left to Nedlac and parliament, Yelland stresses.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the National Minimum Wage Bill which sets an historic precedent in the protection of low-earning workers.
Herewith is a selection of some quotes from the embargoed Budget 2017 Press Conference held at 11am in Cape Town this morning.