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Siyanda wakes before sunrise, logs into an e-hailing app and spends the next 10 hours navigating Joburg traffic, picking up...
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South Africa’s mining sector has long been shaped by systems of migrant labour, where employees travelled vast distances from rural...
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Ahead of us there is a massive, complex campaign to repair and expand our energy transmission and distribution infrastructure. The...
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South Africa’s labour market is under pressure, but not in the way many people think. While unemployment remains persistently high,...
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South African employers have until 28 March 2026 to comment on wide-ranging proposed amendments to the country’s labour laws. The...
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Employment equity compliance: The enforcement era has begun – are businesses ready for inspection?
The first reporting period under the amended Employment Equity (EE) Act, including the introduction of Sectoral Numerical Targets, has now...
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Globally, an estimated 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year. A further 374 million suffer...
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South Africa’s agro-processing sector is gaining renewed national attention – and for good reason. It contributed an estimated 2.7% to...
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Mental health pressures across South Africa continue to rise. For those working in construction, this is exacerbated by long hours,...
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South Africa’s labour market has entered a new era of transparency. For the first time, Stats SA’s Quarterly Labour Force...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) may dominate global conversations about the future of work, but South Africa’s economy will collapse without skilled...
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South Africa’s built environment sector is facing significant challenges including an ageing workforce, a growing skills gap and the need...
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South Africa stands at a pivotal juncture, with the potential to transform its economic landscape through strategic reforms, investments and...
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The changes that have taken place in executive search over the past decade, reveals Jeremy Bossenger of BossJansen Executive Search,...
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In the construction industry, where high-pressure environments are the norm, mental health often takes a backseat to safety and productivity....
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The government’s commitment to re-energising infrastructure development and attracting vast amounts of new investments into the industry in 2025 has...
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Workplace safety remains a critical concern to employers that need to maintain a productive and legally compliant work environment as...
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Smallholder farmers and workers are the backbone of global food production, supplying nearly one-third of the world’s food. Despite their...
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Delivering on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is becoming imperative for both the South African and global building...
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In the world of work, cleanliness is like oxygen – essential, yet often unnoticed until it’s absent. Just as an...
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With the 1 September implementation deadline looming, South Africa’s ‘two-pot’ retirement reform is fast coming to the boil. However, while...
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The concept of ‘decent work’ is one that the government, labour unions, employers and market analysts encourage if South Africa...
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Where pension funds were once viewed as part and parcel of most employment agreements, this is no longer the case...
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In May 2024, the Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (FEM) launched its Rehabilitation, Social Reintegration and Return to Work Programme....
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Leading labour law expert and CEO of Labour Law Management Consulting, Ivan Israelstam, has launched a video series that simplifies...
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South Africa's scorching summers are becoming the norm, not the exception. This changing climate is not just a weather inconvenience...
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As much as addressing South Africa’s dire unemployment rate is critical, building industry role-players recommend that businesses and members of...
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Human rights may well be the last thing on a stressed and busy entrepreneur’s mind, but there are surprising advantages...
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The agricultural sector is the backbone of the South African economy and plays a vital role in food security, job...
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There is no understating the value of a stable and dynamic building labour force. A steady sector gives rise to...
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South Africa’s Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) was established to provide compensation for physical harm, fatal accidents...
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At the end of 2023, some 30 000 building industry employees in the Western Cape received more than R200 million...
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of employee remuneration, the year 2024 marks a crucial juncture. The global dynamics are shifting,...
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) recognises that employees are entitled to sick leave and it allows employees to...
