Grumbles at Nedlac over lack of social compact for economic growth
‘All those agreements are not worth the paper they are written on,’ says Saftu’s Zwelinzima Vavi
08 June 2023 - 14:09
UPDATED 09 June 2023 - 08:43
Social partners at the policy formulating body the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) have criticised the government’s lack of leadership in steering efforts aimed at hammering out a comprehensive social compact to tackle slow economic growth and rising unemployment in SA.
During his state of the nation address in February 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the government and its social partners would within 100 days hammer out a comprehensive social compact to deal with poor economic growth and unemployment...
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