LETTER: Managers look to mechanisation
The 16-million who are entitled to work under level 3 could be halved
Thank you for the interesting article on the statistics and estimates on the workforce coming back to work (“Almost 16-million people allowed back to work (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-05-31-almost-16-million-people-allowed-back-to-work/)”, May 31). Of course, the assumption that all of those who were working will be able to come back to work may not be true.
We have been told by the Treasury that 3-million to 7-million people will be retrenched, and by co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma that 50% of the workforce will be retrenched. In other words, the almost 16-million who are entitled to work under level 3 could be halved over the next few weeks and months. ..
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