EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REPORT ‘DISAPPOINTING AND SUPERFICIAL’

THE 14th report of the Commission for Employment Equity is a disappointing and superficial document that will do little to promote the real development of South Africa’s human resources, the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday.

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50/50 DOWN ON THE FARMS

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) has just published its final policy proposals on land reform titled “Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land“.

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COSATU JOINS OUTCRY OVER EMPLOYMENT EQUITY RULES

by Carol Paton, 08 April 2014

THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Western Cape has added its voice to the outcry over the draft employment equity regulations published by Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant, which will change the way targets for racial representivity are measured.

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ZIMBABWE BANS ALL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORTS

Zimbabwe’s government has banned all imports of fruits and vegetables, the nation’s agricultural ministry announced this week.

“Government has, with immediate effect, suspended importation of all agricultural produce and cancelled all existing import permits,” the nation’s online portal said in its most recent agricultural news update

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