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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.

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

Unseasonal summer rains have put the harvest on hold for Western Cape fruit growers, delaying exports for table grapes and pears.

The downpour in the Hex River Valley region has been described as a once in a decade weather event, said Tiaan Hugo, coordinator of Southern Fruit Growers

Most employers will be aware that changes to our existing labour laws have been proposed for a long time now. Some may not yet have responded to the challenges of the proposed changes because this debate about labour law reform has, after all, been on-going since the ANC elective manifesto of 2009. However, it now seems that the amendments are not far off and this article serves to place in context the immanency of the new labour laws.