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2010/08/02

M Mdladlana to attend Sheltered Employment Factories' (SEF) open day, 3 Aug

The sterling work of the Sheltered Employment Factories (SEF) is to come under a microscope with labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana, gracing its open day in Silverton, east of Pretoria, tomorrow (Tuesday).

Mdladlana will use the occasion to highlight the significance of the SEF focusing on the role it plays in the country as well as the labour market. SEF ... [highlighted result]

URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11880&tid=13888   Size: 1KB   Collection: speeches_cms

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2010/07/29

M Mdladlana on employment equity transgressors

Tougher penalties and more stringent measures lie ahead for recalcitrant employment equity employers, Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana told a media briefing in Pretoria today (Thur). He was speaking at the launch of the 10th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) report. Clearly impatient, the Minister said he was getting tired of endless excuses that try to justify as to why the law was not being implemented as fast as required. We want to shorten the... [highlighted result]

URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11814&tid=13654   Size: 2KB   Speaker: M Mdladlana   Collection: speeches_cms

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2010/07/27

M Mdladlana on lion attack

Labour Minister Membhathisi Mdladlana has expressed regret on the attack of a farm worker by lions in Mara Farm near Kestell in the Eastern Free State yesterday.

It is very sad that people continue to get injured and some die in their places of work due to safety sloppiness, said the minister.

Mdladlana said glaring lack of safety and health culture among South Africans was the biggest contributor to the rampant occupational accidents that workers continue to suffer in big ... [highlighted result]

URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11763&tid=13482   Size: 2KB   Speaker: M Mdladlana   Collection: speeches_cms

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2010/07/27

M Mdladlana to brief media on launch of employment equity report, 28 Jul

Kindly be invited to a media briefing on the launch of the 10th Commission of Employment Equity report to be held at the Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana's official residence in Pretoria at 18h00 tomorrow evening (Wednesday, 28 July).

The briefing tomorrow will precede the actual launch of the report on Thursday.

The details for the media briefing are as follows:

Venue: Number 15 Bryntirion Estate, Bryntirion, Pretoria (Turn into Dumberton Road ... [highlighted result]

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2010/06/30

M Mdladlana to visit Citrusdal farm workers, 4 Jul

Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana will hold a public participation meeting with farm workers in the Citrusdal area on Sunday, 4 July 2010. The visit comes hot on the heels of the recent provincial farm inspections which saw an under par compliance rate with labour laws by farms visited in Citrusdal complying with labour laws. In light of this, the minister deemed it necessary to afford farm workers in Citrusdal an opportunity to raise their concerns ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/31

M Mdladlana to visit Siyathemba Community, 1 Jun

The Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana will embark on a door to door campaign with Siyathemba Community on 1 June 2010 to ascertain their plight in the current economic environment.Details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Time: 10h00
Venue: Thusong Centre SiyathembaMembers of the media are invited to join him during the visit.Enquiries:
Mzobanzi Jikazana
Cell: 083 641 2355Issued by: Department of Labour
31 May ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/31

M Mdladlana to visit Siyathemba Community, 1 Jun

The Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana will embark on a door to door campaign with Siyathemba Community on 1 June 2010 to ascertain their plight in the current economic environment. Details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Time: 10h00
Venue: Thusong Centre Siyathemba Members of the media are invited to join him during the visit. Enquiries:
Mzobanzi Jikazana
Cell: 083 641 2355 [highlighted result]

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2010/05/18

M Mdladlana on report on J Manyi in Business Day newspaper

A newspaper report that the Director-General of Labour, Jimmy Manyi has been given an ultimatum at the weekend to choose between his job in government and his position as president of the Black Management Forum (BMF) is misleading, distorted and sensational to put it mildly. That s the view of Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana.Responding to today s article of the Business Day newspaper, Mdladlana said he read with disbelief the inaccurate and imbalanced manner in which the story... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/29

M Mdladlana: Employment and Labour Sector meeting of ministers and social partners

These policy Instruments include the following:
I) Policies, Priorities and Strategies on Employment and Labour in the SADC;
II) Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in SADC;
III) SADC Code of Conduct on Child Labour;
IV) Code of Conduct on HIV and AIDS and Employment;
V) Code on the Safe Use of Chemicals and;
VI) SADC Code on Social Security.The main purpose of these policy documents is to enhance regional integration in the various aspects of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/28

M Mdladlana to address SADC Employment and Labour Sector meeting of ministers and social partners, 28 Apr

The enhancement of regional integration in various aspects of labour and employment is set to dominate Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana s address at the 2010 SADC Employment and Labour Sector meeting of ministers and social partners in Maputo, Mozambique tomorrow (29 April).Mdladlana will be delivering an opening statement as outgoing chairperson of the SADC Employment and Labour Sector.The meeting in Maputo, takes place at a time when the global economic and social ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/14

M Mdladlana on social dialogue

South Africa s labour market trump card social dialogue is to be placed on the international stage when Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana, addresses the all-important G-20 Summit of his counterparts in Washington D C early next week.This follows a speech he delivered to African Employers Conference in Rosebank, Johannesburg, last week. Speaking at the event at which he represented President Jacob Zuma, Mdladlana, said, If there is one thing I wish to take to the G-20 Labour ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/14

M Mdladlana on appointment of Director-General Jimmy Manyi

Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana has described as mischievous and devoid of all truth a newspaper report that the Director-General of his department, Jimmy Manyi was appointed contrary to his wishes.Mdladlana says Manyi was simply the best candidate for the position during the short listing process and the actual interview. He says the short listing was done by three former Director-Generals of the Department of Labour, Mr Sipho Pityana, Advocate Rams Ramasia and Dr Vanguard ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/13

M Mdladlana: Labour Dept budget vote 2010/11

How can decent work be achieved if:* Fundamental principles and rights at work are not respected;
* Employment and income opportunities for women are not created;
* Social protection is not extended to all workers;
* Social dialogue is not promoted and institutionalised;
* Basic human rights at work are not promoted?Honourable members, how can we not strive for decent work when:* Farm workers are exposed to hazardous pesticides;
* Farm ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/02

M Mdladlana to launch training of the unemployed project, 5 Mar

The Department of Labour cordially invites members of the media to the launch of the training of the unemployed project, a scheme that seeks to train and re-skill South African workers who were retrenched as a result of the global economic recession.The launch of the project is one of the many initiatives that government has undertaken to minimise the negative effects of the recession as evidenced by the huge retrenchments that have affected South Africa particularly last year.<... [highlighted result]

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2009/11/23

M Mdladlana to attend African Symposium on Decent Work, 1 to 2 Dec

Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana is set to contribute immensely with his vast knowledge and experience of labour issues when he attends the first African Symposium on Decent Work in Burkina Faso, 1 to 2 December 2009.The symposium to be held in Ouagadougou is aimed at implementing the global jobs pact which was adopted by the International Labour Organisation conference in June 2009.The global jobs pact was adopted as a framework for a comprehensive tripartite response to... [highlighted result]

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2009/08/21

M Mdladlana to receive Employment Equity report, 24 Aug

The government s employment equity policies will be a focal point as Commission on Employment Equity (CEE) Chairperson Jimmy Manyi officially releases the 2008/09 employment equity report on Monday.Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana will officially receive the annual report from Manyi, who will go into detail on its various aspects as well as the latest equity trends in the South African labour market.Since its enactment under the auspices of the 1998 Employment Equity Act,... [highlighted result]

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2009/08/13

M Mdladlana to address department Women's Day celebrations, 14 Aug

Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana is expected to emphasise the importance of gender equality as enshrined in the country's Constitution when he addresses the department's Women's Day celebrations tomorrow Friday, 14 August.The annual celebration, traditionally held a week after the national event, is scheduled to take place at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg. The event affords staff members, their spouses and families an opportunity to entertain themselves amid discussions ... [highlighted result]

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2009/08/05

M Mdladlana on labour brokers campaign

Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana says the exploitation of workers by labour brokers may soon be a thing of the past as plans are afoot to review the laws that regulate labour brokers. Labour brokers are anti-union because they constantly move workers around from one place to another often with no access to union officials, with no possibility of stop order deduction for union subscriptions."Announcing his latest plans today, Mdladlana said in a statement the move was aimed at ... [highlighted result]

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2009/07/28

M Mdladlana condemns municipal strike violence acts

Labour minister, Membathisi Mdladlana has strongly condemned acts of violence that characterised the first day of the ongoing nationwide strike by municipal workers.The supposedly peaceful wage increment demonstrations deteriorated into chaos as scores of marchers were seen causing havoc-looting, harassing street vendors and spilling refuse on the streets in most of the country s major cities yesterday.In a statement today, Mdladlana said the violent behaviour of a few people... [highlighted result]

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2009/07/17

M Mdladlana to host talks between Zimbabwean government, 20 Jul

Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana will on Monday, 20 July, host high level talks between Zimbabwean government, business and labour officials at the department's Pretoria headquarters.The Zimbabwean delegation, comprising three Cabinet ministers, senior government officials, as well as business and labour representatives (the latter from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions), will be led by Zimbabwe's Labour and Social Services Minister Paurina Mpariwa.The gathering is ... [highlighted result]

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