It is clear that there is an element of political expediency in the manner in which both the Employment Equity Amendment Bill and Labour Relations Amendment Bill have ridden roughshod over business’s concerns — the ANC’s alliance partner, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, is flexing its muscles in the knowledge that it has the party’s attention with an election a matter of months away.
But it is also becoming apparent that too many leaders in the ruling party are fundamentally antibusiness as a matter of ideological principle. The party is not anticommerce — its leaders have taken to crony capitalism with alacrity — but it believes this should be conducted largely by the state, under its control. The private sector is seen as a despicable cash cow to be milked at every opportunity. Unfortunately, that approach is not conducive to job creation, and by the time the ANC starts addressing the unemployment crisis with the urgency it deserves, it may well be too late.
via www.bdlive.co.za
The new codes are now doing the rounds and can be seen in the most polite parlours. Apparently they do not look very different to those published last year. If this is the case then this paragraph above will ring true within the DTI too.
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