This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.Business Report writes that employment in the consulting engineering industry declined by 4% year-on-year in the second half of last year to an estimated 23,349 jobs.
However, the number of firms looking for engineers increased to 44.9% from 32% in the previous six months and 40% in the last six months of 2015, according to the latest biannual economic and capacity survey conducted by Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa). The survey report said there was also a notable increase in demand for other technical staff to 72% in the second half of last year from 38% in the previous six months and 4% in December 2015. The public sector remains the most important client to the industry. Chris Campbell, chief executive of Cesa, said service delivery, especially at municipal level, remained a critical burning issue, but the consulting engineering industry was threatened by incapacitated local and provincial governments.
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