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The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) announced on Friday that the Jobs Summit to be held on 4 and 5 October 2018 will focus on collaborative and high-impact interventions to drive job creation, job retention and economic growth.
This was agreed upon at a meeting held on 29 August 2018 of the Presidential Committee on the Jobs Summit, chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Committee is composed of the leadership of government, labour, business and community organisations and is tasked with guiding preparations towards the Jobs Summit first mooted by President Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address earlier this year. The Committee has five working committees covering economic sector-specific interventions; small, medium and micro enterprises support; education and skills; inclusive growth, transformation and inequality; and public and social programmes, labour market and anti-corruption. It is said to be resolute that this Jobs Summit must be a major step towards jointly addressing the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality with its interventions directed primarily to assist youth, women and low-income families and communities. The social partners welcomed an assurance from President Ramaphosa that there were no forced retrenchments planned in the public sector.
Read Nedlac’s press statement in this regard at SA Govt News
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