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.
The Citizen reports that Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha hopes that setting up special economic zones (SEZs) will salvage the province’s economy, currently ravaged by mass job losses, poverty and underdevelopment.
Mathabatha said in his State of the Province Address (Sopa) last week that more than R500 million had been set aside for the SEZs in Musina and Makhado in Limpopo. He indicated that when the SEZs projects got off the ground, they were expected to create 21,000 jobs for unemployed youth, adults, women and people living with disabilities. “The manufacturing, agro-processing and logistics hubs of the project are finally taking off. We are well on track in turning the Musina-Makhado corridor into a melting-pot of industrial activity,” said Mathabatha. “Already 21 companies with a potential to invest R45 billion and create over 8,000 jobs have shown interest. The first phase, covering 316 hectares, will integrate the expansion of an already existing industrial hub focusing on building a mining input supplier precinct,” Mathabatha added. But, according to the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Mathabatha was all talk but no action. The party said he had been making promises of job creation in the SEZs for the past three years without anything tangible to show for it. The Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Jacques Smalle pointed out SEZs of such magnitude were highly dependent on excellent road and rail infrastructure and stable electricity and water supplies.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Japho Matlala at The Citizen
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page