Productivity SA Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mothunye Mothiba, welcome speech at the launch of the South African chapter of the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) on 23 June 2021

Virtual Launch of the 2021 South African Chapter of the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook Report 23.06.2021
Keynote address: Ms Boitumelo Moloi MP Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour.

The Institute for Management Development (IMD) has published its World Competitiveness Yearbook, providing a global reference point on the competitiveness of countries.

The Institute for Management Development (IMD) has published its World Competitiveness Yearbook, providing a global reference point on the competitiveness of countries.

Yesterday, 20th June was World Productivity Day, in which for two successive years people across the globe celebrate productivity grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic which is devastating the socio-economic and labour market sy…

South Africa’s international competitiveness ranking has dropped further in 2021 to 62, out of 64 countries according to the 2021 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) produced by the Swiss based Institut…

Retrenchments in South Africa are rife. We have the highest unemployment in the world, and our labour regulatory system did not support job creation.

Programmes include the Small Business Incubation and Development Project, where the City provides local business incubators with funding, facilities, and business development workshops.

Businesses who were on the verge of retrenching their employees due to the fact that they are struggling to stay afloat will get relief through a strengthened Employer/ Employee Relief Scheme (TERS).

Businesses that were on the verge of retrenching their employees as a result of struggling to stay afloat amid the Covid-19 pandemic will now get relief through a strengthened Employer/ Employee Relief Scheme (Ters).