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SA World Digital Competitiveness Rankings
MEDIA RELEASE 06 NOVEMBER 2025 TO ALL JOURNALISTS AND NEWS EDITORS South Africa World Digital Competitiveness Rankings South Africa ‘s ranking in the World Digital Competitiveness Rankings has remained static for 2025. This week, the Institute for Management Development (IMD) released the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankings
South Africa Improves World Digital Competitiveness Rankings 2025
Juliet Mashabela The Institute for Management Development (IMD) has released the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankings (WDCR) for 2025, which evaluates the digital competitiveness of 69 global economies across three key factors: (i) Knowledge, (ii) Technology and (iii) Future Readiness. This year, South Africa remained unchanged, ranking
AFRICA KAIZEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE (AKAC 2025) COMMUNIQUE
28 October 2025, Birchwood Hotel, SOUTH AFRICA Theme; “Africa Industrialization through Fostering Competitiveness and Value Chains on the Continent” 1. Preamble a) The 10th edition of Africa Kaizen Annual Conference (AKAC) 2025 was held from 27 to 28 October 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Republic of
Innovation must uplift everyone not just the privileged few. Technology must be driven by values, not just algorithms- Deputy Minister Nemadzinga Tshabalala.
Employment and Labour Deputy Minister, Honourable Judith Nemadzinga-Tshabalala, Today 04 August 2025, delivered a keynote address at Glenburn Lodge in Muldersdrift, hosted by University of South Africa (UNISA), under the theme: “A Government Perspective on Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, and the Future of Sustainable Operations.”
SA ‘s competitiveness drops
MEDIA RELEASE 24 JUNE 2025 TO ALL JOURNALISTS AND NEWS EDITORS RE: SA ‘s competitiveness drops South Africa’s international competitiveness ranking has dropped further in 2025 to 64, out of 69 countries rated according to the 2025 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) produced by the Swiss based Institute
ACTING CEO MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRODUCTIVITY DAY 20 JUNE
Today, 20 June , we join the global community in marking World Productivity Day under the theme: ‘Accelerating Productivity for Sustainable Development.’ As South Africa rebuilds in the wake of the pandemic, productivity has never been more critical.It’s the engine behind job creation, service delivery, and our
Media Statement on the first 100 days of the ministry of employment
[Cape Town, 29 October 2024] – On the 25th of October, 2024, Productivity SA held their 45th National Productivity Awards, at the event we were honoured to have Minister Nomakhosazana Meth presenting…
Achieve small business growth with recognised methods for continuous improvement
[Cape Town, 22 February 2024] – DIgibiz, a leading digital business solutions provider, joined forces with Productivity SA and The EPI (Entrepreneurial Planning Institute) to host a highly informative webinar panel discussion today. The virtual event witnessed active participation from 127 entrepreneurs across South Africa, seeking insights and strategies to enhance productivity in their businesses.
Productivity Month Revised Plan 2023
Productivity SA is established in terms of section 31 of the Employment Services Act, No. 4 of 2014 as a schedule 3A Public Entity of the Department of Employment and Labour with the responsibility to fulfil an economic or soci…
Title Dr. Anneline Chetty now serving as Acting Chairperson of the Board of Productivity SA
The Honourable Minister of Employment and Labour, TW Nxesi, convened a significant meeting with the Board of Productivity SA on 5th October 2023. This assembly was chiefly to apprise the Board regarding the recent alterations i…
WPC Newsletter September 2023
The agreement aims to establish a framework within which co-operation may develop between the partners to strengthen the competitiveness of the South African automotive industry. This will be done through disseminating knowledg…
AGM in Business Day 24 August 2023
Productivity SA, established under Section 31 of the Employment Services Act, No. 4 of 2014, as a juristic personand Schedule 3A Public Entity of the Department of Employment and Labour, gives notice of its upcoming Annual Gene…
Be productive in 2023 – Understand productivity as a wide social concept
BE PRODUCTIVE IN 2023 – UNDERSTAND PRODUCTIVITY AS A WIDE SOCIAL CONCEPT
Brics’ meeting gets underway in Johannesburg amidst challenges of economic growth while also protecting employee rights
Brics’ meeting gets underway in Johannesburg amidst challenges of economic growth while also protecting employee rights
KwaZulu-Natal WPC Milestone Workshop
Date: 11 October 2022
Time: 09:30 for 10:00 – 13:00
Venue: Riverside Conference Centre, 10 Kenneth Kaunda Rd, Durban North, Durban
Please join Productivity SA in partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry a…
Productivity SA CEO, Mr Mothunye Mothiba, to attend the Africa Kaizen Annual Conference (AKAC) in Cameroon, 4 – 5 October
Productivity SA heads to Cameroon to promote productivity improvement.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Productivity SA, Mr Mothunye Mothiba will address delegates at the Africa Kaizen Annual Conference (AKAC) 2022 to b…
Work place challenge programme changed fortunes for a Limpopo jewellery incubator
The Centre Manager of Limpopo Jewellery Business Incubator, Ms Tessa Ngobeni whose jewellery business is one of the beneficiaries for the Workplace Challenge (WPC) programme through the Kaizen competitive business strategy, say…
The DTIC To Host Workplace Challenge Programme Milestone Workshop In Limpopo
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the DTIC) in partnership with Productivity SA, and Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) will host the second leg of a milestone workshop …
Low productivity stalls South Africa ‘s competitiveness
The Productivity SA Annual General Meeting was held today, Friday, 16 September 2022 in Midrand under the chairmanship of Prof. Mthunzi Mdwaba. Speaking at the AGM, the Chairman of Productivity SA board, Prof. Mthunzi Mdwaba sa…
The DTIC to host Wrokplace Challenge Programme Milestone Workshop in Gauteng
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), in partnership with Productivity SA, Gauteng Department of Economic Development, Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) and Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) …
Capital productivity records growth in SA
15 December 2021
Productivity SA, an entity of the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), with a mandate to promote employment growth and productivity has released the 2021 National Productivity Statistics. Productivit…
Pandemic has presented ‘economic reset’ opportunities
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Boitumelo Moloi said on Wednesday that while the Covid-19 pandemic has been catastrophic, it has, in many ways, presented a lot of economic reset opportunities in the process.
TONY LEON | Stop trying to hide your failings with euphemisms, weasels
SA is at the bottom of the pile on so many global tables that matter, but when it comes to these, it’s at the top
South Africa formally submits the candidacy of the SADC and African Union endorsed Prof Mthunzi Mdwaba as next International Labour Organisation Direc
September 14, 2021 – South Africa today formally nominated and lodged papers for Professor Mthunzi Perry-Mason Mdwaba to run as the next Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Pandemic has presented economic reset opportunities
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Boitumelo Moloi said on Wednesday that while the Covid-19 pandemic has been catastrophic, it has, in many ways, presented a lot of economic reset opportunities in the process.
Stop trying to hide your failings
SA is at the bottom of the pile on so many global tables that matter, but when it comes to these, it’s at the top.
Productivity SA is critical for South Africa‘s economic restructuring and recovery plan
Commentary by the Business Day published on 20 November 2020 lamenting the CCMA budget cut asserts that, “Productivity SA is one of several insignificant and ineffective agencies of the Department of Employment and Labour…
Productivity SA Chairman, Prof Mthunzi Mdwaba’s, speech- 12 November 2020 – Annual General Meeting
Productivity SA declared October as Productivity Month in South Africa in 2008. It is key for Productivity Month to be recognised as a government-wide programme galvanising all South Africans to celebrate same, as well as the P…
Northern Cape Workplace Challenge Webinar
Keynote Address by Honourable Mr. Abraham Vosloo, MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, on the occasion of Northern Cape Workplace Challenge Webminar: “Unlocking South Africa’s productivity potential fo…
Limpopo Regional Producitivity Awards speech by Productivity SA Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mothunye Mothiba
There is an age old adage that goes more or less like “if you give a hungry person fish today, tomorrow he/she will come back for more, but if you teach a person how to catch fish, tomorrow he/she will not come back to yo…
Limpopo Productivity Awards
As is the case each year, Productivity Month once again served as the opportune time to have hosted the 2020 Limpopo Productivity Awards.
Economic growth beyond COVID-19 with an emphasis on Productivity, Competitiveness and Sustainable Growth
Economic growth beyond COVID-19 with an emphasis on Productivity, Competitiveness and Sustainable Growth to create decent jobs and preserve existing ones.
Keynote address to Productivity SA webinar to mark October 2020 as &lsqu…
Productivity SA Annual General Meeting
Productivity SA Annual General Meeting Keynote Address:TW Nxesi MP, Minister of Employment and Labour
Productivity SA Puts Measures in Place for COVID-19 Lockdown and Wishes You Well During This Period.
Productivity SA Puts Measures in Place for COVID-19 Lockdown and Wishes You Well During This Period.
The Coronavirus known as COVID-19 has now permeated all parts of the world and is having a significant i…
Productivity SA Covid 19 Press Release
RE: Productivity SA puts measures in place for Covid-19 lockdown
Covid-19 has now spread to most parts of the world and is having a significant impact on the way society operates, works and lives.
The Chief Executive Offi…
GEP Call for Applications to the Transnet Enterprise and Supplier Development 2020
Gauteng Enterprise Propeller in partnership with Productivity South Africa invites Majority black owned (Male, Female, Youth, Disabled) minimum 51% ownership in the following
Manufacturing and Service support sub-sectors : loco…
GEP Call for Applications Manufacturing Programme Website Nov 2019
GEP Call for Applications Manufacturing Programme Website Nov 2019
Some Relief from the National Minimum Wage for Employers
Employers who feel they cannot afford to pay their workers the national minimum wage should not simply sit back and pay what they can afford.
National Productivity Award Winners Announced
During productivity month, we strive to mobilise South Africans to join the productivity movement as ambassadors, as well as to inculcate a productivity culture and mindset in all that we do as a country and society.
It is w…
National Productivity Award Finalists
Improving the levels of productivity and innovation are the most efficient way to realise the average GDP growth rate, employment growth and business efficiency, as well as reducing the cost of doing business.
ILO Regional Director Key Note Address – Productivity Awards 19th Oct 2018 CSO
ILO Regional Director Key Note Address – Productivity Awards 19th Oct 2018 CSO
Minister Mildred Oliphant’s Address at the 2018 Jobs Summit
The 2018 Jobs Summit was held on 4 and 5 October at the Gallagher Estate Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Government, business, labour and community organisations came together over these two days to discuss job creation as w…
President Ramaphosa’s Address at the 2018 Jobs Summit
At the two-day event, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gave an opening address. During his address, he said that unemployment is the greatest challenge facing South Africa at this moment in its history.
Productivity: a catalyst for competitiveness and sustainable growth and development
October marks Productivity Month in South Africa. The theme for the 2018 Productivity Month is “Productivity: a catalyst for competitiveness and sustainable growth and development”.
National Productivity Awards Minister Speech 2017
National Productivity Awards Minister Speech 2017
A drop in SA’s Competitiveness
South Africa has dropped a notch in its overall competitiveness. This is according to The 2017 Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY). For 2017 South Africa has been rated 53 out of 63 c…
Welcome Address National Productivity Awards 2016
Welcome Address National Productivity Awards 2016
Keynote Address Deputy Minister 2016
Keynote Address Deputy Minister 2016
March 2016 – Competitiveness Inspires Productivity
Competition within the workplace and in most spheres of life provides a catalyst to achieving outcomes. In essence, human beings perform at a higher level in the presence of competition than in its absence.
Manage diversity to improve productivity
IN ABOUT a fortnight, we will be celebrating Human Rights Day. The commemoration on March 21 is primarily linked to the Sharpeville massacre but over the years it has come to epitomise a celebration of human rights and is obser…
A stake in ownership can bolster worker productivity
THE notion that employees are tools that merely deliver the bottom line has been dispelled in the modern workplace. Subscribing to a model that says that the company is only owned by the people who finance it is no longer relev…
Psychological wellbeing makes for worker productivity
“LEAVE your worries at the doorstep.” How many of us have heard that phrase reverberate through the hallways of the workplace as employee and employer alike seek to trudge on and be productive – despite the underlying personal …
Welcome Address National Productivity Awards 2016
Welcome Address National Productivity Awards 2016
Keynote Address Deputy Minister 2016
Keynote Address Deputy Minister 2016
March 2016 – Competitiveness Inspires Productivity
Competition within the workplace and in most spheres of life provides a catalyst to achieving outcomes. In essence, human beings perform at a higher level in the presence of competition than in its absence.
Manage diversity to improve productivity
IN ABOUT a fortnight, we will be celebrating Human Rights Day. The commemoration on March 21 is primarily linked to the Sharpeville massacre but over the years it has come to epitomise a celebration of human rights and is obser…
A stake in ownership can bolster worker productivity
THE notion that employees are tools that merely deliver the bottom line has been dispelled in the modern workplace. Subscribing to a model that says that the company is only owned by the people who finance it is no longer relev…
Psychological wellbeing makes for worker productivity
“LEAVE your worries at the doorstep.” How many of us have heard that phrase reverberate through the hallways of the workplace as employee and employer alike seek to trudge on and be productive – despite the underlying personal …