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Events – Challenges facing the SA labour market

28 June 2011

Join the Free Market Foundation as Richard Pike and Loane Sharp (Chief Executive Officer and Labour Economist respectively from Adcorp Holdings Ltd; co-authors with Ted Black of The New Divide) scrutinise the root causes of the impending unemployment crisis and make recommendations on how to solve each of them.

Unchecked, the official unemployment figures could rise to ten million over the next five years, and 16 million over the next decade. The longer we prevent the unemployed from entering the job market, the sooner we will create a new apartheid”¦ plunging our young democracy into the depths of social chaos.

The New Divide argues that while a high minimum wage undoubtedly improves the quality of life for unionised workers, it excludes job-seekers from the job market. The authors suggest that the unemployed have no voice and are desperately in need of someone to champion their cause. They challenge government, business and labour to include the unemployed in reaching consensus on the way forward”¦ “œbefore it is too late”.

The New Divide will be on sale for R120 per copy – cash only.

Date Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Cheese & Wine 17h30 – 18h00
Presentation & Discussion 18h00 – 19h30
Venue The Free Market Foundation, 1st Floor, Sandton Close 2, Block A, cnr Norwich Close & 5th Street, Sandton

If you wish to join us, RSVP via www.fmfevents.co.za essential as seating limited