OIM founder Prof Robert René Tusenius passed away on 21 December 2018 at the age of 95. He was a former director of Stellenbosch University’ Graduate School of Business and Emeritus Professor of Business Management and Administration. Here we pay tribute to this prominent academic and...
02 August 2013: South Africa’s labour relations is at a defining moment in our country’s history. Over the past few years, unprotected strike action has escalated into an uncontrolled, violent and unlawful landscape, led by a mob mentality in the absence of formal and recognised...
Mildred Oliphant recently appealed to business and labour to conduct wage negotiation in a peaceful manner as “strike season” looms. Many companies in mining and manufacturing are traditionally set to conduct collective wage negotiations during the second half of the year, starting in June. Oliphant...
South Africa today again missed out on another opportunity to send out the right signals about labour peace and stability and creating an investor-friendly climate. This happened when government MPs, in the portfolio committee on labour, voted against a clause in the proposed Labour Relations...
“South Africa’s labour relations is at a defining moment in our country’s history. Over the past few years, unprotected strike action has escalated into an uncontrolled, violent and unlawful landscape, led by a mob mentality in the absence of formal and recognised leaders. This is...
Last week wage discussions in the gold industry took an interesting turn with the Chamber referring the matter to the CCMA with regards to the trade union, AMCU, and thereby placing the negotiations on a different level with mediators stepping in to break the impasse...
Recent results published by Statistics SA in June show manufacturing production rose by 7% year-on-year in April, from a 2.2% year-on-year decline in March. While this is positive news, South African production capacity in the mining and manufacturing sectors is being compromised by outdated processes...
The South African financial sector is facing an efficiency problem, often caused by outdated processes and technology, ineffective workforce management and segmented client service offerings. This means that administrative output is not functioning as optimally as it could, which impacts on a business’s overall performance. This...
1. What does your job entail? My job is all about problem solving and ultimately adding value to a client’s business. On a day-to-day basis I engage with clients to identify operational improvement opportunities for revenue upliftment and cost reduction. I also research methods to improve...
In his 2013 budget address, Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, unveiled plans to finance R827 billion worth of infrastructure projects over the next three years - a significant increase from the R642 billion spent over the last three years. However, if Government is to reach...
We are at a defining moment in our country’s history. The tragic violence brought on by Marikana, the multitude of service boycotts, countless reports of corruption, ineffective policy execution and high inequality levels in South Africa, are indicators that the country has broadly-based value creation...
December 2012: “A climate tolerant of violence, bloodshed and ungovernable behaviour has been created by strikes in the mining, transport and, more recently, agriculture sectors. Tactics such as intimidation and violence have been widely used with little consequence to perpetrators. With minimal responsible behaviour demonstrated...
