SUMMARY OF THE NEDLAC
STRUCTURE
NEDLAC
PRINCIPALS
Nedlac is made up of representatives from:
Organised Business
Business Unity SA (BUSA) represents this
sector. The Overall Convenor of the Business
Constituency is Raymond Parsons.
Organised Labour
Cosatu, Fedusa and Nactu represent the
interests of Organised Labour. The Overall
Convenor of the Labour Constituency is Bheki
Ntshalintshali.
Government
Government delegates are drawn from the
key economic departments, namely, Labour, Trade
and Industry, Treasury and Public Works.
Representatives from other Government
departments participate on an ad hoc basis. The
Overall Convenor of the Government Constituency
is Jimmy Manyi.
Community Constituency
A number of organisations make up the
Community representation, including the Women's
National Coalition; the South African National Civics
Organisation; the South African Youth Council;
Disabled People of South Africa; the National
Co-operatives Association of South Africa and the
Financial Sector Campaign Coalition. The Overall
Convenor of the Community Constituency is Lulama
Nare.
Nedlac World Of Work
Nedlac business is conducted under nine (9)
distinct policy work streams; namely Annual Summit;
Executive Council; Management Committee; Public
Finance and Monetary Policy Chamber; Trade and
Industry Chamber; Labour Market Chamber; Development
Chamber, Section 77 and Special Projects.
Annual Summit
The Council convenes an annual summit each
year and is Chaired by the President or Executive
Deputy President or such equivalent person as
the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
may provide for. While the summit does
not form part of the Council itself, its function
involves as many relevant groups and forums as
possible in order to give feedback on Council
activities to obtain inputs from organisations or
persons not normally involved in the day to day
activities of the Council. The summit brings together
no more than 300 delegates.
Executive Council
The Executive Council is Nedlac's highest
decisionmaking body. It consists of no more than
18 members of each of the four Nedlac
Constituencies- Government, Business, Labour and
Community. The Executive Council meets at least four
times every financial year to receive report-backs
Nedlac's four Chambers and Management Committee
to review progress, reach consensus and ratify
agreements.
Management Committee
Nedlac's Management Committee consists of
18 members made up as follows:
• 4 Overall
Convenors
• 13 Chamber
Convenors
• 1 Executive Director
The Management Committee oversees
and coordinates all Nedlac's work, subject to
the authority of the Executive Council.
Nedlac Chambers
Negotiations are conducted under four
distinct policy work streams; namely Public Finance
and Monetary Policy Chamber; Trade and Industry
Chamber; Labour Market Chamber; and the
Development Chamber.