The democratic election of 1994 opened a new era for South Africa. It was the decisive step in the transition to democracy. Now our country must meet the challenges of social development and economic growth. The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is the vehicle by which government, labour, business and community organisations will seek to cooperate, through problem-solving and negotiation, on economic, labour and development issues, and related challenges facing the country.

Mr Alistair Smith: Greetings to you and welcome to our website

On the 3rd of October 2011, I officially accepted the responsibility of being the new Executive Director of NEDLAC, taking over the reins from Mr Herbert Mkhize who had been at the helm of NEDLAC since 2003.

Mr Mkhize contributed immensely to social dialogue and social partnership in South Africa. I take this opportunity, on behalf of the NEDLAC Executive Council and members of the NEDLAC secretariat, to wish him well in his future endeavours.

This work stream is issue driven and these issues cut across the work of the different Chambers due to their broad scope and impact. The work is done in Task Teams established by the NEDLAC Management Committee or Executive Council.