D I A
L O G U E
Volume 7, No. 3, September 2003
An occasional publication
covering reports andactivities discussed by the Nedlac Executive
Council
HERBERT MKHIZE TAKES ON EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR POSITION
Taking up the post of Executive Director of Nedlac two weeks before
Nedlac's Annual Summit, Herbert Mkhize is hitting the ground
running. Nedlac's Annual Summit takes place on 27 September in
Johannesburg.
VISITS TO
NEDLAC
Nedlac has hosted a number of visits in the past few weeks, both
from local and international guests.
Ditsela Advanced Organiser Development Programme
About 20 Cosatu Organisers visited Nedlac in August and enjoyed
particularly the interactions
JOINT
DELEGATION TO WTO TALKS IN CANCUN
Once again, Government will be taking a quadri-partite delegation
to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in
Cancun, Mexico.
The Department of Trade and Industry asked Nedlac to co-ordinate
the business, labour and community delegates joining the team.
SECTOR SUMMITS
There are two sector summits currently being planned:
- Metals and Engineering
- Chemicals
Three further summits have been proposed:
NEDLAC'S
ROLE DEFENDED
As a previous Labour Convenor for the Trade & Industry Chamber
at NEDLAC and now based in Oxford as Policy Adviser: Private Sector
at Oxfam, I continue to take a keen interest in the work of NEDLAC.
I could not help but find the article in the Business Day where
Tony Leon argues that NEDLAC is no longer needed somewhat
laughable. Let me put this into context...
PROUDLY
SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Proudly South African Week 21-28 September
Following the success and support received during last year's
Proudly South African Day held on 23 September 2002, the campaign
decided to host a week-long celebration this year -seven intensive
days of media publicity, retail promotions and member events
designed to highlight the importance of supporting local companies,
products and services.
WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN RESEARCH?
Fridge Update
Fridge, the Fund for Research into Industrial Development, Growth
and Equity, which is funded by the Department of Trade and Industry
(the dti), manages research into topics suggested by and monitored
by the Nedlac Trade and Industry Chamber constituencies.
Contact
Numbers: AFFILIATES OF COSATU, FEDUSA, NACTU
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