NEDLAC SUMMIT 2001
25 October 2001
The Nedlac Annual Summit, scheduled for Saturday 27 October, at
the Sandton Convention Centre, will be officially opened by the
Deputy President, Jacob Zuma. Three hundred and fifty delegates
from the Nedlac Constituencies of Business, Government, Labour and
Community, as well as guests from a wide spectrum of South African
society, will attend.(See detailed programme)
Senior leaders from each of the Nedlac constituencies will
address the gathering, after which the Executive Director of
Nedlac, Philip Dexter, will give an overview of the work of Nedlac,
for the past year. Confirmed speakers thus far include the Minister
of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana for Government, Reul Khosa of
Nafcoc on behalf of Business, and Petronella Linders of the
Disabled People of South Africa will represent the Community
Constituency. The Labour speaker has not yet been confirmed.
There will be four commissions:
* The African initiative (MAP): SA and the African response to
globalisation
* Globalisation, unemployment and decent work
* Nedlac, social dialogue and the multi-lateral institutions WTO,
IMF, WB, ILO
* Globalisation and the prospects for investment and growth
Each commission will have a chairperson, a presenter and a
respondent who will lead the discussion. These include Rams
Ramashia, Director-General of Labour, and overall government
convenor in Nedlac; Raymond Parsons, overall convenor of Business
in Nedlac; Ebrahim Patel, General Secretary of Sactwu and overall
convenor of Labour in Nedlac; Fadila Lagadien of the Disabled
People of South Africa; Cas Coovadia of the Banking Council and Jim
Buys, business convenor of the Public Finance Chamber in
Nedlac.
The Summit will also be attended by Minister of Trade &
Industry, Alec Erwin; Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdadlana;
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Valli Moosa, and
Minister of Public Works, Stella Sigcau. Guests include
ambassadors, Trade Union bodies from other SADC countries, ILO
representatives, other statutory bodies and Chairpersons of
Parliamentary portfolio committees.
The 2001 Summit falls just before the third anniversary of the
Presidential Jobs Summit, which took place on 30 October 1998. This
is expected to feature in the speeches of the constituencies, as
well as in the commission discussions. Nedlac will be releasing an
update on the implementation of the Jobs Summit agreements on
Tuesday.
Detailed
programme
Jennifer Wilson
Communications Coordinator
Nedlac
(011) 482-2511
fax: 482 4650
083 652 8524 (note new number)