THE HEART OF SOCIAL DIALOGUE MOVES TO ROSEBANK

After seven years in rented offices in Auckland Park, the National Economic Development and Labour Council, Nedlac, has moved into its own building. The building, for which a name is still to be decided, is in Rosebank, north of Johannesburg. The Department of Labour, which funds Nedlac, provided the money.

Finding the right building to house Nedlac was not an easy process. As the host of between 200 and 300 meetings annually between its constituencies (government, labour, business and community), Nedlac needs to have significant meeting venues. These must accommodate big and small events, ranging from Executive Council meetings, which bring 80 delegates around the table, to small five-person (one-a-side plus secretariat) gatherings. On any one day, there can be up to four different meetings happening at the same time. The ground floor of 14A Jellicoe Avenue has been renovated to provide up to 7 different venues, whilst also accommodating up to 100 people in its main meeting room.

The secretariat of Nedlac is small. For the number of meetings that it organises, facilitates and minutes, the staff of 16 people is one of the "leanest and meanest" of similar government bodies. Nedlac runs on a tight budget, of only R7 million per annum, so the building could not be too big or costly to run.

A solution was found by agreeing to rent out office space to the newly-formed Proudly South African (Section 21) company. Proudly South African will occupy the second floor of the building.

The venue is slightly closer to Pretoria for those Government representatives coming to meetings at Nedlac; it is close to taxi and bus routes, as well as being within walking distance of hotel accommodation for those delegates from other centres.

Postal address:
14A Jellicoe Avenue
Rosebank, 2196

Contact numbers:
Tel: 011 328 4200
Fax: 011 447 6053/2089

Issued 2 April
Nedlac
Johannesburg

For more information contact Jennifer Wilson on 083 652 8524