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The fatal flaw with minimum wage policies
The JSEC would allow job seekers to exempt themselves from certain labour regulations, including the minimum wage.
28 August 2024
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The JSEC would allow job seekers to exempt themselves from certain labour regulations, including the minimum wage.
Schools, therefore, function very much as they did a century ago, trapped in legislation and regulations that prevent meaningful change from occurring.
The current nationalisation of South Africa’s private healthcare will therefore have tragic consequences that will negatively affect the lives of every individual and family that is forcefully deprived of control over their healthcare.
In a country with a relatively low unemployment rate, a minimum wage does not inflict visible harm. However, in a country like South Africa the harm caused is devastating.
The really shocking effect of labour law in SA is that it keeps so very many young people out of work and deeply despondent.
To remove potential conflict between Eskom and the entry of independent power producers (IPPs) the transmission grid should be owned and managed by an experienced independent grid management company.
A liberal social policy would recognise that a government cannot make people happy but can create conditions that are favourable for the pursuit of happiness.
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Unemployment causes people to lose their dignity and has a negative effect on their lives that is a great burden to them. Denying them the right to bargain freely with a prospective employer takes away the right to end the indignity of unemployment.
Government involvement in the schooling business compromises its neutrality in the field of education: the preservation of its own schools becomes a more important priority than the provision of competitive and steadily improving environments for all its young citizens.