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Most matrics won’t get jobs
The education system, already failing to prepare learners, feeds into a labour system that keeps them unemployed. It is a vicious cycle that must be broken.
3 February 2025
The education system, already failing to prepare learners, feeds into a labour system that keeps them unemployed. It is a vicious cycle that must be broken.
The less dynamic labour regulations make the labour market, the fewer initiatives there would be to create jobs.
Dr Morné Malan was featured on Radio 702 on the FMF’s diagnosis of the unemployment crisis in South Africa.
The JSEC allows workers to choose to be exempt from certain provisions of SA’s various labour laws, allowing a South African to compete with the hypothetical immigrant on an even footing, without being inhibited by legislation.
Martin van Staden was featured on Radio Islam to discuss the FMF’s proposals to end South Africa’s unemployment crisis.
NUMSA’s rigid stance on wages ignores the South African reality that some income, even if modest, is better than nothing.
The deal you and I have is between us, not between us and the government.
Vivienne Vermaak was featured in The Citizen on the FMF’s proposal for a Job Seekers Exemption Certificate.
The JSEC would allow job seekers to exempt themselves from certain labour regulations, including the minimum wage.
The FMF calls on the GNU to cut job-killing regulations and lower the barriers to entry into South Africa’s labour market.