Stemming the rising tide of retrenchments would be very critical if South Africans were to weather the threat that the global economic crisis was currently posing to its hard earned jobs and wage security gains, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana warned today.
A decade ago we heralded in a new landscape for skills development through the Skills Development Act, the Skills Development Levies Act, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act, and the very first National Skills Development Strategy.