Tag: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SEIA)

We have lodged objections to the proposed Unlawful Entering on Premises Bill, 2022, in response to the invitation to comment that was gazetted by the Department of Justice. The bill is intended to replace the Trespass Act of 1959.

Researchers exhorting the South African government to implement the NMW (National Minimum Wage) reported that they could find no studies showing high job losses from the institution of minimum wages. How did they not uncover the link between the 2007 decision to impose the US Fair Minimum Wage Act on the US dependencies of Puerto Rico, American Samosa and the Mariana Islands?

Mr Ramaphosa, like most South Africans I am relieved that you have ascended to the country’s highest political post. However, you of all people know that you start your Presidency with an economy in deep trouble – and one in which the unemployed have been almost completely ignored.