BLSA CEO’s letter – 30 August 2021
POSTED ON: August 30, 2021 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Covid-19 by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
I feel positive that we are moving in the right direction, both on the vaccine programme and the economic policy changes needed.
Record unemployment will worsen if we can’t unlock infrastructure promise
POSTED ON: IN Employment, Infrastructure by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
If we thought we had a jobs crisis on our hands before this pandemic, we now we have something much, much larger than we had ever imagined.
MEDIA STATEMENT: Unemployment data reflects a structural crisis and underperforming economy
POSTED ON: August 25, 2021 IN Unemployment by Admin
Unemployment data reflects a structural crisis and underperforming economy that only swift and decisive action by all social partners can address.
Reform momentum must be increased to deal with jobless crisis
POSTED ON: August 23, 2021 IN Employment, Political economy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Our only escape from the unemployment crisis and underperforming economy is through reform.
Join the dots between cadre deployment and state capture
POSTED ON: August 17, 2021 IN #EconomicGrowthSA, Economic policy, Employment by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Putting the right people in the right jobs is critical for success. This is tougher in politics, where success is much harder to define, than for businesses.
Rebuilding confidence of small business is key to jobs and growth crisis battle
POSTED ON: August 10, 2021 IN Economic growth, Employment, small business by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Pension rule changes are a short term-fix, growth is essential
POSTED ON: August 3, 2021 IN Employment, Political economy, Politics by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
I think that the idea to allow withdrawals from their pension comes with some dire consequences if one considers that only 6% of South Africans retire with enough savingS.
Treasury has some space to support businesses and workers
POSTED ON: July 5, 2021 IN Covid-19, Economic growth, Employment by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
The state should consider providing further social support for the vast majority of South Africans who aren’t as shielded from the economic strain caused by these unavoidable lockdowns.
BLSA CEO’s weekly letter – 5 July 2021
POSTED ON: IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Unemployment by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
The business sector is a national asset. Government needs to work with it to ensure it is not unnecessarily damaged.
BLSA lauds announcement on energy security and SAA partnership
POSTED ON: June 11, 2021 IN Economic growth, Economic policy, Employment, Energy, Infrastructure, Media statement, SOEs by BLSA
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) welcomes yesterday’s announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the licensing exemption threshold for own generation under schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act, (ERA) will be lifted to 100MW. The own generation threshold was higher than business had hoped for and means that firms such as mines and large industrial…