South Africa’s Labour Deputy Minister, Inkosi Patekile Holomisa is leading a South African delegation to the regional body’s extra-ordinary meeting that brings together ministers and social partners responsible for employment and labour.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) extra-ordinary meeting of ministers and social partners takes place 10 to 11 July in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The meeting of Ministers and Social partners on Thursday will be preceded by a meeting of senior officials and social partners that started on Monday, 7 July.
Some of the issues under discussion will include the Report on Implementation of the SADC Labour Migration Action Plan, Consideration of Draft SADC Labour Migration Policy Framework, Consideration of the Draft Code on TB in the Mining Sector and Implementation of the SADC Decent Work Programme 2013/19: Draft SADC Decent Work Monitoring and Evaluation Tool, and youth employment promotion amongst others.
The meeting that brings together Ministers, Government officials and representatives of employers and workers from the SADC Member States will also provide an opportunity to ministers to conclude national and regional consultations of the Revised SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2015/20.
The meeting is to follow up on the Council’s directive of August 2013 taken in Lilongwe, Malawi, that the revised RISDP be finalised and cleared by respective policy structures of SADC.
SADC member states include: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Enquiries:
Mokgadi Pela
Tel: 012 309 4247
Cell: 082 808 2168
E-mail: Mokgadi.Pela@labour.gov.za
