BRICS COUNTRIES SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICA’S INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH PRODUCTIVITY ECOSYSTEM FOR DECENT WORK
South Africa’s proposal for the establishment of a BRICS Productivity Ecosystem for Decent Work Platform received overwhelming support from all BRICS countries today. The proposal stems from numerous key proposals that South Africa has already made in its capacity as Chair of Brics since 1 January 2023. Brics is a group of leading emerging markets […]
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Employment and Labour Director-General calls on BRICS to act as a bloc in international forums
The Director-General of the Department of Employment and Labour has called on BRICS member states to use their collective strength in multilateral forums to pursue matters of common interest and defend the turf. Mr Thobile Lamati was delivering the closing remarks at the end of the four-day session of the Second Employment Working Group (EWG) […]
BRICS countries urged to promote trade among themselves
There was a pressing need for BRICS countries to trade more with each other than with the rest of the world, a meeting was told at the second Employment Working Group (EWG) in Port Alfred on Wednesday. Mr Jens Dyring Christensen, Senior Specialist: Enterprise Development and Management at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), was speaking […]
Basic income grant – a vital tool for social protection – BRICS
It is about time South Africa resolves the controversial issue of the R350 Social Relief Grant in favour of the Basic Income Grant (BIG), a meeting of the Second BRICS Working Group was told in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape on the first day on Tuesday. Dr Joni Musabayana, International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director for Decent […]