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Numsa president Cedric Gina

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Speaking at the 25th anniversary of the union in Athlone, Western Cape, Numsa president Cedric Gina said this huge problem required a bigger response.

Government solutions must involve a massive skills revolution for young people.

This included the reopening of nursing colleges, the filling of all further education and training facilities and the adoption of a manufacturing-based industrial strategy, he said.

Cosatu was opposed to the current proposed youth wage subsidy. This was because "unpatriotic" South African employers would use the subsidy to "line their pockets", he said.

There was also a fear employers would replace older employees with younger ones to avoid higher salaries.

"Today we as a country talk of a lack of critical skills because unpatriotic South African unpatriotic employers have not trained young people in numbers in order to ensure that when big projects like Kusile and Medupi take place, we do not import skills from other countries," Gina said.

He called on Numsa members to approach the coming Cosatu congress with the purpose of ensuring that the federation emerged united.

"We must be self-critical as we approach this congress and pose a frank question about whether (or not) we have implemented the 2015 plan that we adopted in 2003."

Numsa was a forum that debated issues across its structures, he said.

"You are a union that still believes and subscribes to democratic centralism," he told the audience.

"The country is grappling with the role of the Reserve Bank today because of your campaigns. You are a striking union," Gina said.

"The country is grappling with the issue of labour brokers today because of your campaigns, where you achieved superior agreements on phasing out labour brokers in your sectors."

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May 29, 2012

PleaseGetReal1

So then bring your idea forward and let it work, for now, enjoy the youth wage subsidy because it showed success in SA and other countries in the world.
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May 29, 2012

PleaseGetReal1

Meant to say, countries all over the world.
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May 29, 2012

Usernamee

Numsa and Cosatu are only concerned about numbers, not concerned about the problem we have in SA. they know that the people coming in through youth subsidy will not be easy to unionise.

Why dont you put and execute a better solution and stop being vocal for nothing.


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May 29, 2012

UpSiDeDown12

Wage subsidy>>>i still not understand how Wage subsidy is it gonna benefit youth or whatz the disadvantage here
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May 29, 2012

mathopeed

@UpSiDeDown12
Wage subsidy>>>i still not understand how Wage subsidy is it gonna benefit youth or whatz the disadvantage here

Exactly my point bra, why this comrade explain or clarify some of us aabout its disadvantages because we only hear about advantages only?
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May 29, 2012

SED

Bona, we are talking about involuntary unemployment here. The reason why people are not working is not because of the LOW WAGE that companies are offering, but unavailability of vacant positions. Are they saying Private sector can absorb 7.7 million people if they introduce a subsidy?

May be Brett Murray should paint something about Labour Brokers and put it in his Gallery, maybe we will get the quick response.

I am saying this because some of us are sharing our hard earned money with agencies and government intends to subsidise. Why cant they deal with this overdue problem first? This one of the main reason why people take salted peanuts home

Those cadres who are appointed to come with solutions should be recalled because they are not delivering.

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May 29, 2012

mthosam

very stup!d enough, stop telling us known problems and provide solutions.
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Jun 14, 2012

fisto071

maybe its enough abt the whole issue we want jobs

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