Making visible the invisible: Confronting South Africa's dec...
Publication year: 2008

This report argues that national direct surveys of households, such as the biannual Labour Force Surveys issued by Statistics South Africa, are useful...

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A sectoral analysis of wood, paper, pulp industries in South...
Publication year: 2008

The primary purpose of this research project is to facilitate synchronisation of the education and training requirements of the wood, paper, and pulp...

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Understanding the efficiency and effectiveness of the disput...
Publication year: 2007

While the economic growth performance in the first decade of democracy continues to be justifiably lauded, severe and seemingly intractable welfare ch...

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Labour reform in South Africa: Measuring regulation and a sy...
Publication year: 2007

This paper, in trying to mature the debate on labour regulation and worker protection, has two key objectives. Firstly, we attempt to provide more nua...

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Skills shortages in South Africa: A literature review
Publication year: 2007

This paper conducts a review of the literature on skills shortages in South Africa. It is demonstrated that different Government departments have diff...

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Analysing wage formation in the SA labour market: The role o...
Publication year: 2007

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the role of bargaining councils in wage formation in the South African labour market. Specifically, th...

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Creating knowledge networks
Publication year: 2006

A vision of the ideal partnerships between higher education and industry in a rapidly globalising knowledge economy is becoming increasingly prevalent...

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Higher education and work: Setting a new research agenda
Publication year: 2006

Higher education and Work consists of two papers. The first provides an analysis of research on graduate employment in South Africa and reflects on th...

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