40 research outputs found
Laws and policies on sending Vietnamese domestic workers in Saudi Arabia
No full textThe article argues that despite the passing of a number of Acts regulating domestic work by the Vietnamese in order to better protect the rights and interests of domestic workers, the legal framework is still insufficient to regulate domestic work oversea
Does the black industrialist programme responds to south Africa’s industrialisation challenges?
No full textA research report submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Commerce (Applied Development Economics), In the Faculty of Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024This study explores the extent to which the Black Industrialist Programme (BIP) is able to fulfil its stated mandate of promoting industrialisation in South Africa. In doing so, it redirects the focus away from policy design and instead evaluates the efficacy of the programme’s mechanisms of monitoring and adjustment. Using a qualitative, inductive research approach, this study finds that the BIP’s ability to promote industrialisation is strongly compromised by the quality of its reciprocal control mechanisms. Firstly, the evaluation of firm performance against the programme’s industrial objectives either relies on check-box measures, or is outsourced entirely to private auditors. Secondly, the government is poorly capacitated to perform a rigorous monitoring function. Thirdly, the state lacks both the capacity and willingness to enforce disciplinary measures on underperforming firms. Whether the BIP evolves into a genuine instrument of industrial policy rests on addressing these shortcomings. This requires placing learning at the forefront of policy reform effortsMM202
Mondes en développement 2020/2 (n° 190) : Les politiques de l'emploi dans les pays en développement
No full textSommaire : Page 7 à 25 Politiques de l’emploi dans le cadre des Stratégies de réduction de la pauvreté : activation et flexibilité. Présentation Stéphanie Treillet Page 27 à 56 Tourner la page de l’apartheid ? Les enjeux du salaire minimum national en Afrique du Sud Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Gilad Isaacs Page 57 à 72 Études d’impact des politiques de formalisation de l’informel : entreprises versus employés Philippe Adair Page 73 à 90 La politique européenne de l’emploi au service de la compétiti..
Book Review of Alexander Gallas (2024) Exiting the Factory. Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector (vol. 1 and 2), Bristol: Bristol University Press.
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Great expectations: Working conditions since the end of apartheid
No full textThe end of apartheid created great expectations for the majority of South Africans in terms of political, but also social and economic change. At first glance, significant progress has undoubtedly taken place, beginning with the adoption of a very progressive Constitution and legislation protecting civil, economic and social rights. However, 15 years into democracy, after a fourth free general election, many feel that their expectations have not been met, and their frustration is turning violent, as demonstrated by several large-scale strikes since 2006. Politically, this frustration has led to a blunt repudiation of the country's leadership during the ANC conference of December 2007 and to Jacob Zuma's ANC unambiguous victory during the 2009 general elections, despite the formation of a breakaway party. This article explores these frustrations through the evolutions that have taken place in the workplace - a central locus of exploitation under apartheid - since the late 1980s; it highlights the necessity of an analysis that goes beyond the sole prism of labour market legislation. Drawing on extensive empirical research, it focuses on the evolution of working conditions in three key sectors of the South African economy - mining, forestry and agriculture. It argues that the post-apartheid era has witnessed a marked increase in the precariousness of workers' status and situations. Despite formal labour market regulation, processes of externalisation have been pervasive, turning previously oppressed wage labourers into poor, casualised workers eking a living in a liberalised economy. South Africa's social and economic policies have decisively contributed to this outcome. The paradox is all the more significant when it is pitted against the high expectations associated with the transition; it epitomises the difficult restructuring of South African society and the uncertainty surrounding its future
