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SEIFSA welcomes launch of Africa Continental Free trade area
Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) welcomes the official beginning of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 30 May 2019, which provides access to a continent-wide market of 1.2 billion people worth $2.5 trillion....
Skills Development: Financial Benefits for your company
Skills development is one of the priority elements of the BBBEE scorecard. Skills development measures the extent to which a company carries out initiatives designed to develop the competencies of black people both internal and external to the company. The sub-minimum...
Fifth Annual SEIFSA Awards For Excellence See Record Increase In Entries
Johannesburg, 5 May 2019 – THE 2019 SEIFSA Awards for Excellence have seen a record increase in the number of entries received, indicating their growing popularity and prestige, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) CEO Kaizer...
2020 WSP / ATR Submissions Deadlines
Call to all SDF’s who have not yet completed their WSP / ATR submission for 2019 / 2020: 7 days to go before the deadline but there is still time for you to submit. The merSETA NSDMS (Skills development portal) has beaten most of the bugs in the system from last year...
CCMA fights against Employers who dont pay minimum wage
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) came into effect in January 2019, making it illegal for Employers to pay lower than the prescribed hourly rates published within the Act. The new minimum wage of R20 per hour applies across all sectors, however there are a number of...
SEIFSA To Host South African Political Parties on 12 April 2019
SEIFSA invites its members and stakeholders in the Metals and Engineering Sector to a breakfast on Friday, 12 April 2019 where the top 5 South African political parties will address the business community . The event will be hosted at the Johannesburg Country Club, in...
Positive Growth In Manufacturing Production Encouraging but Volatile, says SEIFSA
Johannesburg, 14 March 2019 - The sustained positive trajectory in production of the broader manufacturing sector is encouraging but still volatile, so says Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) Economist Marique Kruger. Speaking...
Unsure how to implement the National Minimum wage?
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) came into effect in January 2019, prohibiting Employers from paying lower than the prescribed hourly rates published within the Act. The new minimum wage of R20 per hour applies across all sectors; however there are a number of...
The Strategic Role of a Skills Development Facilitator
Annual Skills Development grant submissions are due for by 30th of April 2019, and the system for all SETA’s is open for capture. In order to claim for funding from the Sectoral Education Training Authority (SETA) a company must submit a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)...
Mandatory Grant submissions 2019/2020 are due 30 April 2019
Friday 1st of February and the the newly implemented grant application system for merSETA (as well as other SETA’s) is officially open! The submission deadline for the financial period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, for Mandatory and Discretionary grant submissions by...