INTRODUCTION 1. The aim of the study is to find whether the grievance handling mechanism ensures that employee’s problems are recognized and appropriately reviewed in a prompt and timely manner. 2. The grievance mechanism acts as a foundation for a harmonious and healthy relationship between employee and employer. 3. The grievance mechanism ensures a fair and just treatment of employee’s concerns and prompt resolution of grievances without discrimination‚ coercion‚ restraint or reprisal
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Read the case study below and conduct your own research on Shoprite Holdings Ltd. Following your investigation answer the questions in Section A. South Africa and the global economic environment Since our previous report‚ there has not been any material improvement in the global environment in which South Africa trades. In the European Union‚ collectively the country’s largest trading partner‚ the crisis seems to be deepening as the fear of member countries defaulting spreads from Greece to
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Agenda 21 in South Africa The authority of all national Agenda 21 strategies is the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs even though the Agenda incorporates a wider variety of fields and sectors than those associated with this department. The Agenda 21 areas that enjoy attention in South Africa include trade‚ financing‚ technology‚ industry‚ transport and sustainable tourism‚ with an additional area that focuses on changing consumption patterns. Trade The Departments of Foreign Affairs
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Introduction: Namibia is small flourishing country located in the south west of Africa. Its surrounding neighbors are Angola‚ Botswana‚ South Africa‚ and the South Atlantic Sea. The country is very young‚ and was recently liberated from foreign and South African rule‚ and was formerly known as South West Africa. Compared to all of its neighbors Namibia has an extremely low unemployment rate of 5.3%‚ and a GDP per capita of 7‚500 USD. Even though the country appears to have a high per capita GDP
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Trade Unions: A small increase in wages for unskilled labourers/workers may result in a bigger decrease in the demand for unskilled labour. Labour Laws: Current labour laws are very rigid‚ thus preventing employment especially in small enterprises. Eg: Domestic Workers Law: R1250 per month plus fringe benefits. Labour Laws in South Africa also make it very difficult to dismiss or retrench workers. Also hiring of workers has to comply with racial and gender quotas. Most workers are also pressured
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banners. We recently saw the acquisition of Massmart in South Africa which incorporated the Game‚ Dion Wired‚ Makro and Builders Warehouse group of companies. For the financial year 2011-2012 the Wal-Mart group turnover was approximately $444 Billion. Wal-Mart employs +- 2 million people worldwide at its stores. This makes it one of the largest companies in the world and the largest in the retail sector. The industry that Wal-Mart trades in is retail direct to the public. Wal-Mart sells high
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The change in South African Family-Law dynamics “The relationship between law and society that breathes life into it and into which it breathes life in a mutually sustaining and inextricable one”. Ilan Brest - 475227‚ ilanbrest@hotmail.com The change in South African Family-Law dynamics “The relationship between law and society that breathes life into it and into which it breathes life in a mutually sustaining and inextricable one”. Ilan Brest - 475227‚ ilanbrest@hotmail.com Introduction
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After many years of violence‚ discrimination‚ and white supremacy‚ South Africa was finally determined to change its political system from an apartheid government into a democracy. In 1948‚ with the National Party in power‚ the apartheid legislation was established. It was not an easy road for those who‚ since the beginning‚ wanted to end this political separation. Racial groups were forbidden‚ in any case‚ to have any public or private contact with white people. Therefore‚ blacks and ethnic people
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History Essay – Ideologies South Africa is a democratic country‚ governed by the ANC. The most dominant ideologies present are capitalism and liberalism‚ with the uprising struggle against socialism. Many people’s lives are still affected today as a result of the severities of the apartheid and are therefore demanding compensation. South Africa has struggled with equality due to the previous implementation of the apartheid regime. Nineteen years later‚ South Africa citizens still remain in the
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increased cross-border trade‚ investment‚ and cultural exchange. Globalization has been dominated by the nation-state‚ national economies‚ and national cultural identities. The new form of globalization is an interconnected world and global mass culture‚ often referred to as a "global village. “(Bhagwati‚2004).Globalization is perhaps the central concept of our age (Bhagwati‚ 2004). Developing country refers to the countries which are economicaly and technologically undeveloped.South Africa stands as a semi-sephere
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