Centrow Labour Market Regulation

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This episode examines key legal developments in employment equity and labour law in South Africa. Meko Magida, Executive Director of Human Resources at the University of the Western Cape, discusses his role in implementing the Employment Equity Act and establishing the Commission for Employment Equity. Shamima Gaibie, Senior Director at Cheadle Thompson & Haysom Inc., and Roger Ronnie, researcher and former trade unionist, provide additional perspectives. The discussion is facilitated by Paul Benjamin, Extraordinary Professor at UWC's Faculty of Law, focusing on affirmative action, legal reform, and the future of work.

Speaker: Adelle Blackett - Prof. of Law at McGill University, Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development, Centrow Associate. Prof. Blackett served as the lead International Labour Organization (ILO) expert in a treaty-making process for Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers, and preparing a draft Haitian labour code. Respondent: Kelebogile Khounou – Researcher: Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI). Ms Khounou’s Masters research was based on domestic workers’ engagement with everyday life, their social networks and the building of their political subjectivities. Ms Khounou has worked intensely on the campaign for inclusion of domestic workers under COIDA.