MEDIA STATEMENT

To: Editors & Health Journalists
Issued by: Department of Health
Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2022

Health Minister extends public consultation period for health regulations

Pretoria: The Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla has extended the period for public comments on health regulations relating to the Surveillance and Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions; Public Measures in Points of Entry; Management of [more…]

Dear employer

You are invited to share this conversation of Ann Bernstein with Francis Fukuyama.

Previous conversations gave rare insights into international thinking.

JOIN US as we convene a series of global conversations on democracy, business, markets and development.

Francis Fukuyama is one of the world’s most prominent public intellectuals. He is senior fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli [more…]

Cofesa welcomes the announcement of the  ‘Ease of Doing Business Bill’  that requires the development of a plan to reduce red tape and the costs thereof in existing regulatory measure and the evaluation of existing regulatory measures by Ministers and self-regulatory bodies.

The Democratic Alliance has tabled its Ease of Doing Business Bill which is aimed [more…]

The public is invited to comment on an amendment law establishing an ombud for small businesses.

The intent of the law has merit: The ombud must prevent small business from being unfairly bullied.

His finding in a case can have the force of a court order, for example against state departments, local government and SOEs that act [more…]

Cofesa calls for R500 000 relief grants to rescue companies

We support DA’s calls to release the funds meant as Covid-19 relief for companies and calls for grants of  R500 000 to rescue struggling tax paying companies as a rescue measure. Their numbers declined dramatically.

A precedent has been set to award R35 000 each to small farmers and [more…]

Pre-empt possible repossession of your staff’s houses

With timely advice and assistance you can avoid that your staff lose their houses and their life savings. Discuss with your staff  what may happen when they are in arears with their instalments and help them to negotiate alternative arrangements.

Evidence that banks sell repossessed houses for cents in [more…]

COFESA RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING WEBINAR:

As we emerge from crisis of 2020 many of  the future out looks have changed for business and personal alike, the way we live the way we engage and the way we conduct business in the coming years,  join TSK Training along with the renowned Professor Mervyn King and [more…]

In an email to president Ramaphosa, Mr Tito Mboweni and their councillors we urged them to ‘cross the Rubicon’, to modernise our economy by ‘picking the low hanging  free fruit of deregulation’, based on the World Economic Freedom Index report, compiled by more than 60 world renowned scholars, some of them Nobel Prize laureates:

 ‘Botswana, South [more…]

Dear Employer,

The recent looting by the highest rankings of public officials calls for the ‘recalibration of our moral and ethical values’.

May this Code mobilize everyone to fulfill their roles as ‘Ethical leaders’

To empower as many people as possible with knowledge on the concepts of ‘Ethics’ we have posted the fundamentals  of ‘Ethics’ on our website.

’I [more…]

At his Mini Budget, Mr Tito Mboweni illustrated his concern with our dwindling economy with an Aloe plant in a pot (See Beeld photo below). We support his drive to deregulate and grow the economy and look forward to him using the resilient air plant, the Tillandsia  to illustrate deregulated growth.

The Tillandsia flourishes without water [more…]

Industry experts, IDTechEx, will be hosting 6 specialist Business & Technology Insight Forums in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Korea.

The IDTechEx Business & Technology Insight Forums focus on global markets and topics of interest to the local industry. Emphasis is on current and future trends. Audience participation and interaction are encouraged, and you also take away [more…]