Association adamant Employment Amendment Act will worsen joblessness

[@AlienSkanks]

30% does not equate to intelligence 😂😂.

[@milkyevanfok2814]

Worst education = worst employees

[@Tinker8531]

Education was worse during Apartheid but people still had jobs. Today is all about Modern Slavery and cheap labour from outside.

[@OrnamentalHermit03]

⁠@@Tinker8531we were an industrial nation then. Now those workshops are no more than warehouses. Noone will invest here, not on any scale that will make a difference. As you can see, all infrastructure is decaying and will vanish. For politicians will be rich before anything trickles from between their fingers

[@FerderSBV]

Pap🎉enfus talking rubbish. When they had to run business on whites is boss and even separate toilets entrances and exits we never heard these racists complaining when institutionalized racism benefitted them. These racists are not arguing for any merit they want their whites only socialism AKA Apartheid back

[@marky5493]

its NOT the governments job to create employment, its the private sector that creates jobs which powers the economy . the governments job is to uphold laws and create the prime environment for companies to thrive. government should get out of the way

[@thepantheoncon4146]

In a system that has not been working, yes. We seek a way that works.

[@truth-Hurts375]

Exactly....DomDoos!!! They are talking about a LAW !!!!

[@mlungisimasinda7117]

But this is what they are doing making laws

[@AlienSkanks]

​@@mlungisimasinda7117 The ANC wants to destroy jobs and take over the nation by making false promises to control you.

[@nivob4076]

30percenter ​@@mlungisimasinda7117

[@RollandMay]

A government creates job's as a tick creates blood.

[@mlungisimasinda7117]

Me personally I don't blame the Government it is people who uses money and power in their companies like others business owners want to hire man only but at the other hand we also complain about gender inequality so it is things like this that makes the government to interfere for example the Bella bill for the past 30 years people have been complaining about racism so the will make such decisions because if the government don't do nothing they will be other groups complaining that the system is excluding them

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

The old white man has a point hiring the second best person in a group of people who already are considered not a skilled labour Force in the world is crazy We will complain about foreigners but at the end of the day 30% pass rate guys what are we learning actually let's Start from The bottom fixed education then we can have this conversation best universities in Africa but the people going are not fully prepared to take on the load

[@ckoriablack]

No university take someone who passed for less than 50% and graduates are unemployed. Your white inspired 30% pass mark is just a stupid way of looking at things

[@ckoriablack]

it's not even 30% pass rate but 30% pass mark for maximum of 2 subjects and those subjects shouldn't be languages or L.O. I'm not proud of our NSC system but you guys are missing the point. White people are pushing their own agenda. They hire white people from the same education system

[@oliviersandjong3148]

Back people most start creating jobs for the black please stop creating stupid law to frustrated business people

[@dinaledi4085]

So if we start saying black people must create jobs for black people must we also say white people must create a life in white countries ? Do you now realise how racist that mentality is ?

[@rendaninemavhidi1554]

A true entrepreneur would know that diversity is good for your business I hoped Gerhard would know that.

[@truth-Hurts375]

Listen to him.... He Don't !!!!

[@jostasekgota6311]

You can see his thinking is from Apartheid. Yuck 🤮

[@AlienSkanks]

​@@jostasekgota6311Jys n Dom RACIST Aap - It has nothing to do with apartheid, but it is people like you that I will leave in a ditch- WAKE UP!!! You complain about joblessness while the ANC destroys businesses.

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

@@rendaninemavhidi1554 the diversity in the amendment act is speaking of having a certain numbers they are putting a numerical figure in there that's the problem that's not good for business after 50 you will now have to consider that the government wants you to have a certain amount of females in there it's not about race you have to consider that we have disabled people I can no longer consider your skills first after I reach 50 plus employees i have to consider whether you are a male or female so whatever you didn't university no longer matters because you are not a woman or you are not disabled that means I'm now hiring someone who's less skilled how is that good for business

[@luckykagiso4380]

yall cant force tax payers to chose us black people just because we are black. u have to hire people u trust not people that are forced to you

[@samueldudley5590]

People who can do the job must get the job

[@AlienSkanks]

Dont tell that to these clever dom Blacks 😂

[@Tinker8531]

In racist South Africa, skin colour becomes the measuring point. If you White it is seen like you competent.

[@Quadruple8888]

Hence why the country is in such a shambles No one who works for the government should be but they got the job Wonder what the criteria was for hiring them

[@victoriajaneke2350]

Once employed and subsequently found lacking, dismissals are also not an option. What to do....?

[@Tinker8531]

How about on the job training.

[@KD-us9jm]

@@Tinker8531 I think sometimes someone is found lacking because of their bad attitude and "lack of care" for the job because they know they got the job and cannot be dismissed, so training might not work there. If you had to deal with such people in your business how would you resolve that ? provide them with training ?

[@Quadruple8888]

@@Tinker8531 Many businesses have this currently e.g Checkers But no matter how much I complain over simple things I always get told they will have to send them again for training It aint working People need to be hired for what they can do and not what the employer thinks he can do

[@danielgouws1470]

Dit is hoogtyt dat die staat hulle hul werk doen en hulle neuse uit die private besigheid hou want dit is deur hierdie regstelendealksie wat die land sy gat gesien het want daardie persone het bokerol kwalifiekaasie gehad.

[@rulaniloony2560]

Lol Gerhard did not read the act.

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

@@rulaniloony2560 the keyword is diversity there what they are telling the businesses is that once you go about 50 we expect you guys to be having at least a certain number of females in your company we expect as certain they might expect you to hire someone who has a disability as well to show diversity so now you're going to have to be put second over someone who is an albino even though you're more qualified than them or because they expect certain number of emails in the company you might not be considered even though you are the one qualified for that job the English in it is very simple for you to promote diversity you have to use reverse discrimination especially when you are now dealing with numbers or targets that the government has said

[@domaths7]

So people will keep their businesses less than 50 employees. That doesn't help does it.

[@MightyMike55]

Gerard did not read the new act. He just woke up and jumped on an interview without knowing what the act is about 😂😂😂 just playing race race race 😂

[@potgieterchristiaan3886]

Ah so the skin colour issue persists. When will it become "gone"? Only when we have educated all our citizens of the RSA.

[@Tinker8531]

If business played fair skin colour would go away, they don't. They even hire illegals so they can get away with cheap labour. Sorry business asked for this to happen.

[@Tinker8531]

Maybe the government should give lower taxes to businesses who practices diversity.

[@tumelo7898]

AMEN

[@cindyleehart1039]

Businesses will flourish but government and Municipalities will continue to suffer as they employ the mentality of a foot in the door and an entitlement to get paid while doing as little as possible and the increases keep going up on their salaries while they get more incompetent in doing the work required so more people get employed usi g taxpayers money so more incompetence gets employed and this looks good for the employment levels but is worse for actual function. SA is a joke. We are not going to get the equity needed we will increase poverty however. Keep going ANC and cripple SA that much you are competent in.

[@EbrahimKeraan-t4w]

The problem here is simple: if you speak about racism, it exist; if you don't speak about racism, it doesn't exist. This TV presenter is ALL ABOUT RACE; Let's not talk about race, but talk about what is good for the country

[@truth-Hurts375]

Kak praat nie !!! Listen to the White Racist domkop !!!! DomDoos !!!

[@godfreyberry1599]

Obviously has never come close to running a business in his entire life.

[@Tinker8531]

What's good for a country is to have everyone employed. These people even have the audacity to hire illegals. Since cheap labour came across borders South Africans suddenly got lazy in jobs they did for years.

[@ZIZLISTO]

Easier to not talk Race, when you don't consider & appreciate where we coming from as a country.

[@PravitLochan]

We need to start teaching both soft and hard/technical skills if we want to reduce unemployment.

[@ThamsanqaBengu]

With that argument, we can extrapolate that when making a living, citizens assume all the risk and therefore should have the option NOT to pay tax. Due to the fact that you cannot force a citizen to spend their money on the government. The government makes rules we hate and sometimes love for the greater benefit of all, ideally of course. If we aren't willing to negotiate and reason then a rift will soon form along colour lines. We know what happened the last time that happened in South Africa. This is just sad.

[@Nacifra7]

This is an old age debate of whether laws actually change behaviour...

[@R2VVH21]

Make the pass rate 10%. Current 30% is discriminatory.

[@ckoriablack]

These experts, analysts and organisations just come here unprepared then express their feelings not to address the main issues

[@jostasekgota6311]

Who’s this guy? He is so emotional and doesn’t make any sense

[@ckoriablack]

@jostasekgota6311 He just wanted to say how he feels about black people and he doesn't care about anything else that comes after😂

[@tumelo7898]

His emotions speaks volumes, he's saying as a white businessman he prefers white workforce and people who won't go to ccma .. we know that SA rights doesn't protect foreign nationals so connect the dots.

[@ckoriablack]

@@tumelo7898 Everything is wrong about your statement. - He is not speaking as a businessman but speaks for organisation. - Since when white people don't go to CCMA. - Only illegal foreigners are not protected by CCMA coz they are breaking the law at the first place. - South Africa is a country govern by laws not people's preferences, this is not a jungle state that illegal immigrants wanna create.

[@lucianodenobrega5319]

Saw this in my pervious work position. When people move up the ladder, one will be picked over the other in terms of color regulation. That where we need to get education and people have the right skill set of all individual to be in the same level to do the job

[@WamoAfrica]

This Gerhard guy just don't want any diverse workplace..

[@Tinker8531]

Gerhard this claim there are no skills is sometimes just a way to exclude Black people from the economy. We have plenty of Black graduates that can be trained on the job. Well we have seen how SA have gone back to Apartheid Labour Practices, Modern Day Slavery and the hiring of illegal workers. Business through their practices of exclusion of Black south Africans have opened the doors for government intervention. If they had been fair, none of this would be needed. He is already telling you he wants a certain group of people.

[@willtwala1867]

This Herhard guy is spinning lol

[@AlbertusMBezuidenhout]

Much anticipated!? Dont employ any one...dont train them in anything! Let them get the Sassa!

[@TataKaZuri]

Gerhard, and those he's representing, want cheap labor of non-South Africans - he obviously can't say that openly. Hence, he's talking about "groups of people"...😂😂😂

[@kateturner1849]

@@TataKaZuri It's not about cheap labour - it's about getting the right people - and we don't have the "right people". A 30% pass rate is pathetic - so who wants to employ that?

[@JP-ri1rz]

Just more racist race based laws from the cANCerous Ramapada. Talk about digging your own grave to poverty instead of building prosperity for all.

[@derickl1965]

We are not only hearing the crack of the wip from the pupetmasters, we are feeling it. That gobernment and big organisations out of this all and we wil have grove in the economy overnite.

[@monde1250]

Black people what are you doing to up skill? You cant also ask people to force hiring you because the government said so

[@tumelo7898]

Where are they getting the skills if not hired first?.. it's the likes of this guy Gerhard why black south Africans don't have skills to begin with... he's afraid of ccma because SAns will surely take you to ccma but foreign nationals won't.. listen to him one more time.. Zims won't take him to ccma

[@siphobuthelezi9120]

The problem we have now is that the government doesn't care about the failed state because we will join Africa as content anyway.

[@farees2211]

Who is fooling Who

[@AlienSkanks]

You are fooling yourself DomDoos 😂

[@MyPaballo]

What is this guy saying ?

[@nomalangamanzini9242]

Uyanyaaaa...

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

Honestly you cannot hire people who are not up to your business standard it reduces efficiency we're living in a time where businesses are hiring business analyst the moment that guy is done with analysing that same person you are forced to hire you end up firing them again it adds to the guests point that guy might take you to court but according to the analysis of the business he might be the weak point

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

​@@nomalangamanzini9242we all know this is not practical but in our heart we want to uplift our own people which is good But hiring third best qualified person can easily ruin your business if you own a bakery you want the best bakers in the multi billion dollar industry like the mine you want the best machine operators you want the best HE manager what you don't want is 3rd best but just because he's black and he's from tembisa let's uplift the Kasi any mistake that mine loses millions and potentially pays millions and compensation

[@jostasekgota6311]

Nonsense

[@tumelo7898]

​@thabisanisibanda9572 No his guy is not talking about business dynamics he's talking about black South Africans being bad for business.. emphasis on black south Africans

[@monde1250]

It should be every south african’s responsibility to build other south africans. The whole thing of “you are not the best therefore go away” will not solve our problems. How about you employ them and train them (train for real) and Gov pays for this training. Training though should be followed up by employment on your payroll not only collect money from Gov for training then chuck them afterwards.

[@AlienSkanks]

The government does not create jobs; it is the people with the guts to launch a business and hire people like you to ruin your job.

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

@@monde1250 then the government should have gave us a survey to say of the 90 companies we audited and asked only 10 where promoting up scaling hence we are forcing them Upscaling usually happens with five employees with a certain target in mind I know of some companies that take their employees to learn extra courses take them to conferences in workshops now you are being forced to hire somebody who's not qualified so that you can educate them yourself that's the government's failing you are asking businesses to school employees who should never be employed in the first place 😂 diversity sounds good on paper until it's you being discriminated because you are a man and we now need a certain amount of females in the job or because we don't have someone who's considered disabled we are going to hire a disabled person over you not because he's more qualified but because he fits government requirements

[@marky5493]

and how should we pay for that? it'll be simpler to just say everyone should pay for their OWN skills, cause at the end of the day that's what happens anyway.

[@monde1250]

@ so all im saying is instead of saying “i didnt choose second best because there was a better one”, and the better one is always white (because they have more exposure by virtue of their parents being rich etc), how about you take the second best and train them, you will be doing country-work as well as closing the gap in your company. Im also saying you should be able to claim the training from Gov. but whites are too angry to even think this far. Always trying to find ways to continue excluding. Hai fokof lea bora lona

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

I think the interviewer has asked him the wrong questions the government did not help reducing the pass percentage mark just hiring 10 people who are not upto your business standards can kill your business imagine the mine hiring 3rd best qualified health and safety manager if something goes wrong that mine will pay millions of compensation in the root cause would have been the government forcing you to hire someone who was never your first choice

[@monde1250]

You missed a key question where he asked about ups killing

[@AlienSkanks]

You can't hire Dumb - Domdoos

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

@monde1250 the keyword is diversity there what they are telling the businesses is that once you go about 50 we expect you guys to be having at least a certain number of females in your company we expect as certain they might expect you to hire someone who has a disability as well to show diversity so now you're going to have to be put second over someone who is an albino even though you're more qualified than them or because they expect certain number of emails in the company you might not be considered even though you are the one qualified for that job the English in it is very simple for you to promote diversity you have to use reverse discrimination especially when you are now dealing with numbers or targets that the government has said

[@kateturner1849]

This BBBEEE is the reason we have so many people taking their business overseas. If I want a mechanic - I'm taking the best - not the race. An employer cannot be your trainer. Neither can any company afford people who, sick or not, will use every sick day they're entitled to - like small babies.

[@truth-Hurts375]

Kak praat nie !!! How many businesses has got more than 50 mechanics???? DomDoos !!!

[@swartkat4394]

​@truth-Hurts375 super quick, Tyger wheel n tyre, Hi Q, VW/Toyota/BMW etc service centers, Dekra etc etc etc

[@AlienSkanks]

​@@truth-Hurts375 Dom bly dom 😂

[@thepantheoncon4146]

We don't talk about the effects of apartheid enough, the dutch have forgotten themselves.

[@MadodaSimelane]

This is the one of those who doesn't want change the old way of employment

[@FofaBeijFeli]

Nah, we all want to choose the best for our business. Not my problem if you are a certain colour, age and gender. Id go for experience first, time in position, reliability. I wouldn't hire my babies nanny to do cashbook, but I hired her based on the fact that she stayedv18 years in 1 job, that means she's not going to in and out of my babies life... But ask her to do cashbook, because she applied?

[@Lethu-k9o]

Let the bill go ahead, plenty of skills in SA ,transformation is vital don't leave it to business.

[@thepantheoncon4146]

Well said.

[@HalinaLeonowicz]

@@Lethu-k9o There is good presentation on KZbin "why dumb peoples think they are smart" worth to think about it....🤔

[@Ash_Hole-f7p]

These oaks are clueless

[@bradleychauke]

The racism coming off Gerhard 😳 First he tried to make it about government overreach, the skills, then ‘culture’ - we know what he’s saying he just doesn’t want to work with black people or women. The new EE is a joke and is very weak on any real economic transformation agenda

[@tumelo7898]

With BELA BILL they said they are trying to protect the "AFRIKAANER CULTURE " .. old tactics

[@HalinaLeonowicz]

It is rasism legalized.... 🤔🤣🤔

[@anitanxumalo7900]

Yup!!!! 😂

[@ZIZLISTO]

Easier said from a Priviliged position...

[@matomemalatji115]

Culture and Religion plays important role in Business say Gerald. Wow! What happened to the Constitution.

[@tumelo7898]

Gerhard wa hlanya tuks, what culture?... truth is Gerhard wants to hire our neighbors ' zims '.. he prefers them because they don't have rights in SA... listen to him carefully.. without doubt he can train Zimbabweans because he knows he'll be unlawful to them and his business will still thrive... there's no culture here... they said the same about the BELA ACT saying they are trying to save the "Afrikaaner culture".. remember?

[@monwabisimsutu917]

These guy is very sick the bill is good lets move on brother.

[@thabisanisibanda9572]

That's not good because you are hiring somebody who was never your first choice and he'll definitely bring down the efficiency of the business

[@tumelo7898]

​@thabisanisibanda9572 dude, blacks aren't anyone's choice haven't you reckoned that??.. Speaking from experience, whe I buy a business site at a particular village, they only approve the deal when I hire my team plus locals .. skill or no skill so it's upto me to let my team bring the others upto speed... simple ... Gerhard here is talking nonsense and he's letting his emotions do the talking

[@BathabileFaku]

They are touched , the bill will go ahead. We no longer care about their feelings.

[@oliviersandjong3148]

Tru if so there will take there business away black people do not create jobs specifically good jop

[@FofaBeijFeli]

We'll see what you'll do when the country "gives Zimbabwe".

[@thepantheoncon4146]

​@@FofaBeijFeliwe would rather that than this. Simple enough?

[@FofaBeijFeli]

No not that simple, and it wasn't for that sunken titanic. 😂 You should see what HR or GM sees, unless you've seen that, you literally have no place to talk. Prev. Guy said feelings... This is def. Going after feelings. Anyways...

[@thepantheoncon4146]

@@FofaBeijFeli to be honest I just want us to learn, and you know experience is the best teacher. We simply can't do with being told or living the experience vicariously, it must be visceral so we know after to never do it again.

[@Magutshwa-CONSPIRACY_THEORIST]

The arrogant of the private sector its at its highest degree. So you create your business to do what you want even exploiting people as they do. In other words they create their business don't even thinking about the labour laws, but to do as they wish, yet they know they are not the ones who would be working there they will hire people, so their only agenda its to do what they want with those people. So the job shortages is working to their advantage because they know there's many fish in the see whether in expects sector down to general labour they careless they will pay you what they want because the government its making it well for them not to create job opportunities so the masters can come and fish what they want.....Fellow South Africans, we are really fu***d by this government with its collaboration with the private sector, big time🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@tumelo7898]

I think Gerhard misunderstood the act, don't worry... But Gerhard is trying to tell us that he prefers foreign nationals because he can be unethical and not be taken to CCMA... he's afraid of the ccma... the act is good, just read it

[@marky5493]

Dude you need to educate youself,the private sector and the government NEED to work together for the greater good. The government creates NOTHING but dreams and acts like a safety net for the fallen, the private sector TELLS the government what laws they need for the economy to flourish and ask that the government uphold those laws through the use of force via the military and police force. nowhere is the government supposed to create jobs in return they are allowed to collect taxes with which they use to help people on the bottom.

[@Magutshwa-CONSPIRACY_THEORIST]

@marky5493 Am well vast by your manipulative stunt yet you know exactly that there's one major reason for private sector to work with government, just to bleed the state funds to their fellow folks nothing much the is benefiting the poor in Khayelitsha, in fact not even less but nothing as in zil. So that propaganda works to those who fail to see a given no need to even critical think about your lie, fool the fool not some of us💁🏽

[@Tizza.21]

Let the bill go ahead, 👍

[@Tizza.21]

Yeah,if 'business' don't want to comply with the laws of our beloved country,let them go run their business freely elsewhere, Europe is open..

[@wernerstapela4616]

@Tizza.21 and they do, and it does and will increasingly impact SA's (un)employment statistics.

[@Tizza.21]

@@wernerstapela4616 Let it,we r tired of being held at a gun point by so called business,so let it do it's worse,comply or close shop, period..

[@rakeditsejerry2281]

The guy is here to expose how arrogant and greedy private sector is, they will never listen to the government if the government is proposing things that can lower their profit.

[@Ummo2850]

😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪😂😂😂

[@GK222_]

😂 what is this man waffling on about?

[@tumelo7898]

His emotions.. that's what it is

[@monde1250]

Arabile you asked very important questions

[@creightonattorneysgauteng2228]

Impractical in numerous situations

[@monde1250]

The best to him will always be his friend

[@AlienSkanks]

Like your culture baba 😂😂

[@monde1250]

@ you have missed the whole point. Let me leave you alone. Doubt you’ll ever get it. Just fyi the only reason SA looks attractive for investment at all, is because of its diversity that you guys that are stuck in the past hate so much.

[@tumelo7898]

​@@monde1250 WHAT??... I think am commenting on your status for the second time now... THERE'S NO DIVERSITY IN SA... OTHERWISE WE'D NOT BE DISCUSSING THIS... ITS JUST OTHER RACE ACCOMMODATING OTHERS...not when others are suffering.. THE FACT IS THAT THE PAST OCCURED AND ITS EASY FOR YOU PERHAPS TOFORGET IT EVER HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER LOST A LOVED ONE THROUGH IT ALL.. someone asking black people to forget what happened is stupidity at its best.. FYI.. the past is the future of south africa as long as we still have people like Gerhard here.. do you think Gerhard likes the so called DIVERSITY??

[@samueldudley5590]

😂

[@siphobuthelezi9120]

This is the same interfaces by the government that ended the cricket national team. Good luck. 😂😂😂

[@mlungisimasinda7117]

Clever black wena this guy is bias for example when u say to youth go to school after that u want experience from them before u hire them thats nonsense the Government have to interfere in every thing so that everyone will be protected just imagine coming to South Africa and hire all foreigners because they are cheap in an excuse that they are the most hard working people 😅😅