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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06JOHANNESBURG202 |
SOUTH AFRICA: ROLE OF NEDLAC [...] Summary: The National Economic Development and Labor Council (NEDLAC) celebrated its tenth anniversary last year, amid some questions about its utility in creating social consensus on government policy. NEDLAC, established in 1995, is a forum designed to promote social dialogue and brings t [...] |
2006-06-08 12:47:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG205 |
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER"THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] |
2006-06-09 15:52:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON ELAB SF ZI |
| 06JOHANNESBURG335 |
SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: COAL IN THE GLOBAL SETTING, [...] (U) Introduction: This is the first of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 1 provides a background to coal, relative to other energy sources, and South Africa's position in the global coal market place. End Introduction. S [...] |
2006-09-08 15:06:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG337 |
THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART II -- COAL IN SOUTH [...] (U) Introduction: This is the second of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role coal plays in the South African economy. Part 2 provides an in-depth look at the South African coal industry, from coalfields to production, uses and exports. It also looks at the infrastructur [...] |
2006-09-08 15:44:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG338 |
THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART III -- PLANS AND [...] (U) Introduction: This is the third of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 3 provides information on some of the new and expansion projects underway and planned clean-coal developments. It reviews some of the policies and leg [...] |
2006-09-08 16:01:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENGR ECON SENV SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG339 |
THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART IV -- AFRICAN COAL [...] (U) Introduction: This is the fourth and last of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 4 provides information on some of the coal-related developments in other African countries. Reftel A provides a summary for all four sections [...] |
2006-09-08 16:54:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG415 |
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -- [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] |
2006-10-20 15:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EPET ENRG ECON SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG416 |
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -- [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] |
2006-10-20 15:05:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV EPET ECON SF CH |
| 06JOHANNESBURG467 |
SOUTH AFRICA: STATE OF ALUMINUN INDUSTRY [...] (U) The South African aluminum industry is well developed and a major contributor to the economy. During 2005, primary and semi-fabricated aluminum sales amounted to 920,000 tons valued at about $1.7 billion, of which exports accounted for more than 70% by mass and value. All plants are curre [...] |
2006-11-17 13:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD ENRG ECON ELAB EIND SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG468 |
SWAZILAND: RECLISA CHILD LABOR CONFERENCE URGES FREE AND [...] Representatives of the Swazi Ministries of Education and of Enterprise and Employment, academia, NGOs and media, as well as the International Labor Organization (ILO), attended a conference on Child Labor in Manzini, Swaziland, from November 7-8. The conference, held under the auspices of the [...] |
2006-11-17 14:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI ECON SW |
| 06JOHANNESBURG474 |
SOUTH AFRICA: TRADE UNION VIEWS ON BLACK ECONOMIC [...] Major trade union federations in South Africa actively support the goals of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), but have specific criticisms relating to its implementation. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) argues that BEE is insufficiently broad-based and fails to emphasize j [...] |
2006-11-24 16:12:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SF |
| 06JOHANNESBURG95 |
SOUTH AFRICA: SERIOUS POWER DISRUPTIONS IN THE WESTERN CAPE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Recent power outages in the Western Cape have resulted in major financial losses in the retail and tourism industries, with the Cape Chamber of Commerce predicting losses in the millions. Further outages and/or rolling blackouts are likely until Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear powe [...] |
2006-03-13 09:27:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV ASEC SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG158 |
SOUTH AFRICA: LABOR MINISTER MDLADLANA'S BUDGET SPEECH [...] Job creation was the centerpiece of Labor Minister Membathisi Mdladlana's May 15 address to Parliament on May 15, in which he noted that all social partners had participated in discussions and had emerged with a common understanding, including the need to improve implementation of the legislat [...] |
2007-05-29 10:53:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG230 |
THANKS, BUT NO THANKS--SOME POTENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN PARTNERS [...] Summary: Three times in as many weeks, potential PAS partners have reversed course and decided not to accept PAS grants or offers. Though some of our partners were somewhat circumspect and only hinted that this was because of an official disapproval of US foreign policy, one union contact sch [...] |
2007-08-03 13:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PTER PGOV SCUL KPAO SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG231 |
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] |
2007-08-03 14:57:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON ELAB KHIV SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG302 |
SOUTH AFRICA: OPINIONS ON CHINA [...] Summary: Consul General recently received his counterpart, newly-arrived Chinese Consul General FANG Li, and discussed US-China cooperation under the Strategic Economic Dialogue, as well as preparations for South Africa's hosting of the 2010 World Cup Soccer. An October 18 discussion on Ch [...] |
2007-10-24 08:37:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ELAB SF CH |
| 07JOHANNESBURG311 |
SOUTH AFRICA: CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK OUTLINES AFRICA [...] Summary: At an October 31 seminar on emerging powers and their impact on global economic governance hosted by the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA), the international advisor of the China Development Bank (CDB) provided a readout of the CDB's strategy and strengths in [...] |
2007-11-02 14:07:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAGR ECON EINV SF CH |
| 07JOHANNESBURG312 |
SOUTH AFRICA: OCTOBER 2007 LABOR NOTES [...] Summary: Trade Union Federation COSATU has called ongoing food price inflation a "crisis" that threatens workers and called for a change in economic and monetary policy. A Constitutional Court decision to reinstate a fired security guard who was dismissed for failure to carry out his duti [...] |
2007-11-08 15:44:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EMIN ECON SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG323 |
SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER LABOR NOTES [...] Summary: Construction workers revamping the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban went on strike the beginning of November last week, over low wages and safety issues. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) chose to get involved on behalf of the construction workers, and reached an agreement with [...] |
2007-11-30 16:23:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EMIN SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG35 |
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -- [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] |
2007-02-02 14:47:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV ECON SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG3732 |
South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] |
2007-10-24 07:16:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 07JOHANNESBURG3738 |
South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] |
2007-10-24 09:51:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 08JOHANNESBURG180 |
EASING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLANK-PASSPORT-PAGE REQUIREMENT FOR [...] Summary: South African Home Affairs authorities have agreed that arriving U.S. citizens who have no blank pages marked "Visas" in their passports, as is normally required for entry into South Africa, may be processed for admission on available pages marked "Endorsements" or "Amendments and En [...] |
2008-11-03 16:14:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CASC CMGT PREL PGOV SF |
| 08JOHANNESBURG192 |
SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2008 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the November, 2008 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - Skills shortage one cause of concern for South African water quality - South African Airways staff opposed to outsourcing - Poor management hin [...] |
2008-12-04 13:56:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN |
| 08JOHANNESBURG194 |
SOUTH AFRICA'S CHILD ABUSE REGISTRY NOT YET OPERATIONAL [...] South Africa does not have a searchable registry or database of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect. In a December 4, 2008, telcon, Selema Mashiane, a Social Worker in the Child Protection Unit of the Department of Social Development (DoSD), explained to Conoff that the DoSD was in [...] |
2008-12-04 15:09:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC KOCI CMGT |
| 08JOHANNESBURG195 |
SOUTH AFRICA: ELECTION EXCITEMENT AMONG VOTERS AND [...] SUMMARY. Post observed a high, perhaps even unprecedented, level of participation among the American electorate living in South Africa during the 2007/2008 election cycle. Election interest extended beyond the American electorate to international media, foreign expatriates, and the general S [...] |
2008-12-05 12:06:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT |
| 08JOHANNESBURG34 |
SOUTH AFRICA: GAUTENG PREMIER SHILOWA REPORTS ON THE STATE [...] Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa addressed the provincial legislature on February 18, outlining achievements of the past year and setting priorities for 2008. As in previous years, Shilowa's main emphasis on was on service delivery achievements, poverty alleviation, and measure taken to prom [...] |
2008-02-20 12:37:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ELAB SF |
| 08JOHANNESBURG40 |
SOUTH AFRICA: WITS UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGIST COMMENTS ON [...] Professor Eddie Webster, head of the Sociology of Work Unit at Wits University in Johannesburg and colleague/wife Luli Cullinicos, presented a sociological assessment of the Polokwane conference at a February 29 breakfast seminar. Webster said the 1996 introduction of GEAR without Parliament [...] |
2008-03-03 08:37:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL SF |
| 08JOHANNESBURG41 |
SOUTH AFRICA: FEBRUARY LABOR NOTES [...] Summary: Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his February 20 budget speech that the amount of the child support grant would be increased to R220 per month and that eligibility would be extended up to age 15. The Treasury also plans to combine all social insurance into one mega-fund. [...] |
2008-03-03 15:07:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM SF |
| 08JOHANNESBURG57 |
SOUTH AFRICA: APRIL LABOR NOTES [...] South Africa's statistical agency, Stats SA, reports that unemployment dropped to 23 percent as of September 2007, though the number of discouraged workers also increased. Labor federation COSATU threatened strike action over proposed 53 percent increases in electricity tariffs, and suggested [...] |
2008-04-02 10:22:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ENRG SF |
| 09JOHANNESBURG11 |
SOUTH AFRICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable was gathered from a variety of sources familiar with child labor in South Africa. The primary source of information remains the South African Department of Labor (SADOL) supplemented by discussions with the South African academic and NGO community. Regulator [...] |
2009-01-23 09:25:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID SF |
| 09JOHANNESBURG117 |
2009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...] |
2009-07-24 15:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND |
| 09JOHANNESBURG133 |
JOHANNESBURG BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) ROLL-OUT A SUCCESS, [...] The City of Johannesburg launched its long-awaited Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on August 30, 2009. Independent taxi operators staged a mild protest with a `go slow' on August 31, and there were reports of isolated acts of violence over the following three days which police believe we [...] |
2009-09-08 13:25:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ATRN ECON SF |
| 09JOHANNESBURG161 |
BUSINESS FRETS THAT UNFRIENDLY LABOR BROKER LEGISLATION [...] (C) The South African business community is concerned over the impact of a proposed ban or harsh regulations against labor brokers who employ roughly 550,000 South Africans daily. Curtailing labor brokers has become a rallying call for the trade union movement and appears to have gained the su [...] |
2009-11-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON EAID PREL PGOV SF AMGT |
| 09JOHANNESBURG163 |
ILO SAYS MORE LABOR LEGISLATION IS NOT THE WAY TO GO [...] (C) The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that South African attempts to tighten labor laws and ban labor brokering are misguided and will decrease South Africa's investment appeal. The ILO said that current South African labor law offers adequate protections but is not enforced [...] |
2009-11-18 15:33:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PREL PGOV ILO SF EAID EFIN EINV ETRD |
| 09JOHANNESBURG2 |
PRO-PALESTINE DEMONSTRATION AT US CONSULATE JOHANNESBURG [...] (U) Summary - On January 2, 2009, the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) of South Africa mobilized approximately 1000 demonstrators outside the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg. The purpose of the rally was to protest against Israeli military operations currently underway in Gaza and U.S. su [...] |
2009-01-02 16:15:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CASC |
| 09JOHANNESBURG24 |
SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...] |
2009-02-06 15:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN |
| 09JOHANNESBURG81 |
SOUTH AFRICA: MAY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the May, 2009 issue of U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: -Legal work for Zimbabwean migrants? -COSATU unsuccessful in its bid to halt the sale of Vodacom shares -COSATU May Day rallies -Union ends successful tr [...] |
2009-05-07 14:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN |
| 90JOHANNESBURG264 |
THOUSANDS IN JOHANNESBURG PEACEFULLY [...] TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HAPPY REVELERS HAVE FILLED THE STREETS OF JOHANNESBURG AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE WAS MADE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. CROWDS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED GATHERED IN SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS IN THE CITY CENTER ON SATURDAY AND SUNDA [...] |
1990-02-13 09:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SF |