Wages and salaries are the key factors that determine labour cost for employers and they are source of income to the employees. This information is critical to policy guidance and relevant in the day to day business decision ...

As the main union in the energy, mining, and construction sectors dedicated to the socio-economic emancipation of workers especially in these three sectors, it is the intention of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) ...

Definition of Economic Exclusion (EE) Extent of the Problem Proposed Potential Solutions to EE: Legislative Solution Economic Solution (Economic and Industrial Policies) Political Solution Societal Value ...

Sam Tambani Research Institute

1.Investigate challenges facing women within the mining, energy and construction sectors 2.Assess the extent to which women have benefited from developments in their respective workplace 3.Identify areas for intervention ...

The Sam Tambani Research Institute is a Public Benefit Non-profit Company registered in 2012. The idea of establishing the institute was perceived jointly by the NUM and MIT. It arose from the need to consolidate NUM efforts ...

Sam Tambani Research Institute September 2020 Newsletter

The performance of any economy has a bearing on employment and by extension the welfare of workers. Although the South African economy sometimes experiences jobless economic growth, it is important that organised labour ...

Biofuels are renewable energy sources that are alternatives to petroleum fossil-fuels. Since energy is a domestic necessity and also a factor of production (enabling a variety of services such as transportation, heating, ...

Globally, the empowerment of historically disadvantaged groups, economically, is not uncommon. As such preferential policies geared towards transformation have been a common feature especially towards advancement of ...