The emergence of institutionalised social dialogue in South Africa

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Title:	The emergence of institutionalised social dialogue in South Africa
Author:	Parsons, Raymond
Year:	2007
Periodical:	South African Journal of Economics
Volume:	75
Issue:	1
Pages:	1-21
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	labour relations executive advisory bodies labour policy economic policy negotiation
External link:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2007.00105.x/pdf
Abstract:	This paper looks at the conceptual framework of social dialogue, investment in social capital and some international definitions of social dialogue as background to developments in this sphere in South Africa. Social dialogue is viewed as a mechanism for problem-solving and reducing transaction costs. The paper considers the ramifications of the 1979 Wiehahn Report on labour relations, as well as the nature of social dialogue in the apartheid era and its workplace origins. Institutionally, the stepping stones to the emergence of the NEF (National Economic Forum) and Nedlac (National Economic Development and Labour Council) are discussed, together with some of the issues involved in, and formal outcomes of, Nedlac over the past eleven years in public policy choices. It closes with an evaluation of institutionalized social dialogue in South Africa and its future. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]