Our mission is to give effect to the Nedlac Act by ensuring effective public participation in the labour market and socio-economic policy and legislation, and to facilitate consensus and cooperation between government, labour, business and the community in dealing with South Africa’s socio-economic challenges. Promoting growth, equity & participation through social dialogue. Read More Our mission is to give effect to the Nedlac Act by ensuring effective public participation in the labour market and socio-economic policy and legislation, and to facilitate consensus and cooperation between government, labour, business and the community in dealing with South Africa’s socio-economic challenges. Promoting growth, equity & participation through social dialogue. Read More Our mission is to give effect to the Nedlac Act by ensuring effective public participation in the labour market and socio-economic policy and legislation, and to facilitate consensus and cooperation between government, labour, business and the community in dealing with South Africa’s socio-economic challenges. Promoting growth, equity & participation through social dialogue. Read More Our mission is to give effect to the Nedlac Act by ensuring effective public participation in the labour market and socio-economic policy and legislation, and to facilitate consensus and cooperation between government, labour, business and the community in dealing with South Africa’s socio-economic challenges. Promoting growth, equity & participation through social dialogue. Read More Our mission is to give effect to the Nedlac Act by ensuring effective public participation in the labour market and socio-economic policy and legislation, and to facilitate consensus and cooperation between government, labour, business and the community in dealing with South Africa’s socio-economic challenges. Promoting growth, equity & participation through social dialogue. Read More

Just in for your viewing: Social partners at Nedlac provide highlights of Nedlac’s achievements over the years. It captures how decisions affecting daily lives of citizenry overall are made – from dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, to determining the national minimum wage, to making strides in building the economy and more. 

About Us

The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is the vehicle by which Government, labour, business and community organisations seek to cooperate, through problem-solving and negotiation, on economic, labour and development issues and related challenges facing the country.

Nedlac’s role
How Nedlac works
Who is at Nedlac?

Nedlac Programmes and Projects

Negotiations are conducted under five distinct policy structures:

Finance & Fiscal
Labour Market
Trade & Industry
Development
Economic Recovery and Social Compact to Support Eskom
Response to COVID-19
Comprehensive Social Security & Retirement
Section 77

Upcoming Events

Please refer to the calendar below to see our upcoming events.

Nedlac in the news

A collection of our media features

FEDUSA on the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa Congress (NAPTOSA)

Polity

Government seeks to strengthen support for entrepreneurship

SA News

Everyone should play nice before a general strike, says Nedlac in the new code

Business Insider South Africa

'Big win' as cabinet approves tougher rules on smoking

Business Day (Late Final)

Bargaining council representation down, despite the increase in new unions, says Nxesi

Sunday Times

COVID-19 Information

Let’s fight this fight together.

Useful Documents