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, in a newly released video, 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.

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Overall Achievement for 2019/20 financial year.

The 2019/20 financial year saw some significant political and economic developments globally and locally. Nedlac indeed stepped up to the challenge.

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
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Upcoming Events

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

Nedlac and Mistra will host two webinars on July 19, 2022 and August 02, 2022, looking at lessons and legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic for social contracting and social partnerships.

Nedlac in the news

A collection of our media features

Nedlac’s social compact on Eskom sidesteps debt

Business Live

Simplicity is key if SA is to harness technology

New Frame

State and unions vow to buy local

Sunday Times

SA’s TERS coronavirus funding extended

Business Tech

COVID-19 Information

Let’s fight this fight together.

Useful Documents