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Press Releases
JOHANNESBURG, 29 SEPTEMBER 2020 – The disappointing employment data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) today highlights the mammoth task facing stakeholders and policy makers in their efforts to…
Introduction Management will be aware, from recent media reports, that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa), the National Council of Trade…
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) welcomes the increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI), as per the data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)…
Caterpillar will be hosting its annual 3-day comprehensive training Date: 21-23 October 2020 Contact: CIPL_Supplier_Info@cat.com The session will take place ONLINE
JOHANNESBURG, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020 – The decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee to leave interest rates unchanged generally aligns with market expectations and comes as…
JOHANNESBURG, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020 – The decision to move the country to level 1 of the national lockdown put in place to fight the spread of COVID-19 will give struggling…
JOHANNESBURG, 9 SEPTEMBER 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) has partnered with manufacturing industry veteran Leon Viljoen to provide support, guidance and advice to…
JOHANNESBURG, 8 SEPTEMBER 2020 – As expected, the countrywide lockdown to fight the spread of COVID-19 from 27 March 2020 severely affected economic activity in the second quarter as real…
Overall business activity in the manufacturing sector, as captured by the headline ABSA Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August 2020, provides some level of reassurance to companies in the Metals…
JOHANNESBURG, 1 SEPTEMBER 2020 – The 19 employer associations affiliated to the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) and the industry’s five trade unions today formally adopted…
Increased Selling Price Inflation Offers Strained Businesses Room To Manoeuvre On Costs, Says SEIFSA
JOHANNESBURG, 27 AUGUST 2020 – The increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI) for intermediate manufactured goods in the Metals and Engineering (M&E) sector is expected to ease the pressure…
JOHANNESBURG, 20 AUGUST 2020 – As South Africa ends its first week under alert level 2 of the national lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Steel…
Given the unprecedented socio-economic challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the SEIFSA-affiliated Employer Organisations and the sector’s five biggest trade unions today concluded an unprecedented stand-still agreement which will…
JOHANNESBURG, 11 AUGUST 2020 – The national lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on manufacturing output, as reflected by negative growth rates in the volume of manufacturing…
JOHANNESBURG, 10 AUGUST 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) is deeply concerned about a decision by Eskom in the Eastern Cape to import components designated…
JOHANNESBURG, 5 AUGUST 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) has welcomed yesterday’s high court ruling in favour of the Department of Trade, Industry and…
Although the composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) continued to trend in the expansionary zone, important sub-indices did not live up to expectation, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern…
The Department of Trade and Industry has partnered with Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - GIZ of Germany to capacitate South African companies who wish to better understand the…
JOHANNESBURG, 30 JULY 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Federation of Southern Africa today welcomes the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to appeal the high…
JOHANNESBURG, 30 JULY 2020 – The drop in the selling prices of domestic intermediate products will likely put a further strain on companies in the Metals and Engineering (M&E) sector,…
At a meeting of the MEIBC Negotiating Committee facilitated by the CCMA today, all the trade unions reported that the SEIFSA proposal that negotiations for the current cycle be deferred…
On 23 July 2020, the Minister of Employment and Labour published a revised Directive for Compensation of Workplace-Acquired COVID-19 attached. This Directive must be read with the Compensation for Occupational…
JOHANNESBURG, 29 JULY 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) is disappointed at the recent court judgment against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa…
JOHANNESBURG, 28 JULY 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) is concerned about the latest quarterly employment statistics (QES) data released today by Statistics South…
JOHANNESBURG, 23 JULY 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) welcomes today’s decision by the South African Reserve Bank to reduce the repo rate by…
Business welcomes the extension of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) benefit beyond its original 3-month term by an additional month-and-a-half until mid-August. The announcement of this today by Deputy Minister…
Trade unions registered with the Metals and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) have undertaken to take SEIFSA’s proposal for the deferral of the 2020 negotiations and that the terms and…
LISTEN: DEFY Saving Lives by Manufacturing Ventilators
JOHANNESBURG, 9 JULY 2020 – The decrease in manufacturing production, as shown by the data released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) today, is concerning, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation…
JOHANNESBURG, 4 JULY 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) welcomes the Government’s decision to look into measures to support the metals and engineering sector,…
Johannesburg, 30 June 2020 – A further decline in the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2020, and by extension domestic demand, is disconcerting as beleaguered…
Business Day TV spoke to Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa chief economist Michael Ade about the embattled industry.
JOHANNESBURG, 24 JUNE 2020 – The road to the metals and engineering (M&E) sector’s post-Covid-19 recovery will be long and will require extraordinary and targeted policies to walk the tightrope…
Johannesburg, 23 June 2020 - The quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) data, which reflects an increase in the number of unemployed people for Q1 of 2020 before the Coronavirus-induced economic…
Johannesburg, 11 June 2020 - The latest manufacturing production data released by Statistics South Africa this afternoon is consistent with the economy’s poor performance since the beginning of the year…
Grab the opportunity; don’t miss the train! Book your seat now for SEIFSA’s New Export Development Course In these uncertain times, characterised by poor domestic demand and ongoing challenges posed…
In an increasingly crowded global marketplace, it can be hard to stand out. In the past, competition came from companies that looked just like yours. That is no longer the case. With…
There is an old saying: “Advertising is what you pay for; publicity is what you pray for.” In 2012, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) defined public relations as…
Johannesburg, 1 June 2020 - A surprise uptick in overall business activity for May 2020, as captured by the headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), despite subdued economic activity from the…
Johannesburg, 28 May 2020 – The persistent dip in the intermediate producer price index (PPI) is adding further strain to embattled manufacturers operating in the metals and engineering (M&E) sector,…
Johannesburg, 21 May 2020 – The 50 basis points interest rate cut announced by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) this afternoon will bring further relief to the domestic economy…
Manufacturing Production Data Disappoints As Businesses Struggle With Additional COVID-19 Challenges
Johannesburg, 19 May 2020 – The decrease in manufacturing production figures for the month of February 2020 deals a further blow to metals and engineering (M&E) companies already operating under…
Join us every Wednesday from 20 May till 1 July 2020 as SEIFSA presents its experts to talk to you about doing business in the new reality of COVID 19…
The Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) as per Section 30 of the Employment Equity Act of 1998 (the EEA), is mandated to advise the Minister on codes of good practice,…
Johannesburg, 7 May 2020 – The inaugural, one-day BRICS Manufacturing Conference, which was scheduled to take place in Johannesburg on 21 May, has been moved to 6 August, Conference organisers…
Johannesburg, 6 May 2020 – Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) has moved its 6th Annual Excellence Awards ceremony from 28…
Johannesburg, 4 May 2020 - The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) is concerned about a huge dip in business activity in the broader manufacturing sector, as…
Johannesburg, 29 April 2020 – The establishment of the BRICS Manufacturing Working Group (MWG) subsequently gave birth to numerous priority projects identified across a number of the sub-clusters of the…
Johannesburg, 28 April 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) urges companies that are yet to submit entries for the 2020 SEIFSA Awards for Excellence…
Johannesburg, 21 April 2020 – The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) reminds manufacturers that are yet to submit entries for its annual Awards for Excellence that…
