Nedlac has played a critical role in bringing together the government, business and labour to craft various interventions on how we can collectively tackle our common problems as a nation.
Its role as our legislated social dialogue forum is one that must be jealously defended and nourished if we are to overcome our many challenges as a young democracy.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of our young democracy. It also marks a new chapter in our democratic journey, where for the first time no single party emerged from the May 29 elections with an outright majority.
The ANC as the largest party felt it critical to forge a Government of National Unity to help forge a national consensus on uniting society, growing the economy and rebuilding the state.
On Friday, the government and social partners gathered at Nedlacs Annual Summit to take stock of the progress achieved over the past year, and most importantly to chart the year ahead.
