Thought Leadership Series: The 4th Industrial Revolution and The Future of Work in SA

The National Business Initiative (NBI) and Adcorp, hosted by Barloworld Limited are holding the second thought leadership series that has begun to explore the 4th Industrial Revolution from the perspective of what it might mean for our economy and how we can engage with it to create new opportunities and jobs that support the vision of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This follows the first dialogue session at which subject matter experts shared their views of the trends which are foreshadowed to impact the new world of work.

The focus of this second dialogue, will reflect on the nature of work and the debate around what constitutes decent work both in South Africa and worldwide and opportunities for South Africa within the 4th Industrial Revolution, drawing on work done by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), which is the employer representative body at the ILO. The timing of this dialogue is particularly relevant given the fact that President Ramaphosa is now the co-chair of the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work. It further reinforces the relevance of this topic and the possibility of an NBI collective action work stream, through membership engagement, evolving out of the dialogue series.

We are therefore delighted and honoured to confirm Dr Joni Musabayana, ILO, Director, Decent Work Team for Eastern and Southern Africa Country Office for Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland and Mthunzi Mdwaba, IOE VP to the ILO, Vice Chairman of the ILO and Commissioner of the Global Commission on the Future of Work, as keynote inputs at this event.

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Presentations:

The 4th Industrial Revolution Future of Work in South
By Dr Joni Musabayan

The 4th Industrial Revolution Future of Work in South
By Mr Mthunzi Mdwaba