NEASA claims to know where some of the
sector’s problems come from:
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the often- repeated but factually incorrect
“cosy relationship” between business (by
which it means SEIFSA) and the trade
unions;
the assertion that collective bargaining
has been usurped by scary ogres called
“Captains of Industry”, at the expense of
poor, helpless SMMEs; and
the preposterous allegation of illegal
deals being concluded in the course of
industry collective bargaining processes.
The organisation has absolutely no shame. Its
allegations get more outlandish and weirder and
weirder by the day. The trouble is that NEASA
has no real idea what to do to remedy any of
these real or imagined problems. It attacks all
and sundry, but has no equivalent philosophy
concretely to get these issues addressed.
For the record:
• SEIFSA operates strictly in accordance
with a mandate from its 23 member
Associations; and
• SEIFSA represents all employers, both
BIG and SMALL.
The vast majority of companies that are members
of our Associations are small: a whopping 66% of
our collective member companies employ fewer
than 50 people. Therefore, contrary to NEASA’s
nauseating, self-serving propaganda, we always
have the best interests of all employers at heart,
including small employers who represent two-
thirds of our constituency.
Regrettably, we cannot but liken NEASA’s
behaviour to that of North Korean dictator Kim
Jung-un. Like the Korean dictator, NEASA excels
at sabre rattling and declaring imaginary wars,
but is very poor when it comes to searching for
lasting solutions.
So, dear reader, never under-estimate the power
of the negative. Scare tactics tend to resonate.
As President Bill Clinton commented after the
November 2016 US election that voted Donald
Trump into office: “It’s highly complicated: people
don’t like negative, divisive environments – but
they frequently reward them in elections.”
As French philosopher Voltaire put it: “I
disapprove of what you say, but I’ll defend to
the death your right to say it.” Accordingly, we
detest NEASA’s divisive bile, but we will defend
the organisation’s right to spew it. We do caution
very strongly, though, that you, dear reader, do
not swallow it holus-bolus.
Kaizer M. Nyatsumba
Chief Executive Officer
Lucio Trentini
Operations Director
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