# President Cyril Ramaphosa says over the past 31 years government has made considerable progress in improving labour laws and protecting the rights of workers. In his weekly newsletter, he says the country’s labour laws are part of an effort to overcome the structural inequality of apartheid. Ramaphosa emphasises that stimulating economic growth and job creation, and retaining worker protections, are not mutually exclusive. He adds that the latest Employment Equity Commission report shows much more work is needed to end the race-based disparities that exist in the economy.
Ramaphosa says government will continue to use the labour laws to correct the imbalances of the past