The foundation said the Jobs Summit should consider an enlargement of the already bloated civil service to create jobs.
“Jobs in the civil service‚ however important‚ are not jobs that would kick-start the economy and real job creation. We need fewer civil service jobs‚ not more‚ not even for political appeasement.”
The foundation said the summit organisers should work with what the country had‚ and not with what the country wished to have.
“We have an economy that is in the deepest slump since the dawn of democracy.
“We have a serious skills shortage‚ especially among younger job seekers. We have a largely sceptical and investment-shy private sector who are risk averse precisely because of political uncertainty‚ not least due to the land debate and its potential harm to property rights in South Africa.”
The foundation said the country would not correct any of these realities in the short or even medium term.
It said a critical imperative for the present discussions was the need for some flexibility with regard to minimum wage‚ otherwise jobs for the unskilled would simply not materialise.