Meeting of the SADC Committee of Ministers of Employment and Labour and Social Partners

The meeting was officially opened by Her Excellency Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who underscored the need for the SADC Employment and Labour Sector to address the challenges and opportunities posed by the future of work noting in particular the need to maximise the job creation potential of ongoing technological transformation. She highlighted that job creation was one of the means to fully address poverty and inequality, observing that concerted action was needed in addressing the youth unemployment challenge.