{"id":168027,"date":"2020-10-07T21:54:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=94816"},"modified":"2020-10-07T21:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:54:48","slug":"productivity-and-competitiveness-seminar-to-forge-way-forward-for-sa-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/productivity-and-competitiveness-seminar-to-forge-way-forward-for-sa-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar to forge way forward for SA competitiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Manufacturing_FQI-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>You are invited to a Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar<br \/>When: Oct 09, 2020<br \/>Topic: Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar<\/p>\n<p>Please click the link below to join the webinar:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/96198076643<br \/>Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar to forge way forward for SA competitiveness<\/p>\n<p>The North-West University School of Business and Governance \u2018s Professor Raymond Parsons, will headline a Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar scheduled to take place this week with the aim of assisting South Africa to move out its current economic doldrums.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Raymond Parsons is a professor at the North-West University School of Business and Governance and an extraordinary professor in the TRADE research focus area. He studied economics at the Universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Copenhagen, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU).<\/p>\n<p>Professor Parsons is the author of the recently published book, Recession, Recovery &amp; Reform \u2013 South Africa After Covid-19, which comprises a fascinating collection of essays by some of South Africa\u2019s thought leaders, including the Chairman of Productivity SA Board, Prof Mthunzi Mdwaba and CEO of Productivity SA, Mr. Mothunye Mothiba, who contributed a chapter on Productivity to the book.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of Productivity SA Board, Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba, will outline how the release of a document titled \u201cUnlocking South Africa\u2019s productivity potential for sustained competitiveness and economic growth post Covid-19\u201d can assist the country. Members of the media are invited to the Virtual Event as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Date: Friday, 09 October 2020<br \/>\u2022 Time: 11h00 to 13h30<br \/>\u2022 Link: https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/96198076643<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/productivity-and-competitiveness-seminar-to-forge-way-forward-for-sa-competitiveness\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are invited to a Productivity and Competitiveness SeminarWhen: Oct 09, 2020Topic: Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar Please click the link below to join the webinar: https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/96198076643Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar to forge way forward for SA competitiveness The North-West University School of Business and Governance \u2018s Professor Raymond Parsons, will headline a Productivity and Competitiveness Seminar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9021,1],"tags":[3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-168027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mypr","8":"category-south-africa","9":"tag-mypr","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/productivity-and-competitiveness-seminar-to-forge-way-forward-for-sa-competitiveness.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}