The Department of Employment and Labour is negotiating a possible out-of-court settlement with Huawei South Africa.
The Department of Employment and Labour and Huawei Technologies South Africa (Pty) Ltd, have entered into talks to reach a settlement agreement and have agreed to stay court proceedings instituted by the department against Huawei on 11 February 2022 pending the outcome of the negotiations, Huawei said in a statement on Wednesday.
“During the meeting, Huawei demonstrated its extensive ICT skills transfer and training programs that are aimed at reducing the ICT skills gap and fostering a strong digital talent ecosystem for South Africa to further embrace 5G, Cloud, AI and other 4IR technologies,” the company said.
” This was acknowledged by the Department of Employment and Labour who advised Huawei to expand this further in their Employment Equity plan.”
“Discussions are ongoing,” Huawei explained.
“Huawei is committed to being fully cooperative with the Department, and both sides are positive that this matter will be concluded shortly.
