It is 24 years since the Labour Relations Act became law. As one of the first major pieces of legislation of the democratic era, it was regarded as an important step in eradicating the ills of the past. Subsequent labour legislation built on this. Yet we still hear that SA's labour laws are hindering job creation. It came up again this week when Moody's said in a credit opinion on SA that "a number of structural challenges hamper growth, such as the limited flexibility in the labour market as well as skills shortages that result in an increasingly high unemployment rate"...