The document announces a meeting of the Human Resources Forum to be held on September 10th at Chamber Square in Durban. The agenda includes a welcome, a presentation by Dr. Dikshita Padalkar on strategies to deal with youth unemployment, noting the minutes from the previous meeting, reports from the DCCI Council and HR Forum Chairperson, general discussions, and networking over breakfast sponsored by Daphne Singh of Sage HR and Payroll. Attendance is to be recorded with Diana Boast.

1. Chamber Square, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban 4001 – PO Box 1506 Durban 4000 South Africa
Tel: (031) 335 1000 Fax: (031) 3031149
E-Mail: chamber@durbanchamber.co.za – Web Page: http://www.durbanchamber.co.za
31 August 2015
TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES FORUM
NOTICE OF MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a Meeting of the Human Resources Forum will be held in the conference
centre, Chamber Square, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban,
on –THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 AT 08:00 to 10:00 BREAKFAST PRESENTATION
The Agenda for the meeting is set out below.
A G E N D A
• WELCOME
• MONTHLY FOCUS PRESENTATION
The vision of the Chamber places emphasis on skills development and youth. Various initiatives are taking
place, independently of each other, in these areas and we don’t know the total impact. Dr Dikshita Padalkar,
a Labour Economist, will introduce some of the work being done with a presentation entitled “Strategies to
deal with youth unemployment”.
Her business, Research Resources provides economic development services, incubation and supplier
development services. Website: www.researchresources.co.za.
Email: dpadalkar@researchresources.co.za. Tel: +27 (0) 31201 7444. Cell: +27 (0) 82 871 3277.
• APOLOGIES
• MINUTES
To note that the minutes of the previous meeting were distributed.
• REPORTS
- DCCI Council / HR Forum Chairperson.
- HR and Social Policy Issues and Legislation.
• GENERAL
• NETWORKING
Breakfast to be sponsored by Daphne Singh, Sage HR and Payroll (email: daphne.singh@sage.com, web
site: www.sagevip.co.za, tel: 031 537 7081, cell: 084 526 0950) who will be given 5 minutes to introduce the
business.
• DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Please record attendance and
apologies with
Diana Boast Tel. 031 335 1014
E-mail. boastd@durbanchamber.co.za

2. Thursday, 8 October 2015.