Fana Nalana SC on Tuesday told the Pretoria high court it was not unconstitutional for the minister of employment and labour to set numerical redress targets for companies. Appearing for Minister Nomakhosazana Meth, Nalana sought to counter an argument from counsel for the Democratic Alliance (DA) that section 15A of the recently gazetted Employment Equity Amendment Act amounted […]

After Helen Zille called the law ‘totalitarian’ and damaging to minorities in provinces like KZN and the Western Cape, the ANC hit back, reigniting a fundamental dispute over how transformation should occur in South Africa. The DA takes Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth to the Gauteng Division of the High Court on Tuesday, 6 May to […]

The judgement in the Democratic Alliance’s application against Section 15a of the Employment Equity Act has been reserved by the High Court in Pretoria. Section 15a of the Employment Equity Act will give the Minister of Labour and Employment powers to set targets in particular employment sectors. The DA has described the new amended Act as unconstitutional […]

The DA’s case against Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth and the Employment Equity Amendment Act is under way in the Gauteng Division of the High Court, with the DA opening the door for the entire bill to be declared invalid. “Leave good enough alone.” This was the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) argument in the Gauteng Division of […]

Department of Employment and Labour officials in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today (6 April 2025) in attendance for the Court case brought about by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to challenge to Section 15A of the Employment Equity (EE) Amendment Act. The party argues that the EE Amendment Act introduces rigid national race […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that not enough has been done to change the racial composition of the ownership, control and management of the economy despite improvements that came with the employment equity law. In his newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa delivered a sobering reflection on South Africa’s slow progress in transforming the racial structure of economic […]

The Democratic Alliance’s legal team has launched a scathing constitutional attack against the Employment Equity Amendment Act, calling it overly rigid and unconstitutional. Advocate Ismail Jamie argued that what was once a balanced approach to workplace diversity has now become a rigid system of racial targets. The DA and the national unity government, of which […]

Please find attached a soundbite by Michael Bagraim MP. Herewith the DA’s Founding Affidavit. The DA is taking the Minister of Employment and Labour to court on 6 May to challenge the Employment Equity Amendment Act. The DA believes real transformation comes through inclusive economic growth, not divisive race-based quotas. Section 15A of the Act gives the Minister unchecked […]

The Democratic Alliance  (DA) has filed an application in the Pretoria high court challenging the employment equity quotas in the Employment Equity Amendment Act which it says are merely “racial exclusion under a new name”. DA spokesperson on labour Michael Bagraim said the party was taking the Minister of Employment and Labour Nomakhosazana Meth to court on 6 […]