The settlement agreement between Trade Union Solidarity and the Department of Employment regarding the nation’s employment equity laws will be welcomed by businesses across the country, Lisa-Anne Schäfer-King, Director at Fluxmans Attorneys, says. In April this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Employment Equity Act (EEA), which empowers the employment minister, Thluas Nxesi, to […]

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has accused some political parties of using the new employment equity regulations to mislead the masses and of re-igniting apartheid-era tactics to garner votes for their parties in next year’s general elections. Trade union Solidarity last week scored a major victory against the government’s implementation of the proposed race-based employment equity legislation. The […]

African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has accused opposition parties of misleading the public by using the new employment equity laws to attract votes for next year’s election. The new regulations, published in May, under the Employment Equity Act caused an uproar following claims by some political parties that the measures would discriminate against the “coloured and Indian […]

Johannesburg – ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) had received a report on the settlement agreement with trade union Solidarity. Mbalula said the government needed to demonstrate that the allegations put forward by Solidarity were incorrect and damaging to the brand of South Africa. Hence the need for the settlement […]

By Lizle Louw and Amy King Anticipated changes to the employment equity landscape have been prominent in 2023. The settlement agreement concluded in the CCMA between Solidarity and the Minister of Employment and Labour on 28 June 2023 must be considered in context to determine whether it changes anything for designated employers in South Africa. […]

The Department of Employment and Labour and Trade Union Solidarity have signed a major “settlement agreement” over the country’s employment equity laws that will provide some boundaries and certainty for anxious businesses in South Africa. The agreement stems from a mediation process that started after Solidarity had filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation […]

Daniel van der Merwe says while transformation remains an imperative, it shouldn’t come at expense of growth and morale South Africa’s employment equity targets: A necessary struggle or misguided interference? 6 June 2023 Never mind all the noise of political or racial interference – South Africa’s Proposed Employment Equity Targets are simply impractical. The year […]