The government needs to be decisive and ensure employers comply with the Employment Equity Act 9 May 2023 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has noted the Department of Employment and Labour’s lamentations about the lack of compliance by employers, in particular the banking and financial sector, with the Employment Equity Act. The […]

The enactment of the Employment Equity (EE) Act received a shot in the arm when stakeholders were told that Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi will on Friday publish a notice on regulations on the setting of EE targets. Department of Employment and Labour Chief Director: Collective Bargaining, Thembinkosi Mkalipi, said the Minister has signed […]

Solidarity is gearing up for a court battle to have the latest amendments to BEE and transformation legislation overturned. Solidarity announced this week that it has served court summons on President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Department of Employment and Labour, as well as its minister Thulas Nxesi, disputing the constitutionality of the country’s new BEE and transformation laws. The […]

The employment & labour minister has a history of promising to consult properly and failing to do so before implementing issues such as targets (“Workplace equity delinquents to be barred from state contracts, says Nxesi”, May 3). The Employment Equity Amendment Act gives the minister all-embracing power to set employment targets for each sector. All […]

The Employment Equity Amendment Act has come under fire from black business organisations after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed it into law last month. The Presidency said the act sought to advance the transformation of South Africa’s workforce by setting equity targets for economic sectors and geographical regions and requiring enterprises to develop transformation plans. The […]

Image: DA Eastern Cape Facebook The Democratic Alliance (DA) held a picket in Gqeberha calling for the amendment of the employment equity legislation as applied in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. The party says the legislation is discriminatory and called on the labour minister to revise the legislation in order to allow the municipality to implement […]

Cape Town – The country’s major banks have come under scrutiny by the Department of Employment and Labour for non-compliance relating to Employment Equity. Chief director of statutory and advocacy services, Fikiswa Mncanca-Bede said the department had been monitoring the compliance of JSE-listed companies for compliance with affirmative action in the last financial year, but […]

Clement Manyathela was in conversation with Chief Director of Labour Relations at the Department of Labour, Thembinkosi Mkaliphi and Head of Communications at Solidarity, Dr Morné Malan. The Presidency says the new law will advance transformation The Labour Minister will now be in charge of setting equity targets Solidarity believes the Act is unconstitutional Solidarity […]

Mmusi Maimane believes the new law is flawed and unconstitutional, and with the backing of around 40 civil society groups, said that Bosa would apply for direct access to the Constitutional Court. CAPE TOWN – Build One South Africa (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane announced a legal challenge against a new law that would allow independent […]

Centre For Risk Analysis analyst, Gerbrandt van Heerden expands on the failures of affirmative action policies in Malaysia, and warns of the possibility of similar consequences in South Africa. Malaysia’s ‘New Economic Policy’ aimed to eradicate poverty and ensure representation of all ethnic groups in every profession, however, it became a tool for the country’s […]