Nxesi promises nuance in Employment Equity 30 June 2023 A “ground-breaking” settlement reached yesterday between Employment & Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and trade union Solidarity states that “affirmative action shall be applied in a nuanced way… and the economically active population (EAP) statistics will only be one of the many factors that will be taken […]

Proposed rules would do more than lead to job losses and discourage new hires Sandile July and Nonkosazana Nkosi address only one concern about the effect of the new draft employment equity regulations — that they will lead to job losses because individuals will be fired or retrenched (“Jobs unlikely to be lost when applying employment […]

Note to Editors:  A voicenote from the DA Federal Leader John Steenhuisen is attached here.  The Democratic Alliance (DA) will this week approach the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to declare various sections of the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) unconstitutional and invalid. The draft form of the regulations issued in terms of section 15A last month, […]

Being absurdly impractical, it is unfeasible for businesses to comply with the equity act This is a story about a failing state in its last throes of insanity, desperate to get away with a totalitarianism so absurd that it unwittingly sets the scene for a new and better order. On the face of it, the […]

Dismissal for the purpose of meeting the regulations’ numerical goals would violate the Labour Relations Act The publication of the employment equity (EE) regulations last month has caused much controversy. While a vibrant contestation of ideas is the lifeblood of a healthy constitutional democracy, public discourse must always adhere to the factual and legal reality […]