THE Constitutional Court on Friday set aside the decision by the Department of Correctional Services not to appoint or promote seven coloured applicants to available posts in the Western Cape.The court said the department’s decision not to appoint or promote them constituted unfair discrimination and unfair labour practices.The case is a victory for the use of provincial race demographics and not national demographics, as provided in national policy.While coloured people constitute more than half the total working population in the Western Cape‚ they make up only 8.8% of the national population.The case arose after trade union Solidarity challenged the department over the validity of its 2010-2014 equity plan.Solidarity represented the nine coloured candidates as well as one white man who had applied for appointments or promotion within Correctional Services.The department had refused the appointments or promotions on the basis that they would not contribute to achieving national de...
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