We are nowhere near where we need to be in transformation, Tabea Kabinde says
The Commission for Employment Equity chair says new statistics highlight the disparity in employment trends between the government and the private sector
The pace at which the workforce is being transformed on race and gender lines remains extremely slow, Commission for Employment Equity chairwoman Tabea Kabinde says. The commission handed over its 18th report on compliance with the Employment Equity Act in 2017 to Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant on Thursday "Twenty years on [since the act was promulgated] we are still nowhere near celebrating effective implementation of transformation legislation. We cannot even begin to contemplate the implementation of a ‘sunset’ clause on this legislation," Kabinde says in her forward to the report. "The commission is now preoccupied with advising the minister on exploring other effective implementation and compliance mechanisms for this legislation and also creating an environment where the focus goes beyond compliance but commitment from ethical leaders in the South African labour market." Amendments to the act, which would set sectoral numerical targets for employment equity so that complianc...
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