The DA has officially rejected quotas in its constitution. The party however also included taking "active steps" to promote and advance diversity in its own ranks. The DA’s federal congress voted on Saturday to include diversity as one of its values, but made it clear that it does not mean it would be subject to rigid formulae to determine how diversity is measured. Even though the reference to quotas was removed from the diversity clause, it is now stipulated under the founding principles of the party’s Constitution. "The rejection of unfair discrimination on any grounds and the redress of past discrimination, without recourse to rigid formulae or quotas," the principle now reads. It needed 80% of Congress delegates to pass it as a principle, which would make it even more difficult to change. The newly adopted diversity clause recognises that SA is a richly diverse society and that diversity is one of SA’s greatest assets. The clause read that the party celebrated diversity, "and r...
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