PICTURE: THINKSTOCK On Friday the Constitutional Court delivered a landmark judgment in relation to employment equity and labour relations. On behalf of Coloured employees of the Department of Correctional Services, the case was sponsored by the trade union Solidarity, which was involved in a veritable battle royal with the employer, the said department. What was at stake was the question whether the regional demography in the Western Cape, and not merely national one, should be used when applying the Correctional Services employment plan (Theto Mahlakoana ‘‘Landmark 'ruling in equity case hailed’ Saturday Star 16/7/2016). In the context, demography deals with population distribution according to race. The national demography of SA reflects that Africans dominate by nearly 80% and the minorities constitute just over 20%, whereas the regional demography of the Western Cape reflects the Coloureds constituting nearly 50% of the population.The approach of the said department was that al...
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