With the submission date for Employment Equity report approaching, the Department of Labour has called on employers to hand in their reports in time.
This comes after the rigorous nationwide roadshow advising employers to comply with the equity law requirement.
Ntsoaki Mamashela, Employment Equity director at the department said, ”With only three weeks remaining we urge employers to submit their reports.” Mamashela’s call comes hot on the heels of the launch of the 9th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) report which shows that the South African workplace is far from being transformed with white males occupying 61 percent of top management posts and still enjoying 48 percent of all recruitments.
In his recent address to the media, Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana said 44.7 percent of all employees promoted to top management level were white males whereas African males represent only 9.8 percent and enjoy only 12.6 percent of all recruitment and 12.7 percent of employees promoted to this level.
In another development, Department of Labour’s new Director-General, Jimmy Manyi, has shattered the myth of a skills shortage in the country both technically and academically. Manyi said the majority of people who are skilled in the country are Africans.
“Despite this, when you go to middle and top management, the picture is reversed because a glass ceiling is introduced. Quite clearly, we have come to accept that there is no will power to appoint black people to positions of authority” Manyi said. He asked if why is it that some people cannot accept black competence and claimed that this was in line with global racism that prevails. Manyi has also called for an amendment to the law to deal with non-compliant companies. He said time had come for the state to refuse to do business with companies that fail to comply with the law.
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Issued by: Department of Labour
7 September 2009
