ANA reports that the African National Congress (ANC) said on Wednesday that the latest Employment Equity Report painted a picture of "persistent and deep-rooted inequalities" towards SA’s transformation project.  

This came after Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant on Tuesday released the 17th EE report, which showed that white people occupied 68% of top management positions in the public and private sectors.  White people were six times more economically active as a population as Africans who only made up 14.4% of top management, with the majority of black people dominating the unskilled labour at 83%.  "Resistance and blatant disregard of the interventions introduced by the ANC-led government to drive redress, transformation and equity in the workplace is a stark indicator of how some amongst us remain contemptuous of the aspirations of the black majority, and Africans in particular," the ANC said.  The party called on government to demonstrate greater urgency and decisiveness in dealing with errant employers resistant to change.

• Read this report in full at IOL News
• Read the ANC’s press statement in this regard at ANC online

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