Fin24 reports that employment equity trends for the period between 2016 and 2018 show that top management positions in the private sector were dominated by white males.  

This is according to a report by the Commission for Employment Equity, presented to the portfolio committee on employment and labour on Wednesday.  Trends show that despite the majority of the economically active population being African (78.8%), the white population group dominated top management positions over the three years.  The white population accounts for more than two-thirds (69.6%) of top management positions in the private sector, while the African population accounts for just over three-quarters (76%) of top management positions in government.  Later on Wednesday when answering questions in the National Council of Provinces related to employment policy, Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi commented on the state of employment equity.  He commented that while the majority of South Africans were black, top management in private companies was still "lily-white" and male.  "The issue of employment equity is non-negotiable," he stated, before vowing that there would be more measures to enforce it.  The Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2019 is in the process of being finalised and is intended to be implemented from 1 September 2020.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lameez Omarjee at Fin24

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