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News24 reports that the City of Johannesburg claims it adhered to employment equity legislation when it compiled job adverts that encouraged Indian and white people to apply.
The advert contained in an employment circular from the City, surfaced on social media last week. It included the following wording: "This is an employment equity targeted positions and preference will be given to Indian/white males and Indian/white females, COJ interns and people living with disabilities." It caused uproar and people accused the City of racism. On Friday, Mabine Seabe, spokesperson for Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse, commented that the multi-party government was shocked when it was first alerted to the adverts. He said the drafting of adverts was an administrative responsibility that was not conducted by the council or the mayor. The City blamed the crudeness of the adverts on the policies of the previous ANC administration, which in 2014 adopted the Group Employment Equity and Transformation Policy Framework which rigidly enforced the Employment Equity Act. The employment equity plan is in place until 2024. "While we are bound by the policies which were adopted before the multi-party government coming into office, we were also concerned about the rigidity in which the ANC administration seemed to have adopted in implementing the Employment Equity Act,” said Seabe. However, the City undertook to review the policy, and the council has the legal authority to approve any changes made to it.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Zintle Mahlati at News24
- Read too, City of Joburg under fire after ‘racist’ job adverts, at SowetanLive
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