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Business Times reports that the government's latest workplace transformation report has found that more than a quarter of private sector employers are not investing in meaningful training and development, and more than 20% do not have clear succession plans for the advancement of African, coloured and female employees to top, senior and middle-management levels.
According to the annual report of the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE), released last week, many private sector employers have yet to clear away barriers to transformation at top management levels, 24 years after the enactment of the Employment Equity Act and the Skills Development Act. White males accounted for 63.2% in top management positions, down from 64.7% a year earlier; Africans occupied 17% compared with 15.8% in 2020; Indians accounted for 10.9% from 10.6% in 2020; while coloureds made up 5.9% from 5.7% in 2020, the report indicated. White people also had the highest representation at all management levels – 51.4% – while Africans were at 25.6%, Indians at 12% and coloureds at 8%. Males dominated senior management levels at 63.6% compared with females at 36.4%. This was a slight improvement from 2020 when female representation was at 35.7%. Representation of people with disabilities remained unchanged over the past three years, at 1.3%. The CEE took issue with what it described as the “high” proportion of foreign nationals at top management level (3%) and at semi-skilled level in the private sector. “Foreign nationals at the semi-skilled level remained above 2% over the past three years; a trend which is concerning given that this is an entry occupational level that could be occupied by South African nationals, particularly graduates who are currently experiencing a high rate of unemployment,” the commission noted.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Dineo Faku at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- Read too, 4.3% of entry-level employees in SA are foreign nationals, report shows, at EWN
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