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Moneyweb reports that the National Employers Association of SA (Neasa) and business organisation Sakeliga will be combining forces to oppose new racial hiring policies in terms of the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA).
The Act, which became law in January 2025, sets hiring quotas for 18 economic sectors, from agriculture and mining to transport and construction. The aim is to increase employment for “designated groups” such as blacks, women and those with disabilities. It requires employers with 50 or more employees to ensure their employment equity plans conform with the new sector-specific targets. Their plans must be prepared and implemented from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2030. Neasa and Sakeliga indicated in a statement: “We believe that what the EEAA and regulations demand is unconstitutional, impossible, and harmful. The sectoral targets constitute strict hiring quotas, based on race and other demographic ratios, which the state seeks to enforce under penalty of 10% of turnover.” The two organisations will launch an immediate joint legal challenge seeking an interdict against the operation of the regulations and targets introduced in terms of the Act – and the Act itself. The Act has been criticised by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and trade union Solidarity as unconstitutional and reviving apartheid-era limits on job opportunities based on race. The DA estimates this could result in around 600,000 job losses.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ciaran Ryan at Moneyweb
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