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Black women face unconscious bias, added responsibilities and a lack of support in the workplace. Until this changes, transformation is not complete
This comes after the university made headlines for allegedly failing to adhere to its own policies when it comes to employing staff
Women and black people occupy only a few seats at the JSE table, the latest PwC report has found
Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs
The minister of trade and industry has called on SOEs to play a more robust role in implementing B-BBEE
Talent and hard work alone will not get you far; you need to find favour. Without it, the road to the top is slow or nonexistent, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Advocates For Transformation has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the SAPS’ employment equity plan.
The department of labour’s draft regulations unfairly ignores regional demographics.
The DA’s good intentions are that of a white master who thinks that he knows what is best for a black person, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Lindiwe Mazibuko and others have scored a victory in the DA with its decision that race matters, which puts the party on a more interesting course.
Lindiwe Mazibuko explains how she thinks Employment Equity should work in South Africa.
Women and black men are seriously outnumbered by pale males at South Africa’s corporate law firms.
Although figures have improved slightly, whites still dominate SA’s top management positions, a Commission for Employment Equity report has revealed.
A decade after the advent of BEE, SA is still one of the most unequal countries in the world. Has BEE failed or is it a work in progress? We discuss.
The recent release of the 12th annual report of the commission for employment equity is a reminder of the challenges still facing South Africans.
But the tough penalties envisaged will do nothing to encourage meeting the targets, business claims.
Scorecard reflects little change at senior management levels.
Whites occupy 73.1% of top management positions in SA, and it will be another 127 years before the black economically active population catches up.
Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday he was speaking on behalf of the BMF when he said there were too many coloured people in the Western Cape.
The department of labour’s own consultants warn of job losses and undermining of workers’ rights.
Deadlines for manual employment equity reporting was October 1, and for electronic reporting os January 15, 2011.
Black people and women continue to be grossly under-represented in all directorships and top executive positions, according to a survey.
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/ 17 February 2010
White South Africans are generally the biggest beneficiaries of recruitment and promotion in the workplace, Jimmy Manyi said on Tuesday.
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/ 6 September 2009
The Department of Labour’s new director general warns companies to get their employment equity plans in order, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 11 February 2009
The BEE — KPMG 2008 survey shows that companies not only slowed but actually regressed in implementing BEE codes, writes Lynley Donnelly.
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/ 16 September 2008
The decrease in black people in top and senior management positions is not a result of a skills shortage, says Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana.
Black Management Forum president Jimmy Manyi has said white women should not benefit from affirmative action.
Report reveals Wits University’s graduation rates for 2004 were well below the national benchmark for higher education.