Cosatu disappointed about fewer black people in top management positions

26 April 2016 - 16:53 By TMG Digital

The Congress of South African Trade Unions expressed disappointment that a few black people occupied top management positions in the workplace. A report issued by the Department of Labour’s Commission for Employment Equity on Monday showed that 68.9% of positions were occupied by the white group‚ while black people held 14.3% of those position. Indian people occupied 8.6%‚ Coloured 4.7% and foreign national 3.5%“We are not shocked by this‚ as COSATU‚ because we have seen the open defiance and stubborn resistance by corporate South Africa and other various institutions to transformation in this country.“From big business‚ to universities and other many sectors‚ there is open resistance to transformation‚” Cosatu spokesman Sizwe Pamla said in a statement.He said South African companies and institutions had proven they had no appreciation or simply did not care about the historical realities that had led the country to embark on a transformation journey.“They are flatly refusing to abandon their old practices and are not prepared to reform the structure of the apartheid labour market.”Cosatu said the enactment of the Employment Equity Amendment Act 2013‚ had not done much to convince these companies or institutions to embrace the principle of employment equity and affirmative action‚ in order to redress the racial‚ gender and other injustices inherited from our past. - TMG Digital..

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