South Africa’s new Employment Equity (EE) targets propose strict racial quotas that could limit employment opportunities for able-bodied white men in both the public and private sectors. These quotas apply to companies with more than 50 employees and are to be enforced across skilled, professional, and management levels over the next five years.
This approach risks violating core constitutional values: equality before the law, freedom of occupation, and non-discrimination. Instead of fostering inclusion, it may entrench division by reducing individuals to racial categories rather than recognising their skills, experience, and potential.
We believe that building a just, diverse, and prosperous South Africa requires a commitment to merit-based opportunity, not racial engineering.
Support Free SA’s legal challenge against the racialisation of the economy.
Add your voice to our submission to the Minister of Employment and Labour, the Honorable Minister Nomakhosazana Meth, which we will submit on 30 September 2025.
Key concerns with the Employment Equity quotas:
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