PARLIAMENT - The constitutionality of South Africa’s Employment Equity Act will be tested in court this week.
The DA is challenging the Employment Equity Amendment Act which came into effect this year.
It empowers the minister of labour to set numerical targets for different sectors of the economy to ensure equitable representation of historically disadvantaged groups.
The DA says the race-based quotes will create more unemployment and harm growth.
But earlier President Cyril Ramaphosa defended Equity in his weekly newsletter, pointing out that the majority of top management positions in the private sector are still held by white males.
DA spokesperson, Willie Aucamp discussed this with eNCA.