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The drama at Dis-Chem shows that many firms are declining to transform because they can. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BROAD BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Enforce employment equity quotas in big companies

The drama at Dis-Chem shows that many firms are declining to transform because they can

  • Duma Gqubule
5 min read
Black economic empowerment was one of the measures intended to address the racialised inequality in South Africa (Reuters)
BLACK MANAGEMENT FORUM

South Africa needs more black corporate guerillas

A lack of meaningful transformation will undermine the country’s progress and democratic order

  • Monde Ndlovu
4 min read
The latest unemployment figures show deepening joblessness and continuous setbacks. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
ANITA BOSCH

Professional or working class, unemployment has hammered black women the most

The latest unemployment figures show deepening joblessness and continuous setbacks

  • Marcia Zali
  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Kate Monama is a mother who has been unemployed for five years. (Andy Mkosi)
ANITA BOSCH

A black woman’s burden: Carer, provider and unemployed

All indicators, including the employment statistics released this week show how black women bear the brunt of unemployment. Here are their stories

  • Sarah Smit
  • Marcia Zali
11 min read
Only 6% of the 329 chief executives at JSE listed companies are women.
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

White men still rule and earn more

Women and black people occupy only a few seats at the JSE table, the latest PwC report has found

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

Commission slams progress of employment equity

An amendment to the Employment Equality Act to penalise companies not adhering to racial diversification was recommended on Monday.

  • Denise Williams
4 min read
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

New report sheds light on black employment

The decrease in black people in top and senior management positions is not a result of a skills shortage, says Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana.

  • Denise Williams
3 min read
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

Enabling people with HIV

Is being HIV-positive a disability? Nosimilo Ndlovu finds an organisation which says it is.

  • Nosimilo Ndlovu
3 min read