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South African Employment Equity Policies: Success or Failure?

In: Black Women in Management

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  • Diane Chilangwa Farmer

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Following the first democratic general elections in South Africa in 1994 which saw the Africa National Congress (ANC) come into power, the government inherited an Apartheid economy with massive inequalities along gender, race/ethnicity and class lines (Orr, 2007). Since then, the government has worked towards transforming a country that once systematically and purposefully restricted the majority of the population from meaningfully participating in the economy to building one that gives opportunities to all citizens across the length and breadth of the country (Department of Trade and Industry, 2003;Orr, 2007;Orr et al., 1998). With its aim being to overcome its Apartheid and colonial legacy, the government embarked on a comprehensive programme to provide a legislative framework for the transformation of the country’s overall economic, political and social structure. Various strategies, policies and programmes, all aimed at addressing the economic, political and social inequalities of the past, have now been put in place by the government to ensure that all South African citizens have equal access to and control of the economy (Department of Trade and Industry, 2003, 2006).

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  • Diane Chilangwa Farmer, 2013. "South African Employment Equity Policies: Success or Failure?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Black Women in Management, chapter 5, pages 80-112, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-33543-2_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137335432_5
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