Graph 2 – whites dominate the private sector<\/strong><\/p>\n Notably, white males are over-represented in all business sectors in the country, despite making up only 5.6% of the entire workforce.<\/p>\n However, despite having minority representation in the public sector, whites are still more prevalent in the public sector than all other racial groups, except black Africans.<\/p>\n Further, white males make up a third of top management positions in national government, and more than a third of all education institutions in the country.<\/p>\n Whites also have more representation at senior management level at 58.1%, which is more than five times their EAP demographics.<\/p>\n Black Africans follow, with a representation of 21.2% where they are three fold under-represented in relation to their EAP, while the representation of the Indian group at 10.2% far exceeds their EAP, the EEC said.<\/p>\n The Coloured group is also under-represented at 7.4% compared to their EAP.<\/p>\n While many whites decry BEE as enemy number one when it comes to blocking career progression, the EEC’s data shows this to be false.<\/p>\n Whites – predominantly white males – are afforded higher levels of recruitment, promotion and training opportunities as compared to designated groups, the EEC said.<\/p>\n Of the 58,800 workers who showed movement in their careers in 2015\/16, 42.1% of white males were recruited to new companies; 38.8% were promoted in their companies; and 51.2% were sent for skills development by their companies.<\/p>\n Graph\u00a03\u00a0– more whites get recruited\u00a0than anyone else (white males in particular)<\/strong><\/p>\n Graph 4 – more whites get promoted\u00a0than anyone else (white male in particular)<\/strong><\/p>\n This is more than every other population group in the country, by a wide margin.<\/p>\n On the other side of the data, however, white males also showed the highest termination rate – with more than half (51.2%) of all terminated jobs being white males.<\/p>\n “The rate at which the white groups exit organisations, appear to be higher than the rate at which they are recruited into organisations,” the EEC said.<\/p>\n “This trend suggests that with natural attrition, the representivity of white males will be reduced with time.”<\/p>\n Whites receive preference over blacks for jobs: minister<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Too many whites in management<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Most whites in SA still earn 6 times more than blacks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Workforce](\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Workforce-breakdown-2.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nHiring – and firing – whites in South Africa<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMore on employment in South Africa<\/h3>\n