Transformation in the workplace was slow 20 years into democracy, the Black Management Forum said on Monday.<\/p>\n
“White representation still continues to enjoy preference over other race groups in terms of representation, recruitment, promotion and skills development in this level,” spokeswoman Busi Mavuso said.<\/p>\n
She said whites occupied 57% of senior management positions and blacks represented 23% of the positions.<\/p>\n
“It cannot be correct that Africans represent 75 percent of the economically active population of the country and whites represent 10.8 percent yet top management is grossly imbalanced,” Mavuso said.<\/p>\n
She said the 14th annual report released by the Commission of Employment Equity confirmed that the much-anticipated transformation imperative required for redress in the workplace was still eluding the private sector.<\/p>\n
“We should, as the private and public sector, strive towards a consenting and participatory approach, where positions of top management are still predominantly of a particular race who continue to dominate and monopolise all economic and workplace activity particularly at management level,” Mavuso said.<\/p>\n
People with disabilities still did not have equal employment opportunities in the workplace, she said.<\/p>\n
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