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<\/a>Share of race per province<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cIf government wants to implement its controversial affirmative action programme, it would lead to large-scale social engineering. Government argues that the national demography should be applied in all provinces,” said Solidarity chief executive, Dirk Hermann.<\/p>\n
The report has been released on the eve of the controversial affirmative action court case in which the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) requests that the national demographics be applied to the Western Cape.<\/p>\n
Judgement is being made on claims that that the department relied solely on the national demographics for the appointments.<\/p>\n
“The consequences of government\u2019s plans are absurd to the extent that one can almost not believe that the DCS wants to defend them in court. Figures in the Solidarity report show that it is both practically and politically impossible to implement government\u2019s race ideology,\u201d Hermann said.<\/p>\n
The report also indicates that there are approximately 190,000 too many whites in the Western Cape and 308,000 too many in Gauteng.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Race group per province<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Race group per province after adjustment<\/p><\/div>\n
There are about 300,000 too many black Africans in Limpopo and 260,000 too many in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n
To achieve government\u2019s goal of equal race representivity in all provinces more than three million South Africans will have to relocate, Solidarity said.<\/p>\n
“Ironically, black Africans constitute the group of which the highest number, namely 1.3 million would have to relocate. Coloured South Africans, with a total of 1.2 million persons who would need to relocate, constitute the second largest group, the trade union’s research unit said.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Migration required<\/p><\/div>\n
According to Stats SA, black africans make up 76.3% of the economically active population, followed by the coloured population (10.5%), white population (10.4%, and Indian\/Asian population (2.8%).<\/p>\n
The Case<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Solidarity, in the 2012 case it brought against the DCS on behalf of Christo February the state\u2019s advocate argued as follows:<\/p>\n February could move anywhere in South Africa if the demographics in the Western Cape did not benefit him \u2026 Take North West for instance: the population is mostly black. They need a combination of black, coloured and white people. The idea is to fill the gaps.<\/p>\n \u201cTherefore, it really is the state\u2019s intention that people should move to those provinces where their number is under-represented. This is what they will formally argue in court.”<\/p>\n “Therefore, such statements are not just populist statements. Hence, people don\u2019t have rights where they are living but will have to move to where they do have rights,\u201d Hermann said.<\/p>\n SA identity based on race: study<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore on South Africa<\/h3>\n