Meth claps back at DA; does the equity maths herself
If the DA thought it could sneak another “but quotas are unfair!” whine past minister Nomakhosazana Meth, they’ve sorely misjudged her resolve.
This week, the employment and labour minister slammed the party’s legal challenge to the Employment Equity Amendment Act, branding it a “desperate bid to resuscitate apartheid’s corpse” in a democracy that’s still gasping for air.
At the heart of the storm? Amendments empowering Meth to set sector-specific targets capping white male representation at 4.1% in key industries, a figure
mirroring their share of the population.
Cue the DA’s theatrics: “Unconstitutional! Reverse racism!” But Meth isn’t blinking.
“These aren’t quotas,” she clarified, “they’re targets –flexible, consultative and designed to dismantle a system where 80% of top jobs still go to 7% of the population.”
Translation: When 30 years of “voluntary transformation” leaves boardrooms paler than a Bloemfontein winter, you legislate urgency. As the courts weigh in, Meth’s message resonates: transformation isn’t negotiable. The DA can litigate all they want.
