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08/25/2004:

"Vital to bridge racial income gap"

Affirmative Action (AA) is a topic that always generates controversy. And in recent times this practice has once again been making headlines, with a number of prominent people renewing calls for sunset and exit clauses that will put an end to employment equity.

What these people fail to grasp is that AA is about more than getting the numbers right in individual companies. Although this is critical, the real value of AA is that it holds out potential for broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) and economic growth.

Far from being just a political whim, AA is an economic necessity and there should be renewed vigour both in the private sector and at government level to ensure that employment equity continues apace.

Full Article : capetimes.co.za