By Johannah Malogadihlare
Solidarity has threatened court action against President Cyril Ramaphosa for allegedly being in contempt of court regarding regulations related to the Employment Equity Act.
The union said on Wednesday that it had written to Ramaphosa urging him to implement an agreement before turning to the courts.
The agreement was concluded on 28 June 2023, under the supervision of the United Nations’ (UN’s) International Labour Organisation and facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). It was also made an order of the court.
In terms of the court order, the agreement must be published together with the regulations of the Act, which had already been developed in 2023. The final regulations were published on 15 April 2025, but only a small number of the provisions of the agreement were published.
“The government unilaterally removed provisions, such as that race laws must be temporary, that no
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