By Akani Nkuna
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called for renewed, sustained, and targeted efforts to promote equality and solidarity across South Africa’s communities and sectors, stressing the need for greater workplace representation of people from diverse backgrounds.
“We must concentrate our efforts on promoting equality. This should entail dismantling systemic barriers that sustain discrimination and exclusion, thereby establishing equal opportunities for all. The founding declaration of Nedlac emphasises growth, equity, and participation,” Mashatile said on Friday.
“As social partners, it is our responsibility to ensure greater social equity in the workplace and communities, address large-scale inequalities, and provide basic needs for all people, thereby promoting growth and participation.”
Mashatile was virtually addressing the 30th National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) Annual Summit at Gallagher Estate in Johannesburg, where he hailed past engagements as catalysts for workplace transformation, improving employment equity as mandated by the Employment Equity Act (EEA).
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