By Amy Musgrave
Pressure is mounting on Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth from certain sectors of society to withdraw the updated employment equity regulations, with with-pro business NPO Sakeliga now threatening to go to the courts.
Sakeliga and the National Employers’ Association of SA have notified Meth that they intend to seek an urgent interdict against the regulations later this month.
They said on Wednesday that the minister was attempting to force employers to comply with her hiring quotas based on race, sex and disability from September 2025, via fines as high as 10% of turnover and the eventual prosecution of executives.
“The purpose of the urgent interdict would be to prevent the minister’s unlawful actions from causing an enormous and irrevocable waste of public and private resources, which would follow should employers attempt to comply with the impossible requirements.
“The regulations would apply to virtually all employers in South
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