EVENT INFORMATION

12
Oktober
1998

The Employment Equity Act receives presidential assent

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📅 12 Oktober 1998 📍 Zuid-Afrika

South Africa's Employment Equity Act received assent, addressing unfair discrimination and requiring affirmative-action measures from designated employers. It recognized that formally opening employment could leave inherited racial disadvantage intact. The date marks assent, not the later commencement of its provisions, which occurred in stages.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nelson Mandela

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Parliament of South Africa