Discrimination against job applicants with ethnic minority, “foreign” names is still endemic.
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The white liberal establishment, both inside and outside the Democratic Alliance, holds on to its race-blindness by distorting the South African idea of “non-racialism”.
The vast majority of managers said they wanted “the best person for the job”. They had less idea of just who that might be, or how to ensure appointments on merit and equity targets co-exist.
Learners benefit from being exposed to multiple and unfamiliar teacher identities.
Research laboratories are dominated by men, and that’s not only bad for lab culture, it can be dangerous for science.
The slow pace of transformation in post apartheid South Africa is a reflection of persisting racism that has infected formal corporate institutions.
The South African gender pay gap is estimated, on average, to be between 15% and 17%. Employers are benefiting unduly from the historic undervaluing of women’s skills and contributions.
White males still dominate South Africa’s boardrooms 17 years after legislation was passed to foster the inclusion of black executives and women. Companies have not yet embraced employment equity.
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Associate Professor HRM/IR, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Human Resources Management, University of Johannesburg
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Deputy Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD), Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Management, King's College London
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Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University
