Da Heads To Court To Challenge Employment Equity Act

The Democratic Alliance DA is heading to court on Tuesday to challenge governments Employment Equity Act . The party says that the Act seeks to discriminate unfairly and unconstitutionally.

DA Federal Council Shairperson Helen Zille briefed the media in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg on Monday, in regards to the partys court application that will be heard in the Pretoria High Court.

The court action, which was launched during the 6th parliament over two years ago, will argue that the Employment Equity Act is both unfair and unconstitutional.

Zille says the current Act fails the benchmark test.

She adds that the new employment quotas will cut hundreds of thousands of South Africans out of employment.