Solidarity calls for moratorium on affirmative action

[James]

Trade union Solidarity today called on the government to impose a moratorium on the implementation of affirmative action in order to prevent the public service from losing expertise. This came after the Auditor-General's performance audit found that state departments had spent billions of rands on consultants.

From Solidarity:

The report comes as no surprise, seeing that the government is obsessed with absolute racial representation...read more here: Solidarity calls for moratorium on affirmative action

 

[Seriously]

What can we say as facts are facts. People shoved in jobs beyond their capability cannot perform their duties then hire consultants, normally former retrenched AA employees, to do their work while still earning their full salaries. What a waste, but I cannot complain as I am maybe part of the problem as an ad hoc "consultant". I have to get food to the table somehow.