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It’s interesting to see how the views have changed towards hiring based on race. The people now complaining about affirmative action were the ones benefitting from it in the bad ol’ days – they may not have agreed with the practices but they certainly benefited from it. While it is understandable that many non-whites feel [...]

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Human Resources has to be one of the most worthless functions in any organisation. The only thing more ridiculous than the function itself is how corporations plug it as being one of their most important back office operations. “People are our most valuable asset” – doesn’t that just make you want to throw up every [...]

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If you, like me, are black and South African you have no doubt been on the receiving end of this kind of sentiment at some point or other in your working life. Probably even more so if you’re in a senior position. Since the introduction of affirmative action in its various guises – employment equity [...]

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The upcoming series of cartoon strips is in response to a number of requests for a look on the lighter side of living in the new post-apartheid South Africa. One of the hottest topics on this front, other than the revolutionary remedies for HIV/AIDS is affirmative action, or as it is dubbed in South Africa, [...]