ANC Western Cape welcomes HRC investigation into Labour Department’s employment policy
13 February 2019
We welcome the commitment by the Human Rights Commission to investigate allegations of discriminatory labour practices by the Department of Labour against coloured people in the Western Cape.
This undertaking was given on Monday at a meeting between the Department of Labour, members of Gatvol Capetonians and Mitchells Village Civic Association.
Chief Director of Western Cape operations Mawele Ntamo led the Department of Labour’s delegation. The MVCA delegation comprised of its chairperson Sulyman Stellenboom and secretary Lameez Moosa.
The meeting, which was chaired by HRC commissioner Reverend Chris Nissen, was held at the urging of the ANC following deep unhappiness expressed over the Department allegedly overlooking coloureds when it filled seven positions in its Mitchell’s Plain office with Africans.