What utter crap! Actually, its not only AA's fault. The incredibly brutal crime wave we have to contend with is also a major contributor to the skills flight out of SA.
Affirmative action cannot be blamed for South Africa's skills shortage, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday.
"This country is running so short of skills. If you blame apartheid you are barking up the wrong tree," Mantashe told a media briefing in Johannesburg.
Speaking after a meeting with the business organisation Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (AHI), Mantashe said linking the two issues was polarising the debate.
"We need to shift the focus [to] real issues - that there is a chronic shortage of skills, and we need to accelerate [gaining these skills]."
AHI CEO Stef Coetzee said the organisation had many skilled people who could help provincial and local governments.
"It takes time and therefore you partner these people and are actually getting skills into the economy. Eventually the skills issue becomes neither black or white," Mantashe said - Sapa
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"Eventually the skills issue becomes neither black or white"
Errrr, no, yet again not true. If the retired white engineer trains up the young black trainee, it means that when the black is trained and competent(????), the white person will go back into retirement, and the black will still be in the job. Maybe it's just me. Basically the white man is paying someone to kick him in the backside.
And what percentage of these new Engineers are actually trainable?
@ Anonymous 12:00-
Good question. An engineer would be someone that has come from college or university. Why should the retired white people train up qualified people? No person goes to an interview as an engineer and says that they are lacking in skills, and need to be taught!!It's just BEE with another name, only this time the whites are being kicked twice, once for losing their job, and secondly, training up the people that caused them to lose their job in the first place. It doesn't make sense.
Well, now that my NZ visa has come through, we are planning on leaving in March next year.
Our reasons for leaving are both crime and affirmative action along with corruption and the destruction of democracy in South Africa.
Hi Mav.
Congrats on the visa and good luck to you on your new adventure.Vasbyt and you will be successful.
Hi Mav,
Be sure to send your NZ address, so that we know where to send your call-up papers to. In the meantime, when you are in NZ, keep in shape.
Hey Grumbleguts.
I am not going anywhere so seeing that I am staying in SA can I receive "call-up" papers too. PLEASE!
You need not bother to apply for this post, because you have the wrong skin colour.
Firstly, the Department of Justice is an equal opportunity employer.
Secondly, the Employment Equity imperatives as defined by the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998) and relevant HR policies of the Department have been taken into consideration. You do not fall into the category of “disabled” or “previously disadvantaged”. You will pay for the sins of your father while remaining a citizen of this country. I suggest you pack your bags and emigrate!
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