Many South Africans have taken to social media threatening to boycott Dis-Chem for its enforcement of a moratorium on the appointment and promotion of White employees. He said the achievement of set employment equity targets would be incorporated into the bonus structures of management and the "allocation will be issued in due course". Trade union, Solidarity says Dis-Chem's absolute quota is in contravention of the Employment Equity Act. In a tweet, ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba called the internal memo circulated by Dis-Chem "racial and divisive" and said that racial quotas have contributed to South Africa's racial woes. Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said Dis-Chem's moratorium and the "desperate letter" penned by Saltzman "underscores the panic engendered by pending changes to employment equity (EE) legislation".

Source: News 24 October 17, 2022 08:00 UTC