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One battle against South Africa’s new employment equity targets is over, but the war is just starting | SA News

Staff Writer
 ·30 Aug 2025

Business lobby group Sakeliga and the National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) say they will appeal directly to the Constitutional Court to try and stop the government from implementing Employment Equity targets in South Africa.

This follows a loss in the Pretoria High Court this week, where the urgent bid to interdict the implementation of the policy from 1 September 2025 was dismissed.

“We will appeal directly to the Constitutional Court to set aside a deeply flawed judgment by the Pretoria High Court,” the groups…

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