SAA, once a proud airline, has not had a great track record of late. It had to be bailed out several times over the past years for losing money faster than Jacob Zuma can find another wife. On top if this the airline has changed CEO’s and boards of directors regularly – a dead give-away that mismanagement is the order of the day.
More scary, it has also been reported that SAA’s maintenance crews will be overhauled using a quota system to get rid of white men with years of experience.
But back to the racist cadet programme. Dirk Groenewald, Head of Solidarity’s Centre for Fair Labour Practices, requested the HRC to investigate the matter on behalf of ten white men who had applied for the cadet programme, but whose applications were unsuccessful due to their skin colour. ‘The ten candidates’ right to equality, dignity and freedom of trade and profession was violated by the SAA, as their applications would have been considered had it not been for their race. The cadet programme’s admission requirements discriminate unfairly against white men and amount to nothing more than a quota system. Solidarity’s request is that the SAA be instructed to stop these discriminatory practices and to open the cadet programme to people of all races and sexes. If it is found that the ten candidates would have been admitted to the cadet programme had it not been for their race, the SAA must take the necessary steps to rectify the matter and include the candidates in the programme.’
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