Department seeks dismissal of DA’s Employment Equity Act challenge [SOUND]

# The Department of Employment and Labour has called for the dismissal of the DA’s legal challenge against the Employment Equity Amendment Act. The High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the matter for at least three months. The DA claims the law introduces rigid race quotas and is unconstitutional. However, the department’s Thobeka Magcai says the DA’s case has no merit as the amendments are not new and targets remain flexible: