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26th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Annual Report 2025/26
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Collected on 28 July 2026
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What this means
This document is the 26th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Annual Report for 2025/26, published by the Minister of Employment and Labour. It explains the legal and policy context for the 2025 employment equity reporting cycle, including the Employment Equity Amendment Act (No. 4 of 2022) and the two sets of Employment Equity Regulations that became effective on 1 January 2025 and 15 April 2025. The report outlines the CEE’s role, lists members of the 5th CEE (including the Chairperson Nicole Deokiram), and describes what the report covers (e.g., unfair discrimination cases, DG notifications for failure to submit EE reports, analysis of EE reports received, sector targets, and education-sector/public university analysis).
Facts
Places
City of Tshwane, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Western Cape
Reference
https://www.labour.gov.za/DocumentCenter/Reports/Annual%20Reports/Employment%20Equity/2026/26th%20CEE%20Report.pdf
Key Takeaways
- Document: 26th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Annual Report 2025/26
- Publisher: Minister of Employment and Labour; Department of Employment and Labour (Pretoria, Private Bag X117, 0001)
- Employment Equity Amendment Act No. 4 of 2022 effective: 1 January 2025
- Employment Equity Regulations effective: 15 April 2025
- 5th CEE term scheduled to end: 30 November 2025; extended to: 30 June 2026
- CEE established under: Section 28 of Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998
- Report includes: CCMA/court unfair discrimination cases during 2025/2026; DG notifications for failure to submit EE reports; analysis of EE reports received in 2025; workforce profile analysis; education sector & public universities; disability per sector; barriers and affirmative action for 2025
- Minister of Employment and Labour
- Department of Employment and Labour
- Commission for Employment Equity (CEE)
- Employment Equity Act (EEA) No. 55 of 1998
- Employment Equity Amendment Act No. 4 of 2022
- Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)
- Director-General (DG) of the Department of Employment and Labour
- National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC)
- Statistics South Africa (STATSA)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- Women’s National Coalition (WNC)
- Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
- Woolworths (Pty) Ltd
- Freedom Park
- University of Johannesburg
- University of Pretoria
- Rhodes University
- University of Michigan
- University of Pennsylvania
- Stellenbosch University
- University of Western Cape
- University of Swaziland
Dates
Closing Date
1 January 2025