No one will read this:
But when one goes through the list of โrace lawsโ the IRR talks aboutโฆ you actually get shocked. I went in expecting hardcore stuff like โNo whites allowed in Universityโ or โNo whites allowed in Hospitalsโ etcโฆ but noo.
Itโs the Gambling Act, South African Weather Service Act, Boxing Act, Tourism Act, Broadcasting Act, National Sport and Recreation Act, National Health Laboratory Service Act, Civil Aviation Act, Electronic Communications Act, etc. listed. Here is the website:
racelaw.co.za/index-of-race-โฆ
And theyโre listedโฆ not because they segregate anyone, but simply because they mention the words transformation or redress, some coz they require some racial/sex/disability or even sector-specific representation such as โrequired Faith based leader,โ youth representation, community or stakeholder groups, and even professional or sectoral expertise on regulatory boards where some of those groups historically or recently werenโt part of those structures.
My personal opinion: โ ๏ธ Yes it is concerning that there are no clear end goalsโฆ no cut-off timelinesโฆ no measurable targets. South Africa hasnโt had a purely merit based system for over 100 years. I donโt think transformation pressures should be a permanent feature of society.
There has to be parts of our system where we declare victory and let other systems take over now. And where these pressures donโt always succeed, alternative tools need to be explored. Keeping something say for example BEE forever, even when it isnโt achieving the intended goals, becomes very hard to defend.
We need the best of each community competing with the best of other communitiesโฆthatโs the only way to get the ultimate best of our communities running our society.
Also: ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ-๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ (2025)
๐๐ฑ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ (2022โ2024)
โข โซ๏ธ African: 88โ90% functional literacy
โข ๐ Coloured: 90โ92%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: 95โ97%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~99%
๐จ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (Q3 2025 Estimates)
โข โซ๏ธ African: 37.9% official / 49.8% expanded
โข ๐ Coloured: 24.1% / 31.2%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: 16.3% / 19.5%
โข โช๏ธ White: 7.4% / 9.1%
๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
โข โซ๏ธ African: 12.5%
โข ๐ Coloured: 10.1%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~34%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~45%
๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (Age 20โ24)
โข โซ๏ธ African: 26.9%
โข ๐ Coloured: 20.3%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: 59.7%
โข โช๏ธ White: 59.8%
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ โ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ
โข โซ๏ธ African: ~59โ62%
โข ๐ Coloured: ~4โ6%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~3โ4%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~38โ40%
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ โ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ
โข โซ๏ธ African: ~88โ90%
โข ๐ Coloured: ~4โ5%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~1โ2%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~3โ4%
๐๐ฆ๐-๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ (Total, Direct Indirect)
โข โซ๏ธ African: ~32โ33%
โข ๐ Coloured: ~2โ3%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~5โ8%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~20โ22% (domestic; foreign-held portion separate)
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ & ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐
โข โช๏ธ White: ~72%
โข ๐ Coloured: ~15%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~5%
โข โซ๏ธ African: ~4%
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ โ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป / ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป
โข โช๏ธ White: ~49%
โข โซ๏ธ African: ~30%
โข ๐ Coloured: ~8%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~8%
โข (Corporate/Trust/Other: balance โ not race-specific)
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
โข โซ๏ธ African: ~9.8%
โข ๐ Coloured: ~19.6%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: ~41.3%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~71.7%
๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ (2024 Estimates)
โข โช๏ธ White: 71.1 (M) / 77.4 (F)
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: 69.5 / 75.1
โข ๐ Coloured: 63.8 / 69.5
โข โซ๏ธ African: 60.4 / 66.5
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ (Risk per 100,000)
โข ๐ Coloured: > 60
โข โซ๏ธ African: 35โ40
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: < 10
โข โช๏ธ White: < 5
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (Incarceration)
โข โซ๏ธ African: 79% (Locals ~64%) (foreign nationals ~15%)
โข ๐ Coloured: ~18%
โข ๐ค Indian/Asian: < 1%
โข โช๏ธ White: ~2%