RacismEssay Preview: RacismReport this essayOn 8 January, the ANC called for a national conference on racism. This call was contained in the ANC Statement to mark its 88th anniversary as a political movement. We then made contact with the ANC in order to get some details about the planned conference. The result was that we met on 1 February and the President made the announcement in his State of the Nation Address at the official opening of parliament on 4 February 2000. In making the announcement, the President stated that
We are convinced that this important initiative will help move our country faster towards the realisation of the goal contained in our Constitution of the creation of a non-racial society, as well as impact positively on our continuing struggle for a non-sexist society.
The President is alluding to the founding provisions of our Constitution which state that South Africa is “one sovereign democratic state founded on the following values:
Human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms;Non-racialism and non-sexism.”In December 1998, South Africa acceded to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, without reservation. The President also informed parliament that he had assented to the proclamation of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Bill into law. The Act seeks to give effect to the provisions of Section 9 (4) of the Constitution and to provide for appropriate relief where discrimination has been found. The law also ensures compliance with South Africas international treaty obligations especially the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
It can be said, therefore, the Constitution has laid the foundations for the construction of a non-racial society. The cement that holds this society together is the values enunciated in the Constitution and in ICERD. The TRC process helped South Africans to reflect on the fact that South Africans society was so deeply divided for so long and atrocities committed in order to entrench inequality. The laws recently enacted seek to build on this foundation. The pursuit of human dignity, equality and social justice[1] means that there must be a coordinated national project to eliminate all vestiges of racism and racial discrimination. The post-amble to the interim Constitution, 1993 stated the common
s of all SA and Natal civil service bodies, and a joint national working group was formed to coordinate the establishment of the National Council on Social Services, to provide education and training to public sector workers and public servants, the formation of national training and training centres and to ensure that the public sector workforce can work towards the common ends of the national agenda. The national working group and group’s executive committee was formed after consultations with key stakeholders.
The Council of Internal Affairs (CIA) had agreed: “(a) It is time to address those concerns. As recently stated in SC, 1993, as well as in the OI, it is essential for the current South African government and those associated with it to establish a National Council for Social Services. I am confident, therefore, that the Commission of Internal Affairs (CIA) shall be formed as a central place for a national working group responsible for the implementation and implementation of this national work, to deal with the issues facing SA, Natal and other States. Such an NOC will be composed in the hope that the process to create it will lead to the establishment of the national working group after deliberation.” But in addition, the TRC could be considered a “social service body”. By this description, the TRC comprises representatives from the SA government, civil service unions, civil unions, unions that perform public service and public sector labour, a large number of high-level professionals, independent business groups, public sector corporations, independent NGOs, the South Africans National Organisation of Unions (SPOU) but less than five years of time. In this time frame, the South African government has spent the most time working on the issue rather than actually pursuing action; to the benefit of the poor, of whom only the most talented people are needed. Yet the TRC also has an important role to play in building a democratic society in addition to creating the conditions of equality and social justice that South Africans have for the most important rights.
In this context, in 1995, the TRC was established.[2] It is currently operated by CIA. Since the formation of the Commission of Internal Affairs in 1992,[3] the TRC has played a key role in helping South Africans to take part in the South Africa Economic Development (SEED) scheme, which provides an opportunity to train and educate workers. It also provides training and training for SA and Natal civil service workers. The Commission of Internal Affairs’s activities in the context of human rights, social and environmental responsibility, and employment relations have helped the South African economy increase significantly and the labour market in SA and Natal has benefited. CIA is responsible for organising and operating these projects where South Africans can learn more about SA and Natal civil service workers. During the period 1991- 1995, SC and the