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DoEL: CEE Annual Report 2025/26
- 13 July 2026
- Miscellaneous
- South African Accounting Academy
Summary:
The Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL) has published the 26th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Annual report, which covers the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Article:
Section 33 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) requires the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) to submit a report to the Minister on an annual basis.
This report reflects on the key strategic objectives of the CEE; and the highlights of the CEE’s activities and achievements during the period under review, guided by the strategic objectives formulated at the start of their five-year term of office in December 2020.
This is the first report after the operationalisation of the Employment Equity Amendment Act no.4 of 2022 (EE Amendment Act, 2022) and the introduction of the 5-year Sector EE targets, including the issuing of the EE Compliance Certificate. A core component of this report is an analysis of the status of employment equity across the labour market. This analysis is based on the EE data provided in the EE reports submitted by designated employers as required under Section 21 of the EEA. To contextualise progress, the demographic profile of South Africa’s economically active population sourced from Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 3 of 2025, serves as a benchmark for assessing representativity and transformation per occupational level of the workforce.
The report further highlights the state of employment equity for persons with disabilities per economic sector, and the comparison in relation to the employment of the Foreign Nationals in the Education Sector and the Public Universities. Furthermore, the report outlines the outcome of the barriers analysis conducted by designated employers within their workplaces; and provides concluding remarks on trends, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating transformation. Collectively, these insights contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the country’s employment equity landscape and the ongoing efforts to realise the objectives of the Employment Equity Act.
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Relevance to Auditors, Independent Reviewers & Accountants:
- Designated employers should stay up-to-date with the latest developments that affect them – specifically publications issued by the DoEL regarding Employment Equity.
Relevance to Your clients:
- Designated employers should stay up-to-date with the latest developments that affect them – specifically publications issued by the DoEL regarding Employment Equity.