THE ICT CHARTER

• Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998
The objective of this Act is to achieve equity in the workplace
by promoting equal opportunity and fair treatment in
employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination as
well as to implement affirmative action measures to redress
the disadvantages in employment experienced by designated
groups.
• Skills Development Act 97 of 1998
The objective of this Act is to provide for a coherent framework
for workplace strategies that develop and improve the skills
base of the country while being responsive to the needs of the
particular workplace. The Act established SETA’s and a national
skills fund.
• Skills Development Levies Act 9 of 1999
This Act obliges employers to contribute 1% of payroll per
annum to the National Skills Fund. The monies can be claimed
back by employers who are able to demonstrate that they have
developed skills and trained employees. Monies remaining are
spent on strategic training and development projects which are
identified as being in the national interest.
• Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of
2000 Section 217 of the Constitution requires organs of state
in the national, provincial or local sphere of government, or
any other institution identified in national legislation who
contract for goods or services, to do so in accordance with a
system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and
cost effective. The section expressly allows for such organs of
state to implement a procurement policy that provides for
categories of preference in the allocation of contracts and the
protection or advancement of persons or categories of persons,
disadvantaged by unfair discrimination. The only requirement
is that national legislation must prescribe a framework within
which such a policy may be implemented. Government has
given effect to the latter by enacting the Preferential
Procurement Policy Framework Act.
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