Challenges in the Era of Globalization - iaabd

Abstract
Challenges in the Era of Globalization
Edited by Emmanuel Obuah
Transformation within South African Police Service in the Era of Globalization: The case of
Implementation of the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act 55 of 1998)
Mapome J Mohajane, MohajaneM@saps.org.za
Career Management, HR Monitoring and Evaluation
South African Police Service
John Ntshaupe Molepo, jnmolepo@magicmail.co.za/SAAPAM@tut.ac.za
Department of Public Management
Tshwane University of Technology
Josephine E Ranngu, rannguje@tut.ac.za
Department of Public Management
Tshwane University of Technology
Transformation is a broad concept. Its usage in this paper is circumscribed to change of the South African Police
Service (SAPS) workforce profile as required in terms of the Employment Equity Act, 1998(Act 55 of 1998)
promulgated to give effect to the constitutional provision of equity relating to human resource management
practises. Following this legislative intervention the question that this paper further asks is whether the SAPS
complement reflects representatively in terms of the demographic profile of the country. To answer this question the
paper analyses the human resource management practices within the SAPS to determine the extent of their
contribution towards the realization of the objectives of Employment Equity Act. The results of such analysis are
used in answering the question that this paper asks. Its aim is to assess the transformation of the workforce profile
of South Africa Police Services to realize the constitutional imperative of ensuring that the national labor market is
representative of the South Africa demography.
Introduction
According to Ajani (2005; 3) the history of apartheid in South Africa is well documented. The effect it
had within organisations was that individuals from previously disadvantaged groups, namely; blacks ,
Africans, coloureds and Indians, women and people with disabilities were denied the opportunity to
contribute constructively to the development of the organisation. These people who were marginalised
during the apartheid era had to compete in a globalisation community, and these regularities were to be
addressed. The South African Police Services with its history of white male dominant and from apartheid
orientation it had to transform itself, the transformation within the South African Police Service its slowly
integrating the employment equity as their measures in promoting the previously disadvantaged,
furthermore, the senior management must foresee that the given mandate provided by the Constitution is
attained in order to achieve set objectives.
The paper seek to identify possible barriers that should be overcome to ensure that transformation in the
South African Police Service is attained and to establish the progress that has been made from the year
2000 until 2009. The paper stresses the importance of implementation of Employment Equity Act using
affirmative action as a strategy to ensure the realisation of the set objectives. The papers present
comparative analysis on the progress made by the SAPS to ensure Representivity in the following levels:
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