Understand the employer context without turning EE into a candidate score.

Designated groups

Under the Act, designated groups are black people (African, Coloured and Indian), women and people with disabilities who satisfy the Act's South African citizenship rules.

Youth

For young and early-career workers, the useful question is how their actual Employment Equity profile sits alongside the employer's workforce needs, sector targets, entry-level opportunities and hiring context.

Foreign nationals

For foreign nationals, Demand Desk shows how the 2025 sector-target framework treats foreign-national representation separately, alongside the wider employment and anti-discrimination context.

Returning to work / career change

For people returning to work or changing careers, Demand Desk combines the person's Employment Equity profile with the employer's sector, occupational level, workforce profile and EE Plan to show the relevant context.

Disability

People with disabilities are a designated group under the Act subject to the citizenship definition. The 2025 five-year sectoral target for employees with disabilities is 3% across the sectors in the published table.