"Because the Country Says They Have to Change"

Abstract:: The shift from apartheid to a constitutional democracy in South Africa brought with it a plethora of questions concerning ideas of nationhood, citizenship, and organisational transformation. Integrally caught up in the revolution, the South African Police Service (SAPS) faces transformative challenges on scales far larger than most other organisations in the country. From being the strong arm of the oppressive elite, it has had to restructure and rearticulate its function, while simultaneously attempting to maintain law and order. Like many other corporations and organisations, the SAPS has engaged in interventions aimed at aiding the fluidity of this process. This report is an analysis of one such intervention. It attempts to ascertain the extent to which members are changing as a result of particular diversity workshops conducted in a region of the Western Cape. The analysis focuses on members at one particular station.

The "O" Report

Abstract:: This case study is one of ten case studies conducted as part of a larger research project on Diversity and Equity Interventions in South Africa, DEISA. The aim of the research is to develop codes of good practice around diversity work in South African organisations. The organisation 0 was approached by iNCUDISA to take part in a case study. O is a small, ingredient manufacturing concern based in Cape Town. At the time of the research they employed 232 people. An HR consultant was employed to implement an EE plan. Part of the implementation of this plan involved the establishment of an Employment Equity Committee. The EEC also took on the mandate of training, making it the Employment Equity and Training Committee. The aim of this research was to investigate the effects that this intervention had on the organisation.