Achievement of the first part of the above vision requires not only that HRM staff should be skilled, knowledgeable, professional and helpful but also that they should themselves comprise a diverse group of people in terms of ' race', gender and disability. For the HRM Department to become more diverse and to sustain this diversity, it is necessary that the second part of this vision be realised. The proportions of black people and women on the staff of the HRM Department have been increasing steadily over the past six years.
All staff employed in fixed-term contract posts are black.
The Department has no staff with disabilities. In this respect the Department met its target. No people with disabilities were appointed to the staff. What is different for the three groups is the number of promotions in relation to the proportion of new appointments and of terminations. While the proportion of promotions exceeds the proportions of both new appointments and of terminations in the case of Coloured and white staff, the proportion of promotions amongst African staff is considerably below the number of new appointments and of terminations.