The first mistake made in implementing EE is to forget that EE does not exist in the present moment. Implementers of EE fail to acknowledge, or do so weakly, that EE is both a transitional state and a transformational tool.
EE is all about fundamental change paradigm shift.
As a transformational tool, EE challenges the building blocks of power relations and socioeconomic construction. It contradicts racist and sexist ideology by dismantling social, political and economic structures and processes. In recognition of the inequities that have taken place the world over, the international community has resolved to redress and prevent it. The legal imperative driving equality in employment, which underpins the South African employment equity legislation, is universally accepted. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.