a) You have just been appointed as Head of Policy of Democratic Alliance (DA). DA is a South African potential party whose membership and leadership is dominated by white people. There has been fierce debate on the current employment equity where some senior members of the party are opposed completely to the idea of employment equity. As a result of these debates, executive leadership of the party has to hold a specific policy conference and has directed you to analyze the current employment equity act, its strengths and weaknesses. In your analysis, you are to provide how the employment equity can be improved. The purpose for your analysis is to guide discussions during the special policy conference.

Write to the senior DA leadership analyzing the current employment equity act, its prons and cons as well as areas for improvement.

b) Explain why affirmative action policies are sometimes referred to as "Positive discrimination ".