4.13 Economic empowerment
NACTU sees empowerment as having two components
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Developing skills of those disadvantaged by Apartheid and cultural approach to be able to take positions of responsibility in the economy
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Distribution of economic wealth to those disadvantaged by Apartheid policies
The approach of NACTU to the empowerment question is the following:
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State must create the necessary environment to enable empowerment
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Those who have economic power should have a duty to empower the disadvantaged
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The disadvantaged should have commitment to empowerment
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Empowerment should not be done at the expense of labour standards, job security of workers, their health and safety and social security
In this regard NACTU sees a role of all social partners in the process. Those disempowerd by Apartheid include workers, the disabled women, the rural people and the small black business.