Women’s representativeness in the South African public service.

Abstract

This article examines the extent to which women were represented within \nsenior management services (SMS) in the South African public service \nduring 1999 to 2009. Statistics from quantitative research were used to \ndetermine whether women benefited from the equality and equity provided by \nthe government. The results suggest that it will take considerable time for women \nto reach equality with men as top executives, since the government’s target of 50% \nwomen’s representation at SMS by 31 March 2009 was not achieved, although \nwomen comprise 52.76% of the working population of South Africa. The South \nAfrican public service achieved 34.87% women’s representation at SMS, which \nwas a slowdown in women’s advancement at a rate of 1.11% per year from 2005 \nto 2009. Women’s representation would not only bring about substantive equality \nand equity in the South African public service, but would also permit women \nequal access to the government’s decision-making processes. It is suggested that \nwomen be given more advancement opportunities, which would allow them to \nachieve representation and self-actualisation.

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