Cop Wins Discrimination Case of Blacks only South African Police Service
Cop wins race suit
29 April 2013 8:59
A KwaZulu-Natal police
officer who was overlooked for a promotion because of his race has won his case
at the Durban Labour Court and awarded R333 000.
Captain M Munsamy applied
for three superintendent posts in 2000. He was recommended for one of the
posts, but was not appointed because “Indian males were over-represented and
Africans underrepresented” at the level of superintendent, acting Labour Court
Judge Benita Whitcher said in her judgment, Joburg daily, The Star, reported
today.
In respect of the other two
posts, police management said he lacked experience for one, and the other
required a female to be appointed for “representivity”, she said.
Munsamy achieved the rank
of major, which is equivalent to superintendent in the old ranking system, in
May 2011.
He then sued the police
ministry for unfair discrimination, claiming the difference between the salary
he was paid and the salary he would have been paid if he had been promoted 11
years earlier.
Judge Whitcher found in his
favour and ordered the SA Police Services to pay the cost of the lawsuit.
- Sapa
