[OSGeo Africa] Job opportunities at DRDLR

[Walter Smit]

I do agree that the terminology used is racist.

However it does only state that those "classifications of people" are
*encouraged* to apply. Remember that these are Occupation Specific
Dispensation (OSD) posts - which means that it is only (registered)
professionals that can apply. In South Africa, in GISc, that would mean
PLATO registered. Guess what that demographic looks like...

So please, all (qualifying) South Africans should apply - you all have a
fair chance. I speak from very recent personal experience...

Regards
Walter Smit
Chief GISc Professional
Spatial Planning and Land Use Management (Freestate)
DRDLR 
:-)


-----Original Message-----
From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Wilma Nel
Sent: 15 April 2014 02:26 PM
To: chris at airphotoafrica.co.za; Africa local chapter discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Job opportunities at DRDLR

HEAR HEAR!!! I AGREE 100%

-----Original Message-----
From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: 15 April 2014 02:29 PM
To: Africa local chapter discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Job opportunities at DRDLR


    Apologies to you Aslam ( and the list )

    No-one else speaks up for us and so we have to do it ourselves


    The ad you have just placed is blatantly discriminatory and racist
    ( I would like to lodge a formal complaint )


    But seeing as you want to talk race lets look at the history.

    How is it that White males are somehow invisible -- are we not Africans 
    and South Africans.

    Pieter Potter the first surveyor in Southern Africa 1657 ( surveyed the 
    early plots of the " free-burghers" )  was a white person from Holland.
    and
    Although as far as I know people from the Asian sub-continent were 
    present in the early Cape as slaves  , the large scale immigration of 
    "Indians" to South Africa only occourred in  1860 ( specifically in what

    was then Natal )

    The early slave population at the Cape no longer exists as a distinct
and 
    separate demographic group -- unless one wants to speak of the "Cape

    Coloureds"  but now we are getting into old regime race classification
-- 
    something the current government seems to be very good at emulating and 
    which you have -- with your ad -- just propogated.

    I hope you understand to what extent the dept RDLR is amiss in 
    promulgating such a short sighted  and RACIST policy !


    Chris


On 15 Apr 2014 at 13:03, Aslam Parker wrote:

 
> DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM

> NOTE                        :       
>  Persons from the following groups are strongly encouraged to apply:

> Persons with appropriate disabilities, African Female and Male,
Coloured
> Female and Male, Indian Male. 

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