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The Affirmative Action (Employment) Act, 1998 (Act 29 of 1998).The legislation is intended to foster fair employment practices with regard to matters such as recruitment, selection, appointment, training, promotion, and equitable remuneration for previously disadvantaged people - more particularly, previously racially disadvantaged people, women and persons with disabilities, referred to as designated groups in the Act.