Javu Baloyi, the gender pay equity commissioner, trots out all the flawed arguments about gender pay inequality. The concept of pay inequality is a myth trotted out by the left and a commission which wants to remain in existence.

In most countries, including ours, it is illegal to pay workers who do identical jobs differently. As an employer why would I pay men more for the same job and risk prosecution?

Secondly, why would I increase my business’s wage bill by in effect overpaying male employees. No savvy business person would increase their business overheads by doing so - its called arbitrage.

Why do men earn more than women overall - mainly because they work longer hours and do dangerous jobs. Over 90% of workplace fatalities involve male workers.

I have never seen any calls for gender equality in this respect.