prohibited grounds
are—
| a) | race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language, birth and HIV/AIDS status; or |
[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 30 of Act No. 8 of 2017]
| b) | any other ground where discrimination based on that other ground— |
| i) | causes or perpetuates systemic disadvantage; |
| ii) | undermines human dignity; or |
| iii) | adversely affects the equal enjoyment of a person’s rights and freedoms in a serious manner that is comparable to discrimination on a ground in paragraph (a). |