Since 1994, the new democratic government in SouthAfrica has passed a large number of Acts in serviceof societal transformation. The Promotion ofEquality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act4 of 2000 has been described as the most importantpiece of legislation passed in this period, secondonly to the Constitution. In this book, thepotential effectiveness of this Act in reaching itsstated goal of achieving societal transformation inSouth Africa is considered from a socio-legalperspective. The book also identifies a number ofweaknesses in the Act and proposes a range ofamendments that would facilitate the use of the Actby complainants. Further avenues of socio-legalresearch are suggested that could be undertakenrelating to the Act, specifically how the Act may beutilised to combat poverty in South Africa. The bookwould be of interest to academics and discriminationlaw practitioners.