It is important that the Public Service mirrors the South African population in all its diversity. The effectiveness of measures such as Affirmative Action (AA) needs to be carefully considered at this juncture as there are debates around whether AA is still necessary and whether it is in fact not perpetuating class divisions. The most visible success has been the extent to which the Public Service reflects the demographic composition of the country. Race representivity has continued to improve with the figure for African employees increasing from 74% to 80% in 2007.