In Chapter I Definitions- of the EEA it is provided that designated groups refer to black people, women, or people with disabilities. ‘Black people’ refer to "Africans", "Coloureds" and "Asians". In a landmark decision in 2008 from the High Court in Pretoria, Chinese South Africans who were living within South Africa during the era of Apartheid were declared to “fall within the ambit of the definition of ‘black people’ in Section 1 of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998”. The driving force of the decision was the purpose of accessing affirmative action benefits.