Thulas Nxesi, South Africa’s Employment and Labour minister, says that his department is currently working on the labour migration policy which will be tabled in cabinet soon.
Speaking at a media briefing this week, Nxesi said the new policy will regulate and limit sectors on the number of people employers can hire from other countries especially in sectors that do not require sophisticated skills.
The minister said that a number of interventions were being considered, including the introduction of quotas that would specify how many foreign workers could be hired in a given sector. Specific jobs such as restaurant waiters and truck drivers are also likely to come under scrutiny as they have previously been identified by the department as having a high concentration of foreign workers.