The Employment and Labour Department is finalising policy that will help to regulate the extends to which foreign nationals can be employed in South Africa, Minister Thulas Nxesi said on Friday.
His comments come as trucker drivers this week intensified their national strike against the employment of foreign nationals, blocking the N3 in both directions on Van Reenen’s Pass and at the Tugela Plaza, in KwaZulu-Natal, disrupting supply chains and freight logistics between Gauteng and the main port.
Similar blockades took place on several national routes last year, prompting President Cyril Ramaphosa to order an InterMinisterial Committee, led by Nxesi, to address the concerns raised by truck drivers and small truck operators.