South Africa: Ministry faults party’s checks on foreign workers

South Africa’s labour ministry has issued a statement over an opposition party’s visits to local restaurants to find out their proportion of foreign workers.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader Julius Malema toured several restaurants on Wednesday along with other party members.

He said they were conducting oversight visits to assess whether South Africans were being employed in the hospitality industry.

But in a statement, the Department of Employment and Labour said it was the one with the legal right to enforce compliance on labour matters.

“We prevail upon any organisation or political party that feels or come across non-compliance to raise such matter with the [department] or the bargaining council…

“One cannot seek to see the enforcement of the law by breaking the law too,” it said, without naming anyone.

The department says the law protects all employees irrespective of their nationality as long as their employment status is legal.

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