Question NW1908 to the Minister of Transport

Reply:

1. At national level, the Department of Transport led by the Department of Employment and Labouris a participant in a National Task Team (NTT) and Inter-Ministerial Task Team which have been constituted at address issues related to employment of foreign nationals, legislative and policy review.The NTT has recently been incorporated within the operational structures of the National Joint Operations Centre (NATJOC).In addition to the Department of Employment and Labour, the Department of Transport, the NTT is further made up of the Department of Home Affairs, the Bargaining Council and the SAPS. A comprehensive action plan with time frames and deliverables have been compiled and is currently been monitored at the NATJOC level. At a Provincial level, the Provincial Task Team was constituted to address operational issues within the KZN Province and is led by the office of the Premier of the KZN Province.

2. The information has been sourced from the National Bargaining Council and is listed in Table 1 and 2 below. It must be stated that the numbers below pertains only to those companies which are registered with Bargaining Council and fall within its scope

(a) South African nationals per Province

Province	Number of SA nationals
Gauteng	65952
Kwa Zulu Natal	16098
Western Cape	18768
Northern Cape	1269
Eastern Cape	5959
Northwest	2614
Mpumalanga	7910
Limpopo	1209
Free State	3654
Total	123433

b) Foreign Nationals Per Province

Province	Number of foreign nationals
Gauteng	4512
Kwa -Zulu Natal	1759
Western Cape	1089
Northern Cape	104
Eastern Cape	164
Northwest	317
Mpumalanga	845
Limpopo	108
Free State	485
Total	9383