Recently, the portfolio committee proceedings saw Ashley Sauls exposing Central University of Technology (CUT) for potentially favouring foreign nationals over citizens. This has given rise to a bigger conversation regarding how this has factored into the high unemployment rates South Africa boasts.
Politically, South Africa is experiencing tensions sprouting from various issues, as the newly elected Government of National Unity (GNU) attempts to navigate their reign in the best and most efficient way possible. As expected, each party has their own ideas regarding the best ways to govern the country, which often leads to conflict and disagreements, which we have seen with the recent VAT hike saga.
Immigration, both legal and illegal have remained a major talking point when it comes to some of the issues that are currently plaguing the country, where citizens, particularly those who fall in the lower and middle-class, have voiced frustration and disdain over the growing and overwhelming presence pf documented and undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa.
The recent portfolio committee on higher education and training have appeared to pile on to the already existing tensions, as it revealed that the CUT’s procedures when it comes to hiring staff has been favouring foreign nationals over South African citizens.
This is our @OnsBaizaNie leader, Ashley Sauls asking an FET college, which has more than 211 employees, why they only have one Coloured, and two Indians working at the college but they have
FIVE FOREIGN NATIONALS, DOING A JOB SOUTH AFRICANS COULD DO!
The Coloured percentage… pic.twitter.com/qxZhVlLqRf
— Cassiday Rangata-Jacobs (@CRangataJ) April 10, 2025
This has prompted somewhat of a nationwide expose, as users have taken to social media to expose other institutions that they believe are opting to hire foreign nationals over citizens. These users express immense frustration regarding this, and have called on the leaders to find solutions for this issue, as they believe that the high rates of unemployment are likely related to these practices.
Tomorrow, 29 April 2025, I will give a list of Foreigners Employed at @UPTuks at Other Faculties other than Humanities. The Faculty of Law is Foreigners, Faculties of Economic Sciences and Accounting is mostly Zimbabweans the same goes for the rest.@UPTuks is infested with… https://t.co/QoSRrHdsqX
— KommanderJosh III (@DelaKufaPatriot) April 28, 2025
Maybe unemployment is intentional, because what is this? I’m so happy Ashley Sauls brought what has been happening to light pic.twitter.com/3some7qlWw
— Thabiso Masikana (@ThabisoMasikana) April 27, 2025
They deliberately don’t want to give qualified South Africans jobs they call it (internationalization) what the hell is that? ? pic.twitter.com/kB2yE8cpDC
— Abahambe Abdul Majola???? (@LadyAbahambe) April 24, 2025
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