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100s of unemployed social workers stand in line for an Assessment test at the Wentworth Youth Centre, hoping for employment in the KZN Social Development Department. The unemployment crisis is a ticking time bomb
March and March leader is Demanding Answers From @CheckersSA Why They Employing Foreigners While South Africans are Unemployed After Ugandan Sixty60 Delivery Drive Reveals that He is Making R20,000 Monthly in a Viral Video March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese has demanded answers from Checkers regarding its Sixty60 delivery service. The civic movement leader accuses the retailer of employing large numbers of foreign nationals in scooter delivery jobs while South Africa faces high unemployment. Ngobese reacted strongly to recent videos showing foreign drivers earning good money from the platform. She questions how foreigners from countries including Uganda and Ghana obtained work permits for these roles. Delivery scooter work does not qualify as a scarce skills visa category. Ngobese has publicly tagged Checkers and the Department of Labour, calling for inspections and action against companies allegedly allowing improper hiring practices. "I honestly get furious when I watch such videos!!! He arrived in the country from Uganda 6 months ago because a friend of his hooked him up with a job from @CheckersSA @Sixty60 Tweets and earns R5k a week in a country that has the highest unemployment in the world!!!!!! Dear Checkers which documents did you send to Uganda to get this man a working permit for a scarce skills Visa so he can work in the country??? We demand answers and from the @deptoflabour: Where are your 10 000 labour inspectors that you claimed to be bringing and why do they allow this to continue to happen when you know very well who the obvious law breakers are, why have you not fined and charged Checkers and Uber???" Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma Wrote on X Checkers recently claimed that only 30% of its nearly 9,000 Sixty60 drivers are South African, up from 23 percent previously. The company says the majority are documented foreign nationals engaged as independent contractors through logistics partners. It runs training programmes for locals but reports higher dropout and turnover rates among South African drivers.
