Less Moz miners in SA

(Fin24) - Fewer Mozambican workers were hired by South African mines in 2007, indicating a move away from the former
migrant labour system of old.

According to recruiting agency Teba, South Africa's mining industry recruited 44 849 Mozambican workers in 2007 - 3.6% fewer than the 46 528 recruited in 2006.

Of the total number of miners recruited last year, 36 702 were contract renewals, 7 950 were new hires with experience in the mining sector, and just 227 were cases of individuals who had never previously worked in mines.

José Carimo, regional director for Teba in Mozambique and Swaziland, this week told Mozambican newspaper Notícias, that the lower number of
Mozambicans recruited by South Africa's mines was primarily the result of South Africa's new migrant labour laws, which among other things restrict access to employment by non-qualified foreign workers.

 

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