The department of public service and administration says about 0.44 of public servants in South Africa are foreign nationals.
Of the estimated 1,390,216 public servants, there were 6,333 foreigners employed in the public service at the end of April, and the department wants to tighten the strings on their employment.
The number of foreign workers was particularly concentrated in the education and health sectors, where 3,305 and 2,625 workers, respectively, were employed at national and provincial levels combined.
