Nonprofit organisations in Gauteng may no longer use provincial funding to pay non-SA employees, according to new service level agreement SLA clauses introduced by the Gauteng department of social development GDSD.
The 2026 SLA also mandates that senior board positions, such as chairperson and treasurer, must be held by SA citizens. Immigrant workers may only be retained if they demonstrate scarce skills.
For Fatima Shaik, executive director of People Opposing Women Abuse Powa, the impact is immediate. A Zimbabwean social worker who has served the organisation for 15 years, is fully documented and eligible for permanent residency, now faces losing her salary because the department is Powas primary funder.
