Government statistician Anna Majelantle says this on the CSO website when outlining, the latest estimates of work permit holders as at end of September 2009. She states that information on work permit holders gives an indication of whether the idea of localisation is being achieved or not. She adds that it is also of interest to know whether the number of work permit holders is decreasing or not, over time. Presentation of work permit holders by occupation and industry gives an indication of jobs currently held by non-citizens, which will serve as a useful tool in the efforts of researchers, planners and policy makers in the country, Majelantle says.
According to the report for November 2009 on their website, there were 17,982 work permit holders recorded as active at the end of September this year. Of these 12,662 (70.4 percent) were employees and 5,320 (29.6 percent) were self - employed. The report also revealed that the proportion of females is low at only 22.8 percent (4,095 persons) of the overall work permits. The number of work permit holders went up by 527 persons (3.0 percent) as compared to the previous quarter and a significant increase was from the male permit holders, which accounted for 403 persons (2.3 percent).
