Court finds company's foreign language requirement discriminatory to South Africans

The Western Cape High Court ruled earlier this year that a remittance company - sending cash to African countries predominantly - discriminated against South Africans by requiring job applicants to speak Zimbabwe and Malawi's indigenous languages. Mukuru Financial Services applied to the Employment and Labour Department for certification proving it had tried to find suitable South African candidates before employing foreign nationals in its call centre. That certification was rejected on the basis that the Grade 12 skills requirement was available and that the foreign language requirement was discriminatory. BizNews spoke to Webber Wentzel's Nivaani Moodley for more on the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices