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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Labour says its operation to weed out foreigners working without work permits has achieved some success. Operation Thoso was started three months ago.<\/p>\n

Officials from the Ministries of Labour and Trade have been visiting companies to check if they have foreign employees. The officials are checking for work permits.<\/p>\n

Labour spokesman Tumisang Mokoai, said the operation was launched after Basotho complained that some companies were hiring foreigners for jobs reserved for locals.<\/p>\n

Others complained that some of the foreigners are either not qualified or don\u2019t have valid work permits. Labour Minister Moshe Leoma recently told a local newspaper that the government\u2019s policy is to push Basotho first.<\/p>\n

Mokoai said there was nothing unique about the operation because Lesotho is only enforcing compliance with its laws. He said other countries are doing the same.<\/p>\n

He gave the example of South Africa where he said Basotho are being fired because they don\u2019t have work permits. \u201cWhy should we relax here?\u2019\u2019 he quipped.<\/p>\n

Mokoai said during inspection in Mokhotlong district they closed six Chinese-owned shops. He said at the Polihali project they found foreigners who were occupying positions that could have otherwise been given to qualified Basotho.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of such foreigners do not even have work permits,\u201d Mokoai said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe managed to close around six shops belonging to the Chinese,\u201d he said. He said their finding was based on non-compliance with their permits.<\/p>\n

He said the foreigners are being given the permits to operate supermarkets in a certain area. \u201cThere were foreigners selling fruits outside the shops like the street vendors,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

And some were selling unknown brands of products that do not even have an expiry date. \u201cSuch business people were handed over to the police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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