Own Correspondent|South Africa Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni has rolled out new policies in post covid-19 era as he said all industries and businesses must put South African citizens first in their employment list.

Tito Mboweni who was speaking to the press on Friday afternoon stated that after lockdown the new economy must prioritize South Africans.

According to him the companies unlike before will now allow more South Africans to participate in the economy than foreign people especially businesses like restaurants, tuck shops, informal traders etc.

“We are really not xenophobic or hateful, we are just tied excluded by Employers.” he said.

“Business like the Restaurants, Construction Companies must employ South Africans otherwise they won’t get Government Assistance (Stimulus package).” he said.

The finance minister emphasised that the proportion of South Africans working in a restaurant must be greater than that of non-South Africans for an establishment to reopen once lockdown ends.

Mboweni added that spaza shop owners must be registered with South African identity documents and have bank accounts.

Mboweni said when he returned to SA from exile in 1990, 8 out of 10 workers at restaurants were South African.

“Today almost 100% are non-South African,” he said.

He said the “new economy” post-lockdown must “answer that question”, adding establishments must have new labour market policies in place when the economy reopens.

“The proportion of South Africans working in a restaurant must be greater than that of non-South Africans,” he said though adding that there must not be discrimination against non-South Africans.