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Foreign Service Act, 2019 (Act No. 26 of 2019)

4. Requirements for members of Foreign Service

 

(1) Except for the appointment of locally recruited personnel to serve at a South African Mission, only citizens of the Republic, employed by the Department or by another national department, or appointed on a contractual basis for a fixed period, who meet the prescribed requirements, are eligible to become a member of the Foreign Service.

 

(2) The head of a national department must, in writing, notify the Director-General of an employee who has approval from that national department to be transferred to a South African Mission.

 

(3) A member of the Foreign Service may not take up a position at a South African Mission until such time—
(a) as he or she has successfully completed the prescribed mandatory training requirements;
(b) as he or she has met the prescribed requirements for such transfer;
(c) as he or she has obtained a security clearance as issued by a competent authority; and
(d) that the approval for the transfer has been granted by the Director-General.