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. |