South Africa
South Africa has been an member of the ILO from 1919 to 1966, and again since 1994. South Africa’s peaceful political transition from the apartheid regime is regarded as one of the most remarkable political feats of the past century. Today, the ILO provides technical and financial support to country with the overall objective of reducing poverty and inequality through inclusive and sustainable growth and development. Priorities established by the tripartite constituents of South Africa include the creation of more and better jobs, especially for youth, broadening social protection coverage, and the promotion of strong and representative employers’ and workers’ organizations.
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Intervention focus
Strategic compliance planning for labour inspection among construction sector SMEs in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Employment Intensive Investment Programme
Elevating technical skills: Labour intensive construction and tender training in Fetakgomo Tubatse
Labour statistics
National labour market statistics for the last year from the ILOSTAT database
Projects and programmes
FAIR Programme - Phase III
Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR)
Child labour and forced labour
Multi Partner Fund
Development Cooperation Dashboard
The dashboard offers interactive visualisations of ILO development cooperation projects in South Africa.
Events
Farmworker Indaba Highlights Social Challenges on Wine Farms
Publications
Decent Work for Construction - RAF/21/14/SWE – 007/2024
Documenting good practices on linking decent working conditions
ILO Working paper 109
Working conditions of subnational government workers in selected African countries
All resources
Browse our catalogue of resources from or about South Africa and filter by topic or sector.
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Contact
- Email : pretoria@ilo.org
- Phone : 2712 818 8000
- Fax : 2712 818 8087
Address
20 Hotel street
Crestway Block C
Lynnwood 0020
Pretoria
South Africa
ILO DWT for Eastern and Southern Africa and Country Office for South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini.