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Employment Intensive Investment Programme

Celebrating 20 years of ILO collaboration with South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme

Farmworker Indaba Highlights Social Challenges on Wine Farms

The recent Agri Worker Indaba, hosted by Fairtrade Africa in the Western Cape, illuminated the pressing social issues facing wine farms in the region.

SCORE Training

ILO and Government of Flanders join forces to strengthen productivity in South Africa

SCORE Training is set for implementation in SMEs within the clothing and textiles manufacturing sector over the course of the year.

An update on how productivity and decent work are being boosted in South African SMEs

ILO's Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work programme in South Africa partners with Productivity SA and the South African Footwear and Leather Export Council (SAFLEC) to promote technical capabilities, advance productivity growth and increase...

Planning session

Coordination with the Limpopo Department of Public Works Roads and Infrastructure

Decent Work in Construction project engages SMME's in Ethekwini

Fact finding mission in Kwazulu Natal Province

A focus on Child Labour in the Agricultural Sector

Launch of project in South Africa

Limpopo Improve Your Business Training

South Africa

Improved productivity evidence for better policy making in South Africa

In this interview, Mothunye Mothiba, Chief Executive Officer of Productivity South Africa, discusses how partnering with the ILO Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work team will improve productivity analytics to support policy work involving key...

National workshop on Sustainable and Responsible Business practices for the realization of decent work

A national workshop advances sustainable and responsible business practices, fostering dialogue among stakeholders to embed ethical, inclusive, and green business models.

BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting

ILO Director-General welcomes BRICS commitment to ensuring decent work, dignity and respect for all

Speaking at the meeting of BRICS nations*, Gilbert F. Houngbo emphasized the importance of inclusive and sustainable development, promoting labour rights for all, ensuring universal access to social protection systems, closing the skills gap in the...

Promoting quality apprenticeship in India, South Africa, China, Ethiopia and Switzerland

Study Tour

Capacity and Coordination among key Stakeholders in Tanzania involved in Labour Migration Strengthened

A Tripartite Dialogue on Labour and Mixed Migration

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme South Africa

The ILO supports BRICS discussion on Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work

In May, the ILO participated in the second meeting of the BRICS Employment Working Group under the South African Presidency to explore the bidirectional relationship between productivity growth and decent job creation.

First tripartite social dialogue within the fishing sector

building decent working and in South Africa

Social justice

ILO Director-General urges greater social justice on first official visit to South Africa

During his three-day trip International Labour Organization Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, held talks with the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, government ministers and employers’ and workers’ representatives.

Blog 3

Drivers of risk and resilience in South Africa’s tourism sector: A snapshot

South African woman uses digital technologies to reach new markets with her poultry business

Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth

Boosting youth employability through digital skills

UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) South Africa Transition

Close Out Ceremony