All resources: South Africa

Private sector champions HIV and TB response in the world of work

South Africa’s private sector is strengthening leadership and collaboration to advance workplace HIV and TB responses, positioning employee health as a business imperative. Through SANAC-PSF initiatives and ILO support, employers are expanding...

Productivity ecosystems for decent work in the BRICS

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work in the BRICS presents a synthesis of national experiences from Brazil, China and South Africa on strengthening the links between productivity growth and decent work. Using the ILO’s Productivity Ecosystems for...

Research Brief

Measuring the greenness of jobs in emerging economies: A big data text analysis approach

This brief presents a new big data and NLP-based approach to measure how green jobs are in emerging economies using a refined ILO green dictionary. It provides practical evidence on green skills, job quality and wages to inform labour market and...

Technical and Vocational Education and Training trainers deliver entrepreneurship training to youth in E-Waste Project

The ILO and public Technical Vocational Education and Training colleges in Limpopo delivered SIYB entrepreneurship training to 22 youth in the E-Waste Youth Employment Project, strengthening local capacity and supporting youth-led green enterprises...

G20 Leaders’ Summit

ILO welcomes G20 leaders’ recognition that decent work is central to inclusive growth

G20 Leaders’ Declaration recognizes employment as a central objective of economic growth and that good quality jobs and decent work must be at the heart of sustainable industrialization.

E-Waste for Youth Employment project Japan study tour

Zambia charts new path for tourism growth through skills development

Siavonga, Zambia (ILO News) – Zambia is taking bold steps to strengthen its tourism sector by addressing critical skills gaps, a move expected to boost economic growth and job creation.

Labour Migration

Pan-African Parliament reviews new model law to strengthen labour migration governance in Africa

The Pan-African Parliament reviewed a draft Model Law aimed at strengthening harmonized, rights-based labour migration governance across Africa.

This is social justice

Dignity and empowerment through salaried employment in South Africa

Langanani Moleya went from being homeless to becoming a salaried manager for an urban regeneration agency in South Africa. Listen to Moleya’s journey from insecurity to dignity and empowerment.

ILO Working Paper 153

The return of the visible hand: Social dialogue and the making of 21st-century industrial policy

Industrial policy has returned amid geopolitical rivalry, supply-chain fragility, and contemporary grand transitions, but its performance hinges less on ideology than on governance and design. By examining three comparative cases (Germany, Republic...

Tripartite constituents gather in Johannesburg to drive just transition in climate action

Representatives of governments, workers and employers from ten countries gathered in Johannesburg to turn national climate commitments into opportunities for decent work and social justice through a just transition.

ILO Pretoria Joins UN South Africa in Celebrating 80 Years of the United Nations

The UN’s 80th Anniversary was celebrated at the Pretoria Art Museum, bringing together UN staff, partners, students, and the community for environmental activities, art, and a Climate Action Pledge. The event highlighted collaboration,...

Action toward shared prosperity through dialogue, skills, and inclusion

Trade Unions in South Africa lead the way for fairer productivity gains

ILO Leads final stage of the Southern African Development Community Labour Market Observatory development

Juliet’s Return from South Africa and Her Path to Business Growth

Busingye Juliet, a 49-year-old single mother of two, left Uganda for South Africa in search of better livelihood opportunities. In South Africa, she worked as a saleslady while raising her two children, hoping the move would create a more stable...

Turning awareness into action, Limpopo Province hosts International E-Waste Day 2025

The ILO, in partnership with DFFE, LEDET, and the Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, marked International E-Waste Day 2025 in Limpopo under the theme “Recycle Your E-Waste – It’s Critical!” The event promoted responsible e-waste management, green...

Countering illegal footwear and leather imports in South Africa

Mapping harms to industry, jobs and investment

Building safer workplaces, ILO kick-starts decent work interventions in Garden Route Municipality

The International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the Department of Employment and Labour, BCAWU, and the Progressive SMME Initiative, launched catalytic interventions in the Garden Route Municipality to promote Decent Work in the...

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

South Africa appoints national tripartite focal points for the promotion of the ILO MNE Declaration

South Africa designates national tripartite focal points (government, employers, workers) to champion the ILO’s guidelines for multinational enterprises and promote decent, fair work.

University of South Africa Labour Law Conference, ILO highlights the last 30 years

South Africa’s Labour Law journey through the lens of International Labour Standards