All resources: South Africa

Agenda - Advancing women in Business and Management in Africa

Towards the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (TECL) Phase II with a Focus on HIV/AIDs: Supporting and Monitoring the...

Project: RAF/08/52/USA Evaluation Consultant: none listed in report

Gender equality

African judges’ labour of law

The ILO helps 25 African judges fight sex discrimination in the courts but cultural challenges remain the biggest obstacle for some.

Cities with Jobs: Confronting the Employment Challenge; Policy paper

Employment Working Paper No. 130

Cities with Jobs: Confronting the Employment Challenge; An examination of approaches to employment in two South African case study cities

Employment Working Paper No. 127

South Africa mines

Social dialogue needed to prevent further violence in SA mines, says ILO

The ILO calls for social dialogue and a review of labour market institutions to avoid further violence in the South African mining industry

Labour in the Global South: Challenges and alternatives for workers

“Labour in the global South is an exciting contribution to the new field of global labour studies. It identifies in ten clearly written chapters the innovative and creative responses to the challenges facing labour worldwide.” −Edward Webster,...

South Africa SME Observatory : Stock-take of South African and Free State specific policies, laws and regulations with a direct bearing on...

The Free State SME Development Initiative is a partnership between the Free State Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (Detea), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and Flanders International Cooperation...

Position Paper - Opportunities and Constraints for development of the tourism sector in Mangaung and Matjhabeng Municipalities

Tourism is a priority for the government in the New Growth Path as well in the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy of the Free State. This study provides an analysis of tourism value chains and focus on challenges and opportunities in the...

An Analysis of the Supply and Demand of Products and Services to Nurture a Culture of Entrepreneurship amongst the Youth of the Free State...

This report analyses the demand and supply of products and services to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship among young men and women in the Free State. The report makes a number of strategic recommendations to foster a culture of youth...

Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of past and ongoing SME development initiatives in the Free State province (Annotated...

This paper addresses the flexible-material, payload-routing problem and presents a mobile robot platform that has been developed to research and design reconfigurable routing systems.

Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of past and ongoing SME development initiatives in the Free State province (Field Work)

The aim of this fieldwork report is to review the efficiency and effectiveness of past and ongoing Small and Medium based Enterprise Businnes Development Support Initiatives that are taking place in the MMM and MLM

South Africa - decent work indicators

Full list of Decent Work Indicators that are relevant for South Africa, data sources and data availability.

Working conditions

South Africa could do more for miners, says ILO mining specialist

The killings of more than 30 workers in the Marikana platinum mine have put the spotlight on working conditions in South Africa’s mining industry.

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 35

The extension of social security and the social responsibility of multinational enterprises

An exploratory study on the relation between the extension of social security and corporate social responsibility of multinational enterprises.

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC)

Fiscal space and the extension of social protection. Lessons learnt from developing countries

This paper focuses on the analysis of experience in creating fiscal space for the extension of social protection. It presents the results of studies conducted in eight developing countries (Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Namibia,...

Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) Regional Africa (Phase III) [NORAD Contribution] (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project RAF/08/57/NAD, also GLO/08/12/NAD - Evaluation Consultant: Mei Zegers

Desk review of research on HIV/AIDS in the world of work

This desk review was conducted by ILO/AIDS as part of the Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV workplace policies/programmes and private sector engagement (IATT/WPPS). It is based primarily on the research documents shared by the IATT members, covering...

New India-Brazil-South Africa Declaration on South-South cooperation for decent work

Port Worker Development Project: Workshop report