All resources: South Africa

SCORE Indonesia launches social marketing campaign: Press release

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises

SCORE Project Brochure

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises

Success Stories on Social Protection

Ensuring a basic level of social protection and a decent life for all is the main goal of the UN Social Protection Floor Initiative. Many developing countries have already successfully taken measures supported by the Initiative and the ILO as one of...

Delegate dialogues at the 99th International Labour Conference

Delegate Dialogues: Tanya Cohen, Chairperson of the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), South Africa

ILO TV interviews Tanya Cohen, an employers' delegate at the 99th International Labour Conference, about South Africa's response to the impacts of the economic crisis, the Global Jobs Pact, and what the World Cup will mean for South Africa.

Global Jobs Pact Country Profile: South Africa

The changing faces of the South African National Qualifications Framework

Stephanie Allais, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh

Update on the Global Jobs Pact and South Africa: An Interview with Mthunzi Mdwaba, CEO of Torque IT

ILO TV interviews Mthunzi Mdwaba, CEO of Torque IT.

Tsireledzani: understanding the dimensions of human trafficking in Southern Africa

Research Report commissioned by the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. This report provides the first comprehensive assessment of human trafficking in South Africa.

Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market

Employment Working Paper No. 48

Christine Ehlers v. Bohler Uddeholm Africa (PTY) Ltd

The applicant alleged that her employer terminated her employment on the basis of her gender identity.

Kylie v. CCMA & Others

The appellant, a sex worker, alleged that she had been unfairly terminated from her employment in a massage parlour.

Learning from the first qualifications frameworks

Employment Working Paper No. 45

The price of exclusion : the economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work

Employment Working Paper No. 43

With the Global Jobs Pact, South African Trade Unions Place Emphasis on Re-training of Workers

"We have taken the Global Jobs Pact into our South African framework response to the economic crisis and we have been working on issues to address the distressed sectors, putting an emphasis on re-training and re-skilling of workers," said Bheki...

Emphasis on Sustainable Enterprises Important Element of Global Jobs Pact for South Africa

"We got a much bigger emphasis with the Global Jobs Pact for the fact that for you to create jobs and a greener economy you need to first create sustainable enterprises, because by having sustainable enterprises you can have sustainable jobs," said...

A Programme that Targets Youth for Skills and Employment: A Case Study of the Upgrading of the Golela Border Post, KwaZulu Natal, South...

Paper prepared for the the 13th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

DIALOGUE in Brief No. 1 - Recovery from the crisis through social dialogue

The brief provides an overview of how social dialogue serves as a strong basis for building the commitment of employers and workers to the joint action with governments needed to overcome the crisis and for a sustainable recovery. It provides a...

Working Paper 4: Signing International Framework Agreements: Case Studies from South Africa, Russia and Japan

The present paper is the outcome of a research effort which involved collaborations with various ILO branches and field Offices, particularly in Tokyo, Moscow and Pretoria, as well as the management of multinational companies, social partners and...

Working Paper 2: Industrial relations and collective bargaining: Trends and developments in South Africa

This paper is part of a comparative study examining industrial relations developments in different countries and regions of the world. It examines how industrial relations systems and practices in South Africa have evolved and are adapting to meet...

Trade Expansion, Employment and Inequality in India and South Africa - David Kucera and Leanne Roncolato ILO, Policy Integration and...

ILO/WBI Geneva Dialogue on Trade and Labor: Economic slowdown, openness to trade and labor market adjustment