Videos

  1. We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic

    15 December 2021

    ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the ILO in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

  2. South Africa: The 2013 Free State enterPRIZE Job Creation Challenge

    24 February 2014

    The aim of the enterPRIZE job challenge is to enhance the growth of emerging, new and established entrepreneurs that are in the process of setting up a business or have a business they want to expand to with a view to seizing unexploited or underexploited market opportunities. The enterPRIZE job challenge is designed to create opportunities for business owners who find it difficult to secure conventional commercial funding for start-up or expansion of their ventures.

  3. Video Highlights of the 12th African Regional Meeting

    14 October 2011

  4. 12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of the Special Debate "Promoting employment and Decent Work for youth: A joint AU/ECA/AfDB/ILO initiative" - 12 October 2011

    12 October 2011

  5. 12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of the Special Debate "Efficient growth, employment and decent work in Africa: Time for a new vision" - 11 October 2011

    11 October 2011

  6. 12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of Business Africa Launch - 11 October 2011

    11 October 2011

  7. 12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of the Official Opening Ceremony - 11 October 2011

    11 October 2011

  8. A Fresh Approach to Labour Inspection in South Africa

    02 June 2011

    There’s a new spirit of cooperation between South Africa’s employers and the Department of Labour. It’s a result of ongoing reforms in South Africa’s Labour Inspection process, including good practices promoted by the ILO.

  9. Delegate Dialogues: Thembi Nene-Shezi, Chairperson of the HIV/AIDS Committee and Senior Executive Manager, Department of Labour, South Africa

    17 June 2010

    ILO TV interviews delegates participating in the Committee for HIV/AIDS at the 99th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva from 2-18 June 2010. The committee members discussed a proposed new labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work, which was adopted by delegates at the end of the conference. The standard contains provisions on prevention programmes and anti-discrimination measures at national and workplace levels aimed at strengthening the contribution of the world of work to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

  10. Success Stories on Social Protection

    16 June 2010

    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 its lead agencies. Other countries recently committed to start building their own Social Protection Floors. At the 99th International Labour Conference representatives from Brazil, Argentina, India, South Africa shared their experiences, highlighting the key factors of success as well as the positive impact on national social and economic development.

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

    11 June 2010

    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.

  12. South Africa: World Cup Jobs

    24 May 2010

    When "World Cup Fever" hits South Africa, it will bring worldwide attention, and big money. It's estimated the half million visiting fans will inject more than two and a half billion dollars into the South African economy, and more than 150 000 jobs will be created. But how many of those new jobs will still be around when the World Cup is over is a key concern for South Africa.

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

    30 March 2010

    ILO TV interviews Mthunzi Mdwaba, CEO of Torque IT.

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

    01 December 2009

    "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 Ntshalintshali, Deputy General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, in an interview with ILO TV.

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

    01 December 2009

    "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 Mthunzi Mdwaba, CEO of Torque IT in an interview with ILO TV. "It's something that we've taken very seriously in South Africa."