Job-creation plans
Youth Employment Service Employment Tax Incentive
Amavulandlela Scheme for Funding
Public-Private Growth Initiative Public Works Program Expansion
Textiles and clothing Poultry Master Plan and Master Plan for Poultry
Summit on Jobs
On the 4th and 5th of October 2018, South Africa hosted the Jobs Summit at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The Framework Agreement resulted from the Jobs Summit. The arrangement will allow for the development of an estimated 275,000 jobs per year. The Framework Agreement includes commitments to boost the economy, procurement measures, and industrial financing.
Providing assistance to small enterprises through supplier development programs in townships and the growth of youth entrepreneurship.
Increasing access to community colleges, technical and vocational training colleges, and universities.
National minimum wage implementation.
Ensure that the employment tax incentive functions properly, and develop a national anti-corruption policy.
Initiatives and agreements resulting from the jobs summit will result in 275,000 new employment per year.
Service for Youth Employment
The Youth Employment Service (YES) (external link) was established in 2018.
It is a business-led partnership with the government and labor to provide one million job possibilities for young people.
Employment Tax Credit
The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) is a tax credit designed to encourage firms to hire young workers. It was put into action on January 1, 2014.
Funding Scheme for Amavulandlela
The Amavulandlela Funding Scheme (link is external) was created by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) specifically for entrepreneurs with impairments. The scheme is aimed towards small and medium-sized businesses and co-operatives having at least 50+1% ownership by disabled entrepreneurs.
Initiative for Public-Private Growth
The private sector has pledged to investing R840 billion in 43 projects across 19 sectors and creating 155 000 jobs by 2024 through the Public-Private Growth Initiative. In conversations with business, the government has pledged to removing policy barriers and accelerating project delivery.
Public Works Program Expansion
Under the Ministerial Conditions of Employment for the EPWP or learnership employment conditions, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) projects employ people on a temporary or ongoing basis with the government, contractors, or other non-governmental organizations.
Master Plans for Clothing and Textiles and Poultry
The Clothing and Textiles Master Plan, signed in 2019, intends to create 121 000 new jobs in the retail-clothing-textile-and-footwear sector over the next ten years.
The Poultry Master Plan was established to assist poultry growers and processors while saving and creating 54 000 jobs.
The Poultry Sector Masterplan aims to solve issues by implementing a comprehensive strategy that will:
Continue to boost chicken consumption both in absolute and per capita terms.
Ensure that locally produced goods account for a growing proportion of total consumption over time.
Expand the industry by increasing capacity at all stages of the value chain – feed manufacture, chicken farming, and poultry product processing – consequently increasing fixed investment, employment, and output value. In particular, the output of poultry products is expected to expand by 10% during the next three years.
The demand for chicken feed is expected to rise by 300,000 tons per year, benefiting the maize and soya industries.
Within three years, 50 new contract farmers will be developed, each functioning on a commercial scale and supported by the industry.
To do this, the government and industry will collaborate to reform our certification processes so that we can meet the standards of the key importing countries.
Increase black participation, particularly ownership, throughout the value chain, as well as employment and worker share-ownership in the sector.
What is the cost of creating a job in South Africa?
In South Africa, for every R1 million spent by the government on job development, 6 to 7 jobs are produced. This puts the R100 billion presidential employment stimulus program for 600,000 jobs well within the range of the South African economy’s employment elasticity.
Which job is in high demand in South Africa?
Millwrights and Production Managers (Manufacturing & Assembly) Receptionists (Admin, Office & Support) Electricians are other career roles with relatively high demand during the first half of 2022. (Building & Construction)
Who is South Africa’s largest employer?
The government sector continues to be the country’s top employer.
