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IOL Business reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Nkosazana Meth’s department will be approaching the National Treasury for increased funding to employ more labour inspectors across all nine provinces.
The move comes as the DEL reports persistent non-compliance in workplaces across the country, with non-compliance rates ranging between 13% and 66% across provinces and sectors over the past five years. Between 2021/22 and 2025/26, the DEL conducted 1,265,135 workplace inspections and received thousands of complaints regarding non-compliant workplaces. During the same period, a total of 1,662 labour inspectors were employed.
In reply to parliamentary questions, Meth said that the DEL planned to increase the number of labour inspectors in line with the International Labour Organisation’s recommended ratio of one inspector for every 20,000 workers. Meth also indicated: “The Department has initiated and launched an innovative project, “PROJECT 20K”, where it is envisaged that 20,000 graduate interns would be appointed for a two-year period within the Inspections & Enforcement Branch (Labour Inspectorate) to assist Labour Inspectors in their duties as well as to gain exposure and experience within the South African Labour Market".
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mthobisi Nozulela at IOL Business
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