The South African domestic worker uniform is basic, yet it stands out to anyone who grew up within our borders. It is not just to protect the workers clothing against dirt and staining. It is a symbol ...

In South Africa, where the phrase is often used by white people in reference to the black women who cared for them as children, it can take on a grasping, almost desperately sentimental quality.

Over a hundred domestic workers dressed in bright uniforms and carrying irons and mops marched through the streets of Pretoria on Thursday to mark International Domestic Workers Day. The marches ...

KENILWORTH, South Africa — For the past eight years, home for Hester Stephens has been a 10-by-9-foot room at the back of her white employer’s carport in this leafy suburb of Cape Town.… ...

In South Africa, domestic workers have little or no job security and are often underpaid. They are at the receiving end of the coronavirus outbreak and its consequences, such as a country in lockdown.

With inflation on the rise, the majority of South Africans are barely making it to each month-end, and this was especially true for domestic workers. Unrelenting power outages, price hikes, rising ...

Domestic worker jobs in South Africa increased over the last quarter, but the 11,000 jobs added in Q3 are still lower than the same time last year – and the sector is nowhere close to recovering ...

Domestic work has declined in the past 15 years, and rising financial pressures could mean trouble for workers this year. South African domestic workers in trouble – BusinessTech Markets data ...

Domestic worker jobs are on the decline in South Africa. According to 2022’s third Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) there were 32 000 fewer housekeepers employed compared to last quarter.

So powerful is the image of the domestic worker in South Africa that legislators from the Left-leaning party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, wear their uniform - knee-length dresses with aprons ...

The Progressive Domestic Workers Union of South Africa (Prodwusa)’s recent call for the establishment of a dedicated pension fund for domestic workers is an indictment of our nation’s failure ...