Employment & Labour · Full Department Breakdown

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Executive Briefing

Welcome · Presidency

Land Reform programme slipped milestone — 1.4M title-deed target at risk.

Today's focus

Land Reform programme slipped milestone — 1.4M title-deed target at risk

Live signal

Renewable IPP Round 7 ahead of plan · 5,200 MW added

On your radar

Cabinet sequencing memo due Friday

Why this matters · citizen

Whether 62 million South Africans see life improve over five years.

NDP 2030 outcome

NDP 2030 — eliminate poverty & reduce inequality

Impact metric

58% of NDP milestones on track · target 84% by FY2030

Department of Employment & Labour

DEL · UIF · Compensation Fund · CCMA · Director-General · Department of Employment & Labour

Branches
4
Sub-teams
15
Total FTE
2,120
Total Budget
R4.20bn
Principal
Director-General · Department of Employment & Labour
Accounting Officer
Deputies & political principals
  • Deputy Minister of Employment & Labour · Political Principal

Public Employment Services

DDG: PES · PYEI placements

Budget
R0.84bn
FTE
128
Sub-teams
4
Status
on-track
Delivery vs plan78%
Sub-teams (4)
PYEI Programme Office
274k in pipeline · 38k placed
38 FTE
Employment Services SA (ESSA)
1.4M registrations/yr
42 FTE
Labour Migration Mgmt
24 FTE
Sheltered Employment Factories
24 FTE

Labour Policy & Industrial Relations

DDG: LP&IR · Wage policy

Budget
R0.42bn
FTE
88
Sub-teams
4
Status
on-track
Delivery vs plan82%
Sub-teams (4)
National Minimum Wage Commission liaison
R27.58/hr · review Q3
22 FTE
Collective Bargaining
PSCBC liaison
28 FTE
Labour Law Reform
EEA Amendments
24 FTE
International Labour Affairs (ILO)
14 FTE

Inspection & Enforcement Services

DDG: IES · BCEA compliance

Budget
R1.84bn
FTE
1,840
Sub-teams
4
Status
at-risk
Delivery vs plan58%
Sub-teams (4)
Occupational Health & Safety
98k inspections/yr
620 FTE
Basic Conditions of Employment
540 FTE
Employment Equity Compliance
Designated employer audits
320 FTE
UI Contributions Enforcement
360 FTE

Labour Market Information

DDG: LMI · QLFS partner with Stats SA

Budget
R0.21bn
FTE
64
Sub-teams
3
Status
on-track
Sub-teams (3)
Labour Market Statistics
24 FTE
Sectoral Analysis
22 FTE
Skills Demand Forecasting
18 FTE

Entities · SOEs · Regulators reporting in

5 reporting entities

UIF
Reserves R114bn · solvency
Compensation Fund
Disclaimer audit history
CCMA
190,000 cases / yr
Budget: R1.08bn
Productivity SA
SME productivity programmes
Nedlac
Social compact

Risk Register

Top exposures

Compensation Fund disclaimer · 5 years running
critical
Owner: Compensation Commissioner
Forensic clean-up; system replacement.
UIF reserve adequacy under unemployment shock
high
Owner: UIF Commissioner
Actuarial review; contribution-rate scenarios.
PYEI exit-to-formal-employment rate 14%
high
Owner: DDG: PES
Pathway-design pilot with private sector.
Inspector-to-workplace ratio 1:11,000
medium
Owner: DDG: IES
Risk-based inspection model + tech.

Cross-Office Dependencies

Flows in / flows out