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Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2) - South Africa (RATIFICATION: 1924)

1. Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee notes the detailed statistical information provided by the Government's report and hopes that the Government will continue to communicate such statistics in its next reports, and also any other information concerning unemployment and measures taken or contemplated to combat it, and that such information will cover the whole of the national territory.

2. Article 2, paragraph 1. The Government states in its report that the Skills Development Bill provided for the establishment of the National Skills Authority (NSA). A Subcommittee on Employment Services will be established under the NSA and representatives of employers, workers and other stakeholders will be represented. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to report soon on the adoption of the Skills Development Bill and on any progress made concerning the appointment of committees to advise on matters concerning the carrying on of a free public employment agencies under the control of a central authority, as requested by the Convention.

3. Article 2, paragraph 2. The Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that the issue of private free employment agencies will be dealt with by the Subcommittee on Employment Services. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate, in its next report, whether free private employment agencies exist, and if so, what steps are taken or envisaged to coordinate their operations with those of the public placement services, as required by this provision.

4. The Government may deem it useful to consider other instruments adopted by the Conference related to employment, such as the Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) and Recommendation No. 83; the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) and the Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169); the Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168) and Recommendation No. 176 and the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) and Recommendation No. 188.