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Employers and domestic workers can contribute a national domestic workers’ pension fund operated through mobile-based platforms for easy registration and tracking contributions. (File photo)
DOMESTIC WORKERS

South Africa must invest in its domestic workers and set up a dedicated pension fund

They spend most of their lives supporting our families, yet they face old age with little to no financial security

  • Lindani Zungu
5 min read
Employers and domestic workers can contribute a national domestic workers’ pension fund operated through mobile-based platforms for easy registration and tracking contributions. (File photo)
COST OF LIVING

Union demands pension fund for domestic workers

About 850 000 people are employed as domestic workers in South Africa, contributing to 5.2% of the country’s total employment

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read