Call to Action: New Funding Round
Please note that the Jobs Fund’s 11th Funding Round, Breaking Barriers: Future Proofing South Africa’s Employment Options is now closed.
Click here for the 11th Funding Round brochure.
Click here to access the full-term sheet and the application form.
Jobs Fund Stories
Women breaking barriers
South Africa is celebrating this year’s Women Month under the theme: “Women’s Socio-Economic Rights and Empowerment: Building Back Better for Women’s Resilience!”
It is a call to action for the country to take tangible steps in responding to the most persistent challenges affecting the lives of women and girls.
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Overcoming the barriers
The South African clothing and textile industry has long found itself vulnerable to cheap imports from Asia due to its high labour cost and the impact of strikes on the labour market. Textiles, which include all forms of clothing, are the second biggest import category from China.
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Junior olympian excels in Agribusiness
Land distribution and transformation in the agriculture value chain is a long-term process that requires careful nurturing to bear fruit. Exploring ownership modalities that not only offer communities access to land, but also empower them to benefit from the productive use of the land
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Young Blood Taking on Agriculture
Agriculture is an integral part of the South African economy and global food security as a whole.
Not only do we need to ensure investment in the agricultural value chain, from primary production to market,
and address regulatory constraints so that the sector can contribute more meaningfully to economic growth
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Celebrating freedoms through job creation
What does freedom mean to you? The Oxford dictionary defines freedom as
the right to do and say what you want or the state of not being a
prisoner. Freedom Day is a celebration of the dawn of constitutional
democracy and freedom for all South Africans, it was on this day in 1994
that the country saw its first democratic elections
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Tailored for Success
Considering its labour intensity and potential for developing small, micro and medium (SMME) sized businesses and exports,
the South African Furniture Industry is an important sector in the South African economy.
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Taking Things Into His Own Hands
Although micro and informal enterprises (MIEs) can contribute to
sustainable economic growth, the core issue and central barrier in the
informal sector is that MIEs are isolated, poorly supported and poorly
understood.
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New Digital Pathways for Excluded Youth
When it comes to aligning training to the job opportunity, creating an
ecosystem of support is invaluable because it allows for access to the
labour market through multiple pathways (e.g. further education, starter
jobs, and building youth resilience through access to psychosocial services),
all of which contribute to a more effective labour market.
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Female SME’s Hope to Franchise
Partnership is a key part of the Jobs Fund’s role in supporting emerging
black businesses.
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Remarkable Performance for La Vouere Stonefruit
South Africa has about 2 121 hectares under nectarine production, the majority of which (42%) are in Ceres,
Western Cape. Over the years, hectares under nectarine have seen some fluctuation, with a steep decrease in 2015
(-4%) from the previous year and a 2% decrease in 2017.
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What we do
The Jobs Fund was launched in June 2011, we are a National Treasury
initiative with the goal to address the challenge of unemployment in
South Africa. Our objective is to form partnerships, through grant
funding, with public, private and civil society organisations on
projects that will significantly contribute to job creation. What makes
us different is that the Jobs Fund focuses on encouraging projects that
catalyse innovative models that contribute directly to enhance
employment creation.
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| Contracted Portfolio |
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146 contracted projects
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R8.49 billion in grant funding
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R13.27 billion from our partners
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259 250 permanent jobs
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How we work
The Jobs Fund has not appointed/endorsed any service provider to assist
applicants with preparing their submissions for grant funding. Should
you have queries or require some guidance, please contact us directly.
The Jobs Fund only accepts applications during open funding rounds and
projects have to meet pre-determined criteria in order to be eligible
for consideration. The Jobs Fund does not appoint intermediaries to
assist applicants with their submissions for grant funding. The Jobs
Fund is a challenge fund, the assessment and selection process is fair,
transparent and competitive. Assistance is offered by the Jobs Fund team
for queries and guidance.
The Jobs Fund has a two-stage application process; the Concept Note
Application Stage and Business Case Application Stage. The application
process begins when a call for proposals opens, and ends once a project
has been approved by the Investment Committee.
Why a two-stage process?
The rationale for a two-stage process is that it enables applicants to
test the relevance of their proposed initiative in relation to the
Fund’s criteria, without expending undue effort and cost in developing a
detailed proposal and business plan. Without this opportunity, many
worthy applicants may choose not to apply, given the costs and risks
associated with the development of a detailed proposal.
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