The term labour broker does not exist in our current legislation. What we have is Temporary Employment Services and or Private Employment Agencies (PEAs/TES) that are registered with the Department of Labour in terms of Section 24(1) of the Skills Development Act, 1998 as Amended as part of our transitional process.
(a) A total of 492 private employment agencies/temporary employment services were registered with the Department of Labour as at 30 September 2017.
(b) Currently we do not have data as that will only become possible once PEAs/TES regulations are finalized and gazetted. The Department
of Labour will as soon as the regulations are finalised, keep records
on who uses PEAs/TES and statistics of people employed, placed or assisted across all sectors by these agencies.
(c) Covered above.