Worst news in 6 years for domestic workers in South Africa

• The number of domestic worker jobs in South Africa has declined by 1.6% over the past quarter, resulting in a loss of 14,000 jobs.
• The decline in domestic worker jobs is part of a broader trend of job losses across various industries in South Africa, with seven of the ten industries seeing significant job losses between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026.
• The loss of domestic worker jobs has been attributed to financial hardships, emigration, and xenophobic attacks, with thousands of migrant workers fleeing South Africa back to their home countries.