64% Of South Africa’s Domestic Workers Come From Zimbabwe – Report

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64% Of South Africa’s Domestic Workers Come From Zimbabwe – Report

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South African home services platform SweepSouth has released the results of its 2025 survey of 5,000 domestic workers, providing new data on the sector’s demographics and distribution.

According to the report, staggering 92% of domestic workers surveyed are women, men make up just 7%, while 1% of respondents identified as other or preferred not to disclose their gender.

64% of domestic workers are Zimbabwean nationals, followed by 31% South Africans, with smaller numbers from Malawi (2%), Lesotho (1%), and other countries (1%).

Domestic workers are heavily concentrated in South Africa’s economic hubs. Gauteng accounts for 57% of respondents, followed by Western Cape at 38%, and KwaZulu-Natal at 4%.

The median age of domestic workers is 38, with respondents ranging from 26 to 61 years old.

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Lovemore Muzira

Lovemore

Lovemore Muzira is a regular contributor to Pindula News with a background in Political Science and International Relations. He has eight years of experience reporting on local news, with a strong focus on politics, human rights, environmental issues, and social affairs.

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  1. Muchoni

    We provide a vital service to these people and I hope we also get fair treatment. When I was Down South I met a lot of well-off domestic workers who were earning enough to send children here in Zimbabwe to better boarding schools. I know it is not possible to get that kind of remuneration here. If it was gardeners they had very good cars either given for free or they were sold extremely low at say R15000 at say R1000 deductions and most said they only had a maximum of up to 6 months and then they stopped having the deductions. They said their bosses (who all were White) would say the deductions were so that the gardeners would know that the cars were really theirs unlike when you don’t pay a single cent you will feel it could be taken back. (ZvaHoly naana nhingi)

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