On 1 November 2026, work.net.za listed 1,770 open roles, and 451 of the adverts were dated in the previous seven days. Old Mutual posted 157, finance and accounting had 174, and 258 adverts close within a week.
1,770 roles were open on work.net.za on 1 November 2026, and 203 of them are remote roles open to people in South Africa. 451 of the open adverts were dated in the previous seven days.
We count an advert as new when the date on the advert falls in the seven days to 1 November 2026. Open adverts with no date, 457 of them, are left out of the 451.
Old Mutual posted the most with 157. FirstRand followed with 58, Absa with 41, Standard Bank Group with 29 and Tiger Brands with 26. Sasol posted 19, and 16 of those are in Mpumalanga.
Gauteng had 167 of the new adverts, the Western Cape 56, Mpumalanga 37 and KwaZulu-Natal 35. Another 112 name South Africa without a province.
Finance and accounting was the largest group with 174 adverts, followed by sales and marketing with 56, operations with 47, IT with 24 and engineering with 23.
27 of the new adverts suit early-career applicants: internships, graduate, trainee or entry-level posts. 258 open adverts close in the next seven days, so check the closing date before you start.
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The Eastern Cape Department of Education placed 54 adverts in Public Service Vacancy Circular 39. Among them are 36 clerk, secretary and data capturer posts that ask for Grade 12 and no experience. Applications close on 13 November 2026.
The Department of Employment and Labour advertises 11 clerk posts at the Compensation Fund in Pretoria that ask for Grade 12 and no experience. They pay R237,453 or R280,278 a year, and applications close on 13 November 2026.
Government Printing Works placed 22 adverts in Public Service Vacancy Circular 39. They include 17 production artisan posts in Pretoria at R253,341 a year for people with a trade test, and applications close on 17 November 2026.
