South Africa: Help and advice abroad

Public employment services

These are provided by the South African Department of Labour  Offices, which are located throughout the country.

Higher education careers support

Careers information centres are available in universities in South Africa and some of them offer career development programmes, see for example, University of Cape Town: Careers .

Look on individual institution websites or contact them directly to find out further information on the careers service that may be available. Resources are similar to those in the UK and may include:

• individual appointments with careers advisers;
• help with CV development and jobseeking skills;
• psychometric testing;
• a resource centre;
• mock interviews;
• graduate recruitment programme;
• skills workshops;
• employer presentations and careers fairs.

Careers services are usually available to international students studying in South Africa.

Help in an emergency

In an emergency, you should contact your country’s embassy for help. Help for British nationals is available from the British High Commission in South Africa . The Commission has consular offices based in Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Visit the website for contact details.

Other emergency contact numbers in South Africa include:

• 10111 - police
• 10177 - ambulance
• 10111 - fire department
• 112 - emergency number from mobile phones