A first of its kind study reveals some stark pay and living conditions of millions of domestic workers in South Africa, the majority of whom are the sole breadwinners in their households. The SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Work in South Africa – a survey of more than 500 domestic workers… Read More REPORT ON PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORK IN SA 2018
For the past four years since our founding, the SweepSouth Team have worked hard to bring you great value and stretch your hard-earned rands at the same time with our flexible booking hours options and ad-hoc vs regular booking plans. However, more recently, from increasing our benefits to SweepStars and customers (e.g. via comprehensive insurance… Read More We’re Adjusting Pricing
We would like to respond directly to some of the questions being raised across various social media platforms regarding domestic worker wages in South Africa in general, and SweepSouth pay rates in particular. We are aware of the current public discourse around domestic worker wages in South Africa, and fully agree that this is an… Read More Reaffirming the mission and values behind SweepSouth
At SweepSouth, our mission is to create happy homes by providing dignified, flexible work at decent pay to our SweepStars; and a hassle-free and reliable service that gives time back to our clients. So far we have reached a milestone of 2 million hours of home cleaning and 2018 is shaping up to be an even… Read More SweepSouth Milestones – Over 2 Million Hours of Cleaning
At SweepSouth we make sure that our SweepStars are experienced and constantly reviewed by our clients to ensure we only deliver high-quality cleaning and care to your home. It is for this reason that we are excited to partner with brands offering trusted, quality products that will further enhance the SweepSouth offering. When you opt… Read More We’ve got some news!
Make sure your furry friends are safe and happy during the fireworks!… Read More 7 Tips For Making Your Home Pet-Friendly during Guy Fawkes.
We’ve partnered up with our friends over at Faithful to Nature to bring you an exciting competition that will make sure your home stays clean, happy and healthy for a long time to come. We also brought Philips and Spindel on board to provide you with the latest and greatest in eco-friendly home cleaning technology.… Read More It’s COMPETITION time!
If looking at the symbols on your jeans, dresses or t-shirts labels feel like a foreign language to you then read below. We’re giving you a breakdown and guide to doing your washing. Learn about all the symbols or book a SweepSouth clean, select laundry as an extra task and your SweepStar will take care… Read More Laundry Icons and How to Use Them
Women’s Month always encourages a particular cause for reflection about SweepSouth, our founding story and the impact we have had and will maintain with women in our country. When my co-founder and myself started SweepSouth in 2014, we originally did so in answer to a personal need for the type of service we now provide.… Read More Standing up for all women
Being focused on empowering women, this Women’s Day we decided to take a look at our data and share some interesting facts. Our mission is to create clean, happy homes by providing dignified, flexible work at decent pay to our SweepStars. We’ve already created job opportunities for 3500 previously unemployed and underemployed women in four… Read More Women’s Month 2017
