If you’ve just started working remotely, you’ll notice it’s quite different to working in an office. Use this post for remote working tips to make your day as efficient as possible. Continue reading How To Work Effectively From Home
Are you in need of some assistance when it comes to managing your finances? Check out this list of the best budgeting apps to help you stay up to date with your finances. Continue reading The 5 Best Budgeting Apps To Handle Your Finances
Black Friday is the day for massive savings and huge price drops! Read more to find out which sports fashion stores you can save big time at. Continue reading 5 Sports Fashion Stores To Shop On Black Friday
Black Friday is the day for cut-price sales and mass shopping. Be prepared for the best, unmissable deals and a day full of shopping filling your trolley up with these items. Continue reading What To Buy On Black Friday
Not sure whether you should brave the stores on Black Friday? We’ve got the answers in favour of it, and how you’ll have fun while doing it. Continue reading 5 Reasons Why You Should Shop On Black Friday
A season promising fresh air and warmth into the lives of those who endured a long, cold winter, that’s what spring is all about. It’s the time to be at our best and enjoy the change of weather, but also … Continue reading How To Be Productive This Spring
After careful consideration of all factors, we’re confirming that we will be pausing our Connect platform as we look to focus the company’s efforts on incorporating our Connect services into the existing SweepSouth core platform. Building Connect has been a … Continue reading SweepSouth Connect Update
Report On Pay And Working Conditions For Domestic Workers The fifth annual SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Workers Across Africa gives us an insightful overview of the current living conditions of the people who keep our … Continue reading Fifth Annual Domestic Workers Report
SweepSouth is more than just a cleaning service, we’re a home services solution – a breath of fresh air for your mind, your home, and the cleaning professionals on our platform. We enhance your lifestyle in a variety of ways, … Continue reading How To Spend Your Time Wisely
Sharing your unique referral code is pretty simple. See our top 5 ways that you can share your code. Continue reading 5 Ways To Refer Your Friends
SweepSouth’s commitment to non-discrimination and equity At SweepSouth we are committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equity throughout the company. We achieve this in several ways: – We equalise the playing field by allowing SweepStars to rate customers, giving them power not seen outside of the platform to decide who they want to work for. – We do not categorise our SweepStars by any segment which could promote xenophobia, racism, or sexism. We purely show customers the best SweepStars based on their performance when you book. This list cannot be filtered. – Any reported instances of racist behaviour of … Continue reading Reaffirming our Commitment to Non-discrimination and Equity
The fourth annual SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Workers Across Africa gives us a descriptive overview of the current living conditions of the women and men who take care of our homes and office spaces by providing professional cleaning services. This year, SweepSouth took it a step further and expanded its reach across Africa, adding additional African countries to the report to create an even bigger picture of the domestic worker industry. With collective data from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, a vast comparison across countries is given to describe the lives of domestic workers and … Continue reading Pay & Working Conditions For Domestic Workers Across Africa
It’s uncertain how long remote working will still be in force, but if a recent survey by Flexjobs, a US jobs listing site is anything to go by, it may be for some time. The survey showed that an astonishing 65 percent of pandemic remote workers want to keep on working from home, with 58 percent saying they’d look for a new job if they had to return to the office and leave behind their work from home desk setup. Working from home offers many comforts, such as your work commute being reduced to a few short steps and the … Continue reading 6 Work From Home Office Setup Tips
We’re passionate about changing the way South Africa views the Domestic Worker Industry. This is why over the next few posts we’ll be answering some of the questions a lot of people have regarding SweepSouth and SweepStars. Change Starts With Leadership Part of this includes the words we use – moving away from loaded terms like “maid” and “char”, we’ve taken the approach of a fresh start with the term “SweepStar” to describe the people at the centre of what we do. We are uplifted each time we see SweepStars referred to in this way, as it represents how a positive … Continue reading SweepSouth’s Take On The Domestic Worker Industry
This year has sure been full of ups and downs, but we managed to end the year off with a (socially distanced) bang. Continue reading 2020 – A SweepSouth Retrospective
Undecided whether to keep doing the cleaning yourself, or make use of a professional home cleaner? Here are the signs that it’s time to invest in a SweepStar. Continue reading Signs it’s time to hire a SweepStar
A LETTER FROM OUR CEO We are incredibly grateful, proud and motivated to have reached 1 million work opportunities on the SweepSouth platform. It’s a milestone I don’t think we could have fathomed when we launched SweepSouth out of our … Continue reading One Million Reasons to Celebrate
The third annual SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Work in South Africa paints a stark picture of the lives of the women who execute thorough cleaning services for our homes and offices. With domestic work being … Continue reading 3rd Annual SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Work in South Africa
When booking a clean, many customers feel that it may come with some risk, being that you are allowing a stranger into your home. We understand this and want to always offer our customers complete peace of mind. SweepStars are … Continue reading Good News! We’re Switching Insurance!
– by Luke Kannemeyer In President Ramaphosa’s speech last night and with the leaking of draft level 3 regulations, many found welcome good news. Some highlights include that the curfew will be lifted, there will be minimal restriction on outdoor … Continue reading Your Domestic Worker Can Return On 1 June – Under These Conditions
