Transparency
How govposts makes money
Finding a government job, applying and getting email alerts on govposts is free, and always will be. The site is paid for by a small number of clearly labelled sponsorships.
What we sell
- Sponsored cards: one card on the week's circular page, and one on the internships and learnerships page.
- Featured vacancies: up to two real vacancies pinned at the top of a province or category list, until they close.
- An optional writing service, the Application Helper: a CV tailored to one post, a Z83 answer sheet and a checklist, for a small fee. It's for people who want help with their documents. Applying for government jobs is always free, the service doesn't affect how departments select candidates, and the free match check, every job, the guides and job alerts stay free.
Each one says "Sponsored" and names who paid for it. Sponsors get counts of how many people saw and clicked their card. That is all they get.
What we never do
- Charge anyone to find a job, apply, or get job alerts. The Application Helper is the only thing we sell to job seekers, and it is optional.
- Sell, rent or share your personal data. Sponsors never see who you are.
- Put an advert inside a job's application instructions, or inside our scam warnings.
- Let a sponsor change, rank or hide any government job.
- Accept a sponsor who charges applicants, or who offers loans, gambling, dating, get-rich or "work from home" schemes.
Who can sponsor
We check every sponsor ourselves before anything goes live. Each one must meet all of these:
- Never charges applicants, learners or job seekers any fee, deposit or "admin" cost.
- Is a registered organisation we can verify, and accredited (SETA, QCTO or DHET) where it offers training.
- The opportunity is real, current and has a named contact and physical address.
- Is not a loan, get-rich, pyramid, gambling, dating or "work from home" offer.
- Advert copy is honest: no guaranteed jobs, and nothing that looks like a government department.
Report a sponsor
If a sponsor asks you for money, makes promises it cannot keep, or anything else feels wrong, tell us at privacy@govposts.co.za or through feedback. We take the card down while we check.
No government post ever charges an application fee. Never pay anyone to apply.
Want to sponsor? See Advertise with us.