Model 01
Staffing solutions for South African operations
The workforce partner for operations that can't stop.
Temporary workforces, permanent placements and executive search from one accountable partner — supplied, managed and paid compliantly.
Operating since 2015
±4 000 contract workers paid weekly
Permanent presence in 5 regions
What we do
Three ways we place people — temporary, permanent and executive — with the disciplines around them that keep every placement safe, compliant and worth paying for.
Teams and shifts, at volume
Temporary Employment Services
Contract workforces supplied, managed and paid — RiseUp as the employer of record.
How TES works
Hires on your payroll
Permanent Placements
Sourced, screened and shortlisted for the roles you employ directly.
Permanent placements
Leadership appointments
Executive Search
Discreet search for executive and scarce-skill roles.
Executive search
Temporary Employment Services
Five models. One accountable engine.
Contract labour fails in an unowned middle — supplied people, expected performance, nothing contracted in between. Every RiseUp engagement runs on one of five named operating models, so the accountability line is always resourced, written down and reviewed.
Model 02
Model 03
Operating model
Rapid Response
Replacement and emergency labour with a mobilisation clock on it.
Model 04
Operating model
Project Workforce
Fixed-term crews for shutdowns, builds, ramp-ups and campaigns.
Model 05
Temporary Employment Services diagnostic
The RiseUp Model Finder
Four questions about your operation — industry, scale, timeline, pressure — and you get the contract-workforce model that fits, what it includes, and what engaging on it looks like. No contact details required.
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Where is the pressure in your operation?
Demand moves, headcount doesn't
Recommended model
Flex Supply
Contract workers on demand, matched to your volume curve
Payroll, Compliance & IR
Compliance under control.
Section 198 structuring, bargaining councils, discipline, disputes and audit-ready payroll — carried by RiseUp as the employer of record.
How we keep it clean
Our footprint
Close to your sites, across Africa and the Middle East.
Workforce operations are local — pools, inductions, transport realities and IR climates differ by region. RiseUp runs permanent regional operations, not a national call centre.
2015
Operating since
5
Regions with permanent presence
±4 000
Contract workers paid weekly through our payroll
5
Defined workforce operating models
Permanent regional operations
Regional teams, KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini — with project work in the UAE.
KwaZulu-Natal
Gauteng
Mpumalanga
Western Cape
Eswatini
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Briefings on the issues shaping South African workforces.
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