Following earlier research on the employment vulnerability assessment and sector jobs resilience plans, further in-depth research has been done on specific challenges and opportunities in each of the five impacted sectors as well as on cross cutting issues. This research was presented at a learning event on 31 March 2026 for papers on: Options for the taxi industry transition to EVs; The possible impact of a shift to EVs for mechanics; Where to for platinum group metals?; Decarbonising the mining value chain; and The role of Social and Labour Plans in the Just Transition.
Introduction and Welcome: – Dr Saul Levin (TIPS)
SESSION ONE
Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) - Taxi industry transition to EVs
Dylan Kirsten (TIPS) - Supporting automotive mechanics in South Africa’s low-carbon transition: employment vulnerability and active labour market policy response
Muhammed Patel (TIPS) - Mechanism for a Just Transition in South Africa’s coal and metals value chains
SESSION TWO
Akhona Myataza and Sakhile Ndlovu (TIPS) - Identifying and evaluating measures to decarbonising the mining value chain
Lesego Moshikaro (TIPS) Platinum Group Metals in transition
Resources
This research builds on research conducted in 2020: This comprises a main report: National Employment Vulnerability Assessment: Analysis of potential climate-change related impacts and vulnerable groups; the SJRP Toolbox: Summary for policy makers; and proposals for five value chains that seem particularly likely to be affected: coal, metals, petroleum-based transport, agriculture and tourism. Available here: Sector Jobs Resilience Plans
This research was funded by the UK-PACT programme
