Skills to paid work · South Africa
Thousands of South Africans finish training at TVET colleges, SETA programmes and skills academies every year, then wait for their first paying customer. FixMate-SA connects them with people who need work done, and holds every payment safely until the job is finished.
Works in your browser on any phone or computer. Android app coming to Google Play.
Source: Stats SA, Quarterly Labour Force Survey, second quarter 2026, via SAnews.
How a job works
The biggest fear in home services is paying upfront and never seeing the person again. On FixMate the money waits with us until the client confirms the work.
Choose a service, or describe the job and receive a written quote. Every change to the price is recorded.
The client pays by card or bank through FixMate. The provider can see the money is there before starting.
The provider does the job and adds before and after photos. Big jobs can be paid phase by phase.
The client confirms and the provider is paid. If something goes wrong, either side can open a dispute and FixMate decides fairly.
Who it's for
Finished a course, a learnership or an apprenticeship? Put your skills where customers can find you.
Electricians, plumbers, builders, cleaners, hair stylists and more, with verified identity and real reviews.
Send people from your programme to FixMate and see how many find paid work, what they earn and whether they keep working.
Partner with us →A CV says what someone studied. A FixMate work record shows jobs completed, client ratings and how disputes were handled.
Talk to us about hiring →For training and employment partners
Skills programmes measure how many people complete training. FixMate helps measure what happens next: paid jobs, earnings and steady work. We are looking for our first partners: a TVET college, a SETA programme, a municipality or an NGO with a group of trained people ready to work.
Tell us about your programme, how many people it trains and in which trades and towns.
partners@fixmate.cloud
Every provider confirms their identity with an ID document and a selfie, checked by our team. Live
Clients pay into FixMate and providers are paid when the work is confirmed, with refunds and disputes handled in the app. Live
Your own code, such as CAPRICORN-TVET-2026. Everyone from your programme enters it in the app and joins your group. Live
Learnerships, apprenticeships, trade tests and NQF levels, with the certificate checked by FixMate before a "Government-trained" badge shows. Live
A read-only page and PDF for your group: jobs, earnings and how many are still working 3, 6 and 12 months after joining. Group totals only, under POPIA. Live
Employers asking for people with a proven work record, straight from your group. Planned
Questions
No. FixMate-SA is an independent South African company. We want to work alongside government programmes, SETAs, colleges and NGOs so that the people they train find paid work.
No. Anyone with a skill can offer services once their identity is verified. Qualifications are shown on your profile when you have them, and clients can see them before they book.
The client pays FixMate before the job starts. We hold the money and release it to the provider when the client confirms the work. If there is a problem, either side can open a dispute and our team looks at the messages, photos and quote to decide.
The FixMate phone app keeps working. Before and after photos, "start job" and "job finished" are saved on the phone and sent automatically when there is signal again. The client also gets a 6-digit completion code: when they are happy with the work they read it to the provider, who enters it, even with no network, and is paid once the phone is back in signal. A "Save data" switch makes photos smaller for slow or costly connections.
Anywhere in South Africa. You can use FixMate in your browser today at app.fixmate.cloud, on any phone or computer. The Android app is coming to Google Play.
We follow the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Identity documents are never public, and partners only see group results, never personal details without permission. Read our privacy policy.