We believe in the right to work - the right to employment by agreement - and we believe that all laws and regulations that prevent us from working should be removed

Mission

• To mobilise the unemployed in rural and urban areas throughout South Africa
• To organise skills training for the unemployed that will make them employable
• To find jobs for the unemployed
• To encourage those who cannot find jobs to start their own businesses
• To fight for the exemption of SMMEs from labour laws that prevent them from employing the unemployed.

Brief History
Malamulela Social Movement for the Unemployed is a national organisation for the unemployed and the first NGO of its kind to register with the Directorate of Fund Raising. The organisation is led by well-educated unemployed individuals who understand both the problems facing the unemployed and macro/micro-economic issues. Since 1996, Malamulela has been central in championing for changes in legislation that creates barriers to entry for SMMEs and results in fewer job opportunities.

We believe:

• That all people have the right to accept employment from employers of their choice
• That no one has the right to force an employer to employ someone who they would not hire of their own free will
• That no one has the right to intervene in voluntary agreements between employers and employees
• That no one has the right to impose conditions on existing and prospective employees and employers that make employment uneconomic
• That the dissatisfied employee’s primary remedy is to terminate the contract of employment
• That the objective of the firm is to supply goods and services to consumers on a basis beneficial to both parties and that employees and employers are co-operatively involved in this endeavour in competition with al other suppliers
• That it is the duty of government to create conditions in which the demand for labour will increase and not decrease.