Register to Start or Join a Community Conversations Team

We are looking for unemployed or underemployed individuals in townships, informal settlements, inner cities and rural areas to form teams to host monthly events. You do not need a full team to apply. Simply select the role best suited to your experience and situation, and we will guide you through the process.

How It Works

Each Community Conversation follows a prepared theme and guided discussion framework. This ensures a consistent standard across South Africa while allowing participants to shape the conversation around what matters most in their community.

Choose a role

• Facilitator: Best for those with experience leading respectful, inclusive discussions. This includes degreed professionals (teachers, social workers, lawyers), certified facilitators or experienced community organisers without formal qualifications. Video evidence of experience is required. Facilitators usually act as team leaders.
• Videographer: Requires video production skills and access to equipment or a smartphone with a high-quality camera. An external microphone is a significant advantage. Video evidence of experience is required.
• Security Guard: For individuals with security training and experience in responding to incidents. Requires access to a cellphone with airtime to call emergency services, if necessary. (Note: This role may not be required if the venue already has on-site guards).
• Caterer: A practical role for a 2-hour event that does not involve full meals, but simple, nutritious snacks like soup and sandwiches or fruit and scones, served with healthy refreshments like natural juices, tea or coffee. Ideal for township caterers or venues with basic kitchen facilities. A valid Certificate of Acceptability (COA) is required; if you do not have one, the venue must hold a valid COA certificate.
• Venue: An NPO office, place of worship, school, community centre, restaurant, business premises or even a park – a safe space within walking distance for local attendees.
• Advertising Salesperson: While South African Conversations seeks to secure national advertisers, teams are strongly encouraged to secure at least one local advertiser to avoid start-up delays. This is a potentially lucrative role for those with sales experience because it is not limited to a single community.

Fill out the form

Select one or more roles below to receive an automated email with a registration form. You must complete this form yourself. This lets us know that you can communicate in English, understand what is required of you and are able to engage with the required technology (WhatsApp and possibly Google Meet). No one else can complete this form on your behalf. Doing it yourself also ensures that payment for your role comes directly to you and not to another person.

Once the form and documentation (ID, certificates or video samples) are submitted, you will receive a link to a role-specific guide. You must read this manual on your screen and then complete a short automated test, demonstrating your understanding of the role. If you successfully pass the test, you will receive an invitation to join a Community Conversations WhatsApp group.

The WhatsApp group is where all key information is shared – including meeting notifications, Q&A sessions and training. While initial training sessions are optional, regular attendance becomes mandatory for all team members once an advertising partner has been secured for your community. All Community Conversations meetings take place on Sunday afternoons, between 14:00 to 16:00. Meetings are informative and fun, and help team players prepare for their roles at the events. If you do not attend the required training, you will not be allowed to participate in a paying event.

Data Privacy: Our system is POPIA compliant. Your documentation is stored securely and will be deleted from our records should you choose to be removed from the system.

Due to high interest in this opportunity, we are unable to respond to individual emails or calls. All communication happens on the Community Conversations WhatsApp groups.

Please note: This is a social-entrepreneurial opportunity, not a job offer. You will not be an employee of South African Conversations but a partner bringing empowering information and income to your community.

Ready to start the process? Complete the form below and click ‘Submit’.

Community Conversations offers a unique social-entrepreneurial opportunity for South Africans to make a difference and earn income. This is not a job but a collaborative, entrepreneurial opportunity to make money. We will send further information, depending on your answers, below.