Where FairGig operates

FairGig is remote-first. There is no office to visit — the platform runs online and serves all nine provinces, with most work delivered remotely.

Coverage by province

Every province can post and take work. Where a gig genuinely needs someone on site, the client sets the location and freelancers can filter by it.

Remote by default

Most work on FairGig is delivered remotely, which is the point: a developer in Polokwane can take a Cape Town contract without either side thinking about travel.

Remote gigs are open to freelancers anywhere in South Africa. The listing says so explicitly, and the province tag on a remote gig refers to where the client is, not where you must be.

When on-site is genuinely needed

Some work cannot be done remotely — a photography shoot, an on-premises server migration, a training session. Those gigs are tagged on-site or hybrid with a real city attached.

Clients posting on-site work must supply a location before the gig can go live, so nobody applies for something in Durban thinking it was remote.

Our response time promise

We reply to every support message within 4 business hours, and clients commit to answering gig applications within 48 hours.

4 business hours

Looking for our address?

We do not have a public office. FairGig is an online platform, and support runs by email so there is a written record of every conversation about your money.

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