Managed field execution across South Africa

We assemble the people who make it happen.

Retune Assemble mobilises, manages and verifies field teams for surveys, activations, audits, deliveries and on-the-ground projects.

Live field proof

01Agent mobilised
02Execution verified
03Client report ready
From field brief to accountable delivery.
Institutional trustCompliant. Registered. Ready.
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About Retune Assemble

Reliable people.
Where the work happens.

Retune Assemble is a South African fieldwork and project-execution company. We place, manage and supervise reliable local people in locations where larger organisations may struggle to operate.

We support established research, activation and consulting companies with trained enumerators, supervisors and project teams for rural, township and urban assignments.

Local enumerators and supervisorsRural and township coverageIn-store audits and product checksInterviews and community mobilisationGPS-tagged evidence and reportingTeams selected by location and project needs

From a client’s brief to verified delivery on the ground, Retune Assemble provides one accountable fieldwork partner.

Discuss a field project
A South African fieldwork team in Retune Assemble bibs being briefed before a community survey

People on the ground

Local teams.
One accountable partner.

We combine local knowledge with central supervision, clear evidence standards and consistent client reporting.

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South Africa in numbers

National insight.
Local action.

Official public data helps clients see where field capacity, research and community engagement matter. Figures below describe South Africa—not Retune Assemble performance.

National unemployment33.6%Stats SA QLFS · Q2 2026
Households with a cellphone92.1%Stats SA Census 2022
Internet mainly via mobile60.5%Stats SA Census 2022
Households owning a vehicle33.6%Stats SA Census 2022
Smartphone noteStats SA publishes household cellphone ownership, not a separate smartphone-ownership measure. Mobile-device internet access is shown alongside it as the closest official connectivity indicator.
Labour market

Unemployment by province

Official rate · Q2 2026
EC
47,5%
NW
38,1%
FS
37,3%
MP
36,6%
GP
34,6%
KZN
32,5%
LP
32%
NC
28,7%
WC
19,5%
Brand activations

In-store engagement

Professional teams that connect brands with shoppers
A Retune Assemble agent conducting an in-store activation with a shopper
Transport research

Passenger interviews

On-board commuter insight captured by trained field agents
Two Retune Assemble agents interviewing passengers on a bus
Adolescent wellbeing

Registered births to ages 10–19

South Africa · 2019
106,383registered live births

Largest provincial shares: KZN 24.7%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo 14.4% each; Gauteng 13.7%; Mpumalanga 10.0%. Latest precise age-group count located in the cited Stats SA series.

Field-team safety context

Reported carjackings by province

SAPS · Apr–Jun 2026 · raw incidents, not population-adjusted
GP
2 207
WC
548
KZN
481
EC
195
MP
192
NW
110
LP
46
FS
27
NC
5

Sources: Stats SA QLFS Q2 2026; Stats SA Census 2022; DBE School Monitoring Survey 2022; DBE 2024 NSC outcome; Stats SA adolescent births; and SAPS Q1 2026/27 crime statistics. Provincial abbreviations follow standard South African usage.

What we execute

One partner.
Many field needs.

We are the execution layer between a client’s brief and what actually happens on the ground.

01

Surveys & research

Face-to-face interviews, needs assessments and CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing), supported by offline digital data sync and GPS geo-tagging.

02

Brand activations

Community engagement, demonstrations and promotional field campaigns.

03

Audits & verification

Site checks, mystery shopping, asset verification and compliance evidence.

04

Regional fulfilment

Document collection, deliveries and difficult-distance assignments.

05

Team mobilisation

Local fieldworkers, supervisors and owner-drivers selected for each project.

06

Reporting & insights

Organised field evidence, progress tracking and consolidated reporting, with encrypted data transfers and POPIA-aligned participant consent protocols.

National reach

All nine provinces are priorities.

South African field capacity, assembled project by project.
Three Retune Assemble field agents interviewing community members under a gazebo in a rural area

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