If you are looking for Dunlop vacancies in Howick, start with this: Dunlop’s South African owner does not list a Howick site. Sumitomo Rubber South Africa, the company behind the Dunlop brand here, states on both its corporate site and its own careers portal that its head office is in Durban and its factory is in Ladysmith. No Howick operation appears on either.
That matters more than it sounds, because the company has published a formal warning about fake Dunlop job offers. A vacancy advertised at a plant the company does not list is exactly the shape those scams take.
Official provider route
- Official careers portal: sumitomorubber.breezy.hr – this is where Sumitomo Rubber South Africa posts its own openings. Applications go through it.
- Company switchboard: 031 242 1111
- General enquiries: [email protected]
- Report a suspected recruitment scam to the SRSA Risk division on 031 242 1111 – the company names this line specifically for that purpose.
Product or service support
The company’s published anti-fraud position, which is worth reading before you respond to any Dunlop job offer:
- It recruits only directly, or through reputable employment agencies.
- It will never ask for any fees to be paid to it.
- Agencies acting on its behalf will never request banking or sensitive financial details, or payments of any kind, as part of recruitment.
- It advises job seekers not to disclose personal or financial information to parties requesting them.
This is not boilerplate. Under South African law a private employment agency may not charge a work-seeker a fee at all, so a request for money to secure a Dunlop job is both a scam and unlawful regardless of who is asking.
Eligibility, account or policy requirements
- Locations actually operated: head office in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, and the tyre factory in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, built in 1973 and producing passenger car, SUV, light truck and truck and bus radial tyres.
- A greenfields truck tyre factory was opened at the Ladysmith site on 2 October 2018.
- Sumitomo Rubber South Africa became part of Sumitomo Rubber Industries of Kobe, Japan at the beginning of 2014.
- Learnership and YES programme positions are advertised through the same careers portal rather than separately, so check there rather than responding to social media posts.
- If you have seen a Dunlop vacancy advertised in Howick, verify it against the careers portal before sending documents, and phone 031 242 1111 if it does not appear there.
Escalation route
- Suspected fake Dunlop job offer: report to the SRSA Risk division on 031 242 1111, and to the South African Police Service if money or documents have already been sent.
- An agency that charged you a fee is acting unlawfully under the Employment Services Act. The Department of Employment and Labour registers and polices private employment agencies, and its inspectorate can be reached on 0860 101 018.
- If you sent identity documents or banking details, tell your bank immediately and consider registering a protective registration with the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service to guard against identity fraud.
Sources
- Sumitomo Rubber South Africa scam notice, srigroup.co.za/about-us/Scam-Notices, read 5 September 2026 – the fraudulent recruitment warning, the no-fees and no-banking-details statements, and the Risk division number.
- Sumitomo Rubber South Africa careers portal, sumitomorubber.breezy.hr, read 5 September 2026 – official openings route, and the statement that the head office is in Durban and the factory in Ladysmith.
- Department of Employment and Labour published inspectorate number.