Capes was formed in 2002 with the four key staffing associations as its members – the Association of Personnel Services Organisation of SA (APSO), the Constructional Engineering Association of SA - Labour Brokers Division (CEA-LBD), the Association of Nursing Agencies of SA (ANASA) and the Information Technology Association (ITA).

Capes has 10 corporate members who subscribe to the association’s code of practice and ethics, playing a pivotal role in the professionalizing of the labour broking industry and the promotion of decent work as subscribed by the ILO.