Spouse Visa convertion to Work Visa -Looking for a job in South Africa

You can't convet a spouse visa, you can endorse a work or study permit to your visa.

If your qualifications fall within a Critical Skills List, you can ask for a critical skills permit, it would be granted for 12 months is you do not have yet a contract, or up to 5 years if you have a contract.

Otherwise you will have to go the normal work permit route, for what you need a job offer and a contract (and some other annoying documents like a certificate from the labour department, etc.)

Another option is that she gets hired by a company that can make use of the premium facilities in Sandton (usually big multinationals and universities), then the processing time gets reduced significantly.

All info can be found here http://www.vfsglobal.com/dha/southafrica/

Hope it helps.

Angie