The Department of Public Works has warned learners, including graduates seeking employment, about a scam promising 700 learnerships at the department.
The scam promises to place the learners in a number of fields including brick laying, plumbing, carpentry, boiler making, tiling and others. Spokesperson Thami Mchunu said that, while the department has trained and continues to train hundreds of youth in these fields through its Expanded Public Works Programme, the recruitment on the internet through social networks, SMS and WhatsApp is a scam. “The Department of Public Works is an equal opportunity employer and would never exclusively advertise jobs and learnership programmes on the internet and social media because that would exclude a large number of South Africans not on social media,” said Mchunu.
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