ANA reports that the Premier of North West on Thursday issued a warning for young people in the Rustenburg and Mahikeng areas to be wary of a scam targeting youth desperate for employment.
A woman claiming to have been appointed by the Premier's Office through its Youth Entrepreneurship Unit and the Provincial Department of Education and Sports Development, was going around collect Curricula Vitae (CVs) of unemployed youth, who were then promised to be linked to local mines for training and skills development. The woman, whose identity is known to the Office of the Premier, and a team of her accomplices then ask for people to R20 before their CVs can be submitted. The provincial government said it would under no circumstances appoint service providers who solicit money from members of the public.
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