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Engineering News reports that newly appointed Public Works Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko on Thursday said he was confident that his department would meet its target of creating six-million work opportunities by the end of March 2019.
Through its Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), the department has since 2014 created over two-million work opportunities with over a million South African youths being major beneficiaries. In the 2017/18 financial year, the Department of Public Works seeks to create 1.4-million work opportunities under the same programme. Noting that the task of tackling youth unemployment and unemployment generally required not just government, but the collective will and innovation of the private sector as well, Nhleko urged corporate SA “to fully embrace and play their part by joining hands with us to help secure our future through creating more opportunities for the skilling and employment of our people.”
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