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SowetanLive reports that Gauteng Premier David Makhura revealed during his state of the province address (Sopa) on Monday that the province had almost two million unemployed youth who were sitting at home doing nothing.
Speaking at the Gauteng Legislature, Makhura said those young people were ‘neither in employment, in education nor in training.’ He went on to say: "Some of them are on the verge of losing hope, while others have drifted to crime and other social ills such as drug and substance abuse." Makhura said the province had in response launched the ‘Ke Moja’ campaign which has reached more than 1 million young people encouraging them to live clean and drug-free lives. "Gauteng is also taking the lead in addressing youth unemployment and development... we introduced this large scale and massive programme: Tshepo 1 Million, as an intervention to open opportunities with regards to demand-led skills development," Makhura indicated.
- This short report by Isaac Mahlangu is at SowetanLive
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