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BL Premium reports that according to the Presidency, more than 400,000 job opportunities have already been supported through President Cyril Ramaphosa's ambitious R100m employment stimulus plan.
Ramaphosa's employment stimulus forms part of his October economic recovery plan, which aims is to create 800,000 part-time job opportunities in the current financial year. In addition to building on public employment programmes such as roads construction and municipal cleaning, new innovations have been added such as school teaching assistants, early childhood education workers and other employment opportunities for the youth. About R13bn has been allocated to implement the presidential employment stimulus in 2020. The remaining R87bn will be allocated over the next three years. The first progress report on the implementation of the Presidential Employment Stimulus was released on Tuesday. The Presidency said several employment stimulus programmes were in the recruitment or beneficiary identification phase, while the remaining programmes were all on track to meet their targets. Programmes that have commenced to date include the employment of 300,000 education and general school assistants at schools across the country by the department of basic education. The department of public works and infrastructure expanded its public employment programmes in water and energy efficiency, facilities management, waste management and the Welisizwe Rural Bridges programme, while the environment, forestry and fisheries department has expanded its public employment programmes in natural resource management, environmental protection and infrastructure.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Genevieve Quintal at BusinessLive (paywall access only)
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