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EWN reports that Minister of Public Works Dean Macpherson told community members in Gqeberha on Monday, during the launch of his national listening tour, that there was a need to rethink ways in which the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) could be reformed.
Macpherson said the project, aimed as stop-gap measure for those struggling to gain employment, had been abused for far too long. He said allegations of political patronage, jobs for pals, sex for jobs, and corruption could not continue without meaningful intervention. "There are also some who’d have us believe that because initiatives were started in previous administrations or have been handled in a certain way, our job is simply to continue implementing them as they are. Well, they are wrong, and that is not what I will do in Public Works and Infrastructure or for EPWP," Macpherson said. But, he added that EPWP programme remained an important tool to help people access some form of employment while assisting in the delivery of services. "If something is broken, we must fix it,” he said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tshidi Madia at EWN
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