Job creation initiative launched on local turf
Kagiso residents will be benefiting from a new initiative from the province to create jobs.
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane launched a R140 million job-creation initiative for the province in Kagiso on Tuesday 12 November.
The initiative, Zivuseni Reloaded is expected to get over 6 000 people off the unemployment rate.
Mokonyane stated at the launch that youth unemployment was a problem that the country was working hard to deal with.
“Youth and other unemployment continue to be a challenge in this country and the symptoms of this challenge manifest themselves through crime, drug abuse and other forms of social ills.
“Addressing this challenge requires an approach anchored in the integration of the second economy into the first economy to eliminate the dualism of the economy. Zivuseni Reloaded is an intervention that will assist in addressing this challenge,” she says.
“The budget for the beneficiary allowances is based on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) rate of R70 per beneficiary per day. There are three tiers of payment according to levels of skill (unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled). An unskilled beneficiary is able to earn R1 610 per month,” she explains.
Beneficiaries of the initiative will be stationed in a number of health institutions and infrastructure development regional offices. They will be involved in grass cutting, painting, plumbing, fencing, ash disposal, waste disposal and the construction of sidewalks/ cycle paths.
During the next seven months, 50 beneficiaries from the Kagiso community will do maintenance and refurbishment work including glazing, painting, roofing and plumbing.
