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    Committed to reducing unemployment

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsJuly 22, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Former Makana Municipality Mayor Mzukisi Mpahlwa. Photo: Sue Maclennan

    Dear Residents

    Makana Municipality remains committed to empowering unemployed people and I am happy to announce that through our ongoing partnership with the Department of Labour various learnerships and skills development programmes are in the pipeline.

    The Department of Labour has identified a number of programmes with the aim of training and re-skilling 1650 unemployed people in Makana Municipality in attempts to make them employable. To this end the department has partnered with various entities to train and re-skill job seekers in market relevant fields. They have also partnered with various employers to create work opportunities which will take in the re-skilled workers. The department also hopes to encourage entrepreneurship by providing access to relevant training support to unemployed people.

    These programmes will be launched officially by the Department of Labour and the municipality next month. Details of the launch will be made available as soon as they become available. Recruitment and appointment of participants will be done by the department. I would like to encourage unemployed people who have contributed to the UIF to visit the Department of Labour and unemployed people who are between the ages of 18 and 35 to visit our local Youth Office and register on their database so that they can be considered for these programmes.

     

    Some of the programmes have already started. Below is a list of the programmes, service providers and status:

    Name of institutionProgrammeNumber of learnersProject status
    Lovedale Tvet CollegePlant and animal production learnership250Recruitment stage
    Walter Sisulu University (WSU)NCERA Project200Learners in class
    Water and Sanitation Learnership50Learners in class
    Mhlathuze Water BoardWater and Sanitation Learnership400Learners in class
    Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA)New venture creation learnership150Not yet started
    Construction SETA (CETA)National certificate: Roadworks50Recruitment stage
    Services SETACleaning and hygiene learnership50Recruitment stage
    Services SETAHair and beauty short skills50Recruitment stage
    MICT SETAIT systems support50Recruitment stage
    Central Energy Fund (DOE Entity)Installation of 6000 solar geysersNumbers not yet confirmedNot yet started
    Fort Hare SolutionsBusiness skills training400Recruitment stage
    TOTAL 1650

     

    These programmes are funded through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), hence beneficiaries are former UIF contributors who are currently unemployed. The programmes are intended to re-skill the participants so that they can get back into the job market. Seventy (70) percent of the participants will be taken from the Department of Labour’s database and thirty (30) percent from our local Youth office database.

    These programmes are developed in accordance with our strategic objective that seeks to create a conducive environment for vulnerable groups to participate and benefit in socio- economic development and also create a conducive climate for economic growth and development.

    They are also designed on a model that puts emphasis on capacitating and skilling the affected individuals to develop into independent marketable entrepreneurs that can contribute to their own sustainability as well as contribute to the economy by creating jobs which will directly impact on the efforts of poverty eradication.

    Hon. Executive Mayor Cllr. Mzukisi Mpahlwa

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