EMPLOYMENT and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi, in his additional capacity as acting Public Service and Administration Minister, has called on government departments and public entities to enrol young people as interns in their establishments.
Nxesi explains how his department prepares young people for the public sector working environment, including through the Breaking Barriers to Entry into the Public Service Programme (BB2E) and the Cadet Programme.
The five-day BB2E course and the 18-month Cadet programme are offered by the National School of Government (NSG) and target unemployed graduates with post-school qualifications, as well as interns in the public sector and statutory bodies.
The BB2E course introduces young people to government and teaches them how to deliver public services, as well as how public funds are administered and managed.
In turn, the Cadet programme is a sister initiative to the BB2E, and seeks to deepen the understanding of the public sector while
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