Johnathan Paoli
Employment and Labour Minister Thula Nxesi has officially announced the launch of a multi-billion job creation programme including skills development and training to assist in tackling unemployment.
The programme will pilot in Gauteng where 55 projects across different sectors will be launched and more than 500 000 jobs are expected to be created.
Nxesi launched the Labour Activation Programme (LAP) on Saturday at Nasrec Expo Centre which he described as a mass skills training programme that forms part of a joint project with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and Gauteng government.
Acting Director General Onke Mjo confirmed that the money for the programme came from UIF reserves.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, in his address during the event, highlighted the dire situation in which there were disproportionately a large number of applications for a limited number of posts and said the government
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