Push to slash unemployment rate

Government last week
committed to improving
youth employability and
skills development and
getting them on the first
rung of the empowerment
ladder.
Deputy minister in the
Presidency responsible
for planning monitoring
and evaluation, Buti
Manamela, told delegates
at a Youth Infrastructure
Development 2016
Conference in Durban that
government would improve
public employment
schemes such as the
Expanded Public Works
Programme (EPWP),
Youth Brigades, and
the Community Works
Programmes through the
National Youth Policy
2020 (NYP 2020).
The NYP aims to
reduce South Africa’s
unemployment rate from
the current 26.6% to 16%
by 2020 by pushing skills
development among the
youth.
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Deputy minister in the Presidency responsible for planning monitoring and evaluation, Buti Manamela. Photo: GCIS