MEC FOR PUBLIC WORKS, ROADS AND TRANSPORT DUMISILE NHLENGETHWA WILL HOST THE 2014 EPWP SUMMIT

MEC FOR PUBLIC WORKS, ROADS AND TRANSPORT DUMISILE NHLENGETHWA WILL HOST THE 2014 EPWP SUMMIT

A total of 300 delegates from public and private sector will converge at Gert Sibande District Municipality in Ermelo on the 28^th and 29^th August 2014, where the MEC for Public Works, Roads and Transport, Ms Dumisile Nhlengethwa officially hosts the 2014 EPWP Summit. Executive Mayors, Councillors as well as Municipal Managers from various municipalities will grace the occasion. Attendance to the Summit is per invitation only.

The issues of job creation in the province will take centre stage at the event. During EPWP Phase 3, the province is expected to contribute towards the National target of six million (6 000 000) work opportunities within the next five year period. The Mpumalanga province will contribute at least a total of three hundred and ninety thousand (390 000) EPWP job opportunities during the same period.

It is against this light that the Department, as coordinator of the programme will prioritise on youth unemployment and training under Phase 3. A total target of 55% youth employment has been set for Phase 3.

  

The Department will further galvanize support in terms of participation into the programme from various stakeholders who expected to converge at the event. The Summit will be under the theme “EPWP changing many lives for the better”

Members of the media therefore invited to form part of the Summit which is scheduled to take place as follows:

Date                :           28 and 29 August 2014

Venue             :           Gert Sibande District Municipality Offices