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The Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi said at an inter-departmental jobs, training and skills development fair at Ezihlahleni village in King William’s Town that communities must organize and form cooperatives and partner with government in a bid to combat joblessness and aid economic growth.
Speaking at Moko stadium Nxesi said the Government must conjoin service delivery and spread partnerships, “Cooperation between all tiers of government was an imperative. The collaborative work we are talking about is when government, business and communities come together”.
The inter-departmental jobs fair held at the rural village of Ezihlahleni involved several departments. The Jobs Fair was held as part of promoting the objectives of the District Development Model (DDM). This is a mechanism to coordinate all spheres of government including civil society to integrate planning, budget and implementation. The District Development Model aims to improve the coherence and impact of government service delivery.
Nxesi appealed to communities to organise and form cooperatives and partner with the Government. He said the community of Ezihlahleni needed to exploit agriculture opportunities with an emphasis on processing.
The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour, Boitumelo Moloi the District Development Model Champion in Buffalo City Metro and Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa, a District Development Model (DDM) Champion for Amathole District Municipality were in attendance along with traditional leaders.
As part of the build-up activities the Department of Correctional Services handed a house to a destitute family that had a dilapidated house with unbearable conditions in Pewuleni Location. The house was furnished with items from Supported Employment Enterprises, a factory owned by the Department of Employment and Labour which employs people with disabilities.
The Department of Employment and Labour in the build-up registered more than 228 people looking for jobs on its job-matching platform, Employment Services System of South Africa (ESSA), offered career counseling to 264 job seekers, assisted 352 clients on Unemployment Insurance Fund enquiries for dozens of ex-mineworkers.
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