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259 jobs created by Community Development Grant In Aid
JOHANNESBURG – This contribution ensured job creation, skills development, utilisation of SMME’s, youth development, women empowerment and support for people with disabilities, said the MMC for Community Development, Councillor Nonhlanhla Sifumba.
MMC for Community Development, Nonhlanhla Sifumba, announced that her annual R5 million Grant In Aid Annual Discretionary Fund had reached 45 organisations in the 2018/19 financial year and created 259 jobs.
Sifumba said each year the City of Johannesburg, through the MMC, made donations, grants and sponsorships to organisations and institutions which promoted and contributed to the purpose and duties of local government. These organisations enhanced the service delivery programmes of the Departments’ Arts, Culture and Heritage, Library and Information Services and Sport and Recreation Directorates respectively.
“Additionally, this contribution ensured job creation, skills development, utilisation of SMME’s, youth development, women empowerment and support for people with disabilities. In addition to the 259 jobs that were created, 63 SMMEs were also used during this year’s leg of the Grant In Aid,” said Sifumba.
She added that this was yet another way the City of Johannesburg, through the MMC’s Annual Discretionary Fund, was ensuring pro-poor development that addresses inequality and provides meaningful redress.
Sifumba said the City would like to thank the 45 organisations for stepping up to the plate, and ensuring that they were accountable throughout the grant period – and also encouraging others to apply when applications open for the 2019/20 Grant in Aid season later this year.
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