President Cyril Ramaphosa launches Youth Employment Service
Youth Employment Service aims to create one million jobs. The business-led partnership will government and business comes forces to find a solution of to the six million unemployed youth.
The president officially launched the Youth Employment Service today. The programme will help more than one million young South Africans get paid work experience over the next three years.
Ramaphosa said that his administration would place the needs of and opportunities for young people at the centre of inclusive economic growth in parliament last month.
The programme will partner with businesses, government and civil society. Businesses will create one-year paid positions for youth aged between 18 and 35. Should businesses not have the capacity to place more people in their organisations, they have an option of sponsoring the salary for a one-year placement in small and medium enterprises or to help young people start and grow their own businesses through seed funding. Ramaphosa met the first 100 young people to participate in this programme.
Here is a sneak peek of the launch that took place earlier today.
President Ramaphosa has officially launched the Youth Employment Service (YES). This is the first intake of 100 young people who will participate in the #YES initiative pic.twitter.com/foabsqCet9
— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) March 27, 2018
President @CyrilRamaphosa has arrived at the Riversands Incubation Hub in Johannesburg, Gauteng where he is launching the Youth Employment Service @Yes4YouthZA this morning. This initiative aims to see more than 1m youth being offered paid work experience over the next 3 years pic.twitter.com/pfynsBuwjS
— African National Congress (@MYANC) March 27, 2018
Youth Employment Service #YES pic.twitter.com/FbSrDTB7X9
— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) March 27, 2018
Premier Makhura welcoming @CyrilRamaphosa earlier at the launch of the Youth Employment Service (YES) Initiative , at the Riverside Incubation Hub in Fourways, Johannesburg @Yes4YouthZA @Tshepo1Million #AFutureThatWorks pic.twitter.com/vsSEojesnO
— Gauteng Provincial Gov (@GautengProvince) March 27, 2018
Electrical engineer Rhandzu has been unemployed since 2012. Now she’s got an internship via the Youth Employment Service #AFutureThatWorks pic.twitter.com/DDK0Lrp3YE
— Investec (@Investec) March 27, 2018
