Mpumalanga premier reassures youth of economic growth
She said they ensuring they make a bigger impact on youth across the province.
Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane has reassured young people that her government is steaming ahead with the implementation of economic and youth-centred policies and programmes aimed at helping them turn the corner.
Mtshweni-Tsipane was speaking during the provincial Youth Day celebrations the KwaMhlanga Stadium last Thursday.
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“Allow me to reassure our young people that ours is a caring, responsive provincial government. As a province, we have rolled up our sleeves with the aim of implementing economic and youth-centred policies and programmes. Indeed, our provincial government has continued to support youth development through a number of initiatives such as bursaries, youth incubation programmes, youth development centres, artisan development training and youth empowerment programmes. “However, these interventions are currently developed and implemented by a range of departments and stakeholders across sectors,” said Mtshweni-Tsipane.
“One of the interventions is our partnership with the Provincial Youth Development Coordinating Forum (PYDCF). We remain guided by this structure through its efforts of monitoring the implementation of youth development programmes. Allow me to remind our people that the PYDCF is a multisector platform made up of the private sector, public sector and civil society stakeholders, whose mandate is to deal with the overall youth development agenda in the province,” she said.
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She said their focus has been on crafting a Mpumalanga economic reconstruction and recovery plan (MERRP) and announced the province shall soon be reporting on progress with the implementation of this plan together with its social partners at a provincial summit.
“Part of the MERRP is a commitment to the employment stimulus, which will see the province provide many hundreds of working opportunities for young people through programmes such as the National Youth Service’s Contractor Development Programme, the paving of township and municipal roads, and the Social Enterprise Development Programme,” MtshweniTsipane said.
