Residents to get info about Jozi@Work opportunities
The City of Joburg is hosting a series of roadshows to provide the public with information about a R1-billion programme aiming to create business opportunities for Joburg residents. The Jozi@Work programme is set to empower Joburg residents, particularly the unemployed and disenfranchised, by providing them with employment and business opportunities within the city council’s service …
The City of Joburg is hosting a series of roadshows to provide the public with information about a R1-billion programme aiming to create business opportunities for Joburg residents.
The Jozi@Work programme is set to empower Joburg residents, particularly the unemployed and disenfranchised, by providing them with employment and business opportunities within the city council’s service delivery activities.
Through the programme, the city council will contract the services of existing and newly-formed community level co-operatives and enterprises across nine different sectors including water, waste, energy, green services, maintenance and construction, agriculture, business and support, roads and transport, and digital services and marketing.
Speaking at the launch of the initiative, city council manager Trevor Fowler said through this initiative, an estimated 1 750 new and existing enterprises at community level would take over the responsibilities of service delivery across the city.
According to Fowler, these stakeholders would be involved in the city council’s service delivery activities including the separation and recycling at dump sites, providing food to its urban nutrition programmes, de-sludging chemical toilets, resurfacing and maintaining roads, and providing frontline support to the city’s water and power infrastructure.
The city council had developed a new supply chain process in consultation with the National Treasury, through which it would source community-based enterprises and co-operatives using a network of regional bidders’ briefings – also known as regional Jozi@work forums.
According to the city council, the roadshow will be held in regions in Joburg from 11 August to 30 September.
The first public information roadshows will be held in Region A on 11 August at Diepsloot Youth Hall, Ingonyama Drive, from 1pm to 3:30pm and Halfway House Primary School, Van Heerden Street, Halfway Gardens, from 6pm to 8:30pm.
Further roadshows will take place at Marks Park Bowls Clubhouse, Judith Road on 14 August from 6pm to 8pm, Norscott Manor Recreation Centre on 18 August from 5pm to 7pm, and the Braamfontein Recreation Centre (Leo & Gemini Room) on 21 August from 9am to 12pm.
Details of all the roadshows are available on the city council’s website.
hi there i am a boy of age 22 i completed my matric and i obtained diploma…i ws doing cormecial studies and since i completed my matric i havent find a job…so i heard about your program and i faild to attend the meeting at cosmo city…i would like to hear from you thanks
I heard about this program and came to your offices for more information today, but they said the person responsible for it is not there.
i think if we do not create a room for coruption ,this program is an answer to service delivery and unemployment. I wish to be part of this program and im in Alberton.
I want to know what must i do as i am persons with disability
I want to start business but i dont have some funds
I want to be part of the programme,how do we apply?
How do we apply?
I want to be a part of a program,and sometimetimes doesn’t even have money to buy newspapers for information.How do I get involve in the program??I will do anything to on the program PEASE
It is very impressing! I would love to be part of the program. Would you kindly give me the first step to take. I have registered my company with relevant documents. Thank you.
very impressing i’ll like to grab this opportunity, can someone sent me full info. I registered my cleaning company (Pty)last year.
this is a good opportunity to us ,we have just registered a community forum based in Kanana Ext4 next to Rabie Ridge in Midrand, can i please get more information on how to go about grabing this opportunity and who can we contact.
I head about this Jozi@ work but did not get the details of how it goes I l stay in Chiawelo Ward 12 Soweto Region D. Please tell me more about this cooperatives.
Hi Jozi@work Please tel me more and appointmend to the interview.
I wil love it and work for Jozi