The City of Johannesburg’s Executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba, on 14 February visited the Community Capacitation of the Provision of Youth Artisan Skills project in Doornfontein.
The programme is in partnership with the City’s Department of Economic Development and the University of Johannesburg’s Process Energy and Environmental Technology Station housed in the engineering and built environment faculty.
Mashaba met with 100 young artisans – the majority of them being female students. The mayor said this was an indication that women were being liberated.
To come on the ground and see the majority of students being women makes me prouder, the construction industry has been male driven, this is part of the liberation of our women: @HermanMashaba #JoburgYouth ^NS pic.twitter.com/efduKvWwvu
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 14, 2019
This is the first time I’m visiting the program, seeing our youth receive the best possible training makes me a very proud human being, a proud South African: @HermanMashaba #JoburgYouth ^NS pic.twitter.com/Xrn9Wwyf55
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 14, 2019
The 100 youth artisan programme’s aim is to reduce youth unemployment. Mashaba said the programme would benefit the city in ensuring that the goal of turning it into a ‘construction site’ was achieved.
Learning brick laying techniques #JoburgYouth ^NS pic.twitter.com/bU3RxX6gbQ
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 14, 2019
The 100 youth artisan program is one of the ways Mayor @HermanMashaba aims to reduce youth unemployment and ensure the city is well equipped with artisans to cater for Joburg residents & households #JoburgYouth ^NS pic.twitter.com/GLkDvenSl7
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 14, 2019
Today is one of the proudest moments in my life, I had a dream that we’d turn the city into a construction site & one-of the areas that would need attention is the artisan dept: @HermanMashaba #JoburgYouth ^NS pic.twitter.com/YHR3lJl3gj
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 14, 2019
The type of skills the young artisans will have include urban planning, electrical, mechanical, fire and civil engineering, landscaping and architecture #JoburgYouth ^NS pic.twitter.com/VnR3F6bXWc
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 14, 2019
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