ETHEKWINI Municipality will host an artisans’ development project to tackle the issue of youth unemployment.
About 10,000 youngsters will be trained to develop the skills necessary to find employment or start their own business. Each applicant will be part of the project for 10 months and will be taught by multiple institutions while receiving a monthly stipend.
When their training is completed they will be used in the municipality’s maintenance programmes.
“Skills development is one area to be excited about. However we require a further report back in a month’s time with more details of how the project will be run but we support the proposal. Young people should be equipped with skills and be innovative in finding solutions to the challenges facing our city,” said deputy mayor, Nomvuzo Shabalala.
