In his capacity as Chairperson of the Public Employment Programme - Inter-Ministerial Committee (PEP-IMC) and champion of Public Employment Programmes (PEPs), Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 9 June 2017 visit PEPs in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape.
Deputy President Ramaphosa will interact with Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) participants and visit sites with a view to assessing the impact of the programme in terms of alleviating poverty and providing employment to the people of the Eastern Cape.
Public Employment Programmes are implemented under the auspices of the EPWP and provide training and short- to medium-term work opportunities for unskilled, poor and unemployed South Africans.
Led by the Deputy President, the PEP-IMC comprises various Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Directors-General who are responsible for public employment programmes. The committee provides high-level leadership to achieve better synergy among PEPs and to ensure that government achieves its target of creating 6 million work opportunities by 2019.
The visit will unfold as follows:
1. Project to be visited: Nomaxabiso White Door Centre of Hope
Venue: Whittlesea Police Station
Date: 9 June 2017
Time: 9h00
2. Project to be visited: Ncedisizwe Non-Profit Organisation
Venue: Dongwe Village
Time: 10h40
NB: Public Participation Programme led by the Deputy President will be held at Sada Sport Ground in Whittlesea at 11h30.
For accreditation and enquiries please contact:
Sam Matome Bopape
Cell: 082 318 5251
E-mail: matome@presidency.gov.za
Kgomotso Mathuloe
Cell: 082 957 3667
E-mail: Kgomotso.mathuloe@dpw.gov.za
For media enquiries please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
