Pretoria – The first phase of the City of Tshwane’s Tshepo 10 000 is set to start on Monday.
Tshepo, which means “hope”, was launched by the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, in July.
Through the campaign, the City of Tshwane is looking for 10 000 young people to train and develop to help the City to maintain services.
They will also be trained to form cooperatives to set themselves up as entrepreneurs.
The first batch of 2 500 young people have been selected and are to start with their training on Monday.
The programme is open to young people between the ages of 21 and 35 who meet specific criteria.
Speaking earlier this week, Ramokgopa said upon completion of the programme, participants will be clustered to form cooperatives in different sectors based on the skills and training acquired during the programme.
Ramokgopa said the main objective is to tackle youth unemployment in all 105 wards in Tshwane by delivering skills programmes that will allow for higher labour absorption, to build strong partnerships and strategic alliances with other key stakeholders and role players such as business and civil society.
“I would like to indicate that there are stakeholders in both private and public sector, who demonstrated their keen interest to partner with the city in this endeavour.
“These stakeholders and role players will make a valuable contribution towards stimulation for vibrant cooperatives, resulting into skills development and job creation for young people,” he said.
According to the city, Tshepo 10 000 is a massive programme that has attracted the interest of other role-players in the form of a partnership with Tshwane for the successful implementation of the programme.
Major financial and tertiary institutions, as well as government departments are on board.
The selected candidates will undergo rigorous and intensive training at the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), which would empower them with the necessary skills and expertise, to make them eligible to tender for procurement projects to the value of R1.1 billion, which is 25% of the city’s total capital expenditure budget. – SAnews.gov.za
