Pretoria- The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) will make a contribution towards fighting corruption in line with government's new growth path.
"In line with government's new growth path, the cluster will make a contribution, both directly and indirectly towards the realisation of our goal.
"As you shall see, we are making strides in the fight against corruption. Addressing this aspect will boast investor confidence and the growth of our economy," Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday.
The New Growth Path is aimed at creating about five million job opportunities by 2020 and hopes to bring the unemployment rate down to 15 percent.
"This in turn will lead to more jobs being created," he explained, adding that the cluster is to fill all vacant posts as soon as possible.
"We will embark on a more vigorous learnership programmes in order to provide skills to the communities in order to make them employable."
The Department of Correctional Services, he said, has already lifted a two year moratorium on the filling of vacancies and all other cluster departments shall follow.
Radebe said economic development and job creation cannot be realised without investor confidence in the economy and a sense of security. He also acknowledged that the development of the rural parts of South Africa cannot be fully realised without fighting all forms of crime including corruption.
