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2 NEWS 16 JUNE 2017
The 2017 Sekhukhune Youth Opportunities Expo that was held last ment and reduce poverty. Government and the private sector has
week Friday, proved to be a huge success and bigger and better than established a fund for Small Business Support, with equal contribu-
that of the previous year. tions from both partners. It provides venture capital-type funding
Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality, Cllr Kea- and mentoring to target groups, especially black entrepreneurs.
motseng Stanley Ramaila told delegates and dignitaries at the
Thaba Moshate Casiono and Convetion Centre in Burgersfort that
Sekhukhune District Municipality has established the Sekhukhune
Youth Opportunities Expo in 2015 with a vision to consolidate all
youth empowerment and development initiatives into a high impact
Government through the Department of Human Settlements has
ushered a new dawn to radical economic transformation through a
number of programmes and initiatives to empower the youth such as
skills transfer in the application of housing technology and the nation-
al youth service.
Huge
and multifaceted opportunities platform that comprehensively enable Various learnerships and internships focused on raising the skills
the youth to tackle the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty
and inequality.
He said Sekhukhune District Municipality will continue to use the
expo as the medium, moment and market for beneficial interface
between the youth and diverse opportunity providers.
capacity of young people are offered through Sector Education and
Training Authorities.
The National Rural Youth Service Corps programme aims to
enhance skills development by providing unemployed youth in the
rural areas with opportunities to work in their communities and to be
turnout
at
He said the government has Youth Opportunities Expo as a trained to provide the necessary services for local socio-economic
platform to empower, promote and inspire the youth to play a mean- development.
ingful role in the development of the District. The Expo is a unique The youth must protect OR Tambos legacy. Let us use the
and practically beneficial event medium based on the optimal use of Youth Month to honour the sacrifices and contributions of OR Tambo
government-wide and private sector partnerships as its foundation towards a free, non-racial and democratic South Africa.
telling the youths We assembled you here today as a reminder that We should also learn more about the immense sacrifices our
every generation has its own revolutionary mission to fulfil, and ours
is the radical economic and agrarian transformation of the economic
landscape of Sekhukhuneland.
Today serves as a reminder that young people in the country were
at the forefront of our struggle. It also provide us with an opportunity
struggle icons made to be where we are today. The youth need to
work together with government to create the country OR Tambo
envisaged. The youth have to play an active role in their communities
in improving peoples lives and making sure the economy works for
everyone.
2017
to take stock of the strides we have made in addressing issues facing Talking about the local economy Mayor Ramaila said The Fetak-
the youth, adding that we invited you to this 3rd instalment of the
annual Sekhukhune Youth Opportunities Expo under the theme The
Year of OR Tambo: Engaging the youth in radical economic transfor-
mation.
The theme for this years commemoration is dedicated to OR
gomo Greater Tubatse Local Municipality alone is reported to have
more than 30 mines which are currently in operation. And our mines
are one of the biggest contributors in job creation and socio-econom-
ic growth of our district.
It can not be true that our communities are still lanquishing in the
Youth
Expo
Tambo as it coincides with the celebration of the centenary of his pool of poverty, unemployment and inequality, when all the mines
birth. OR Tambo is the late former President of the African National have approved Social Labour Plans. We need to embrace the 70%
Congress and one of the key founding fathers of South Africas libera- procurement policy that governs our mines. We need to develop the
tion and constitutional democracy. communities we mine at by assisting government with infrastructure
We are saying that all communities must ensure that young peo- development projects.
ple finish secondary school and gain the necessary skills to grow our We need to embark on skills development projects so as to bene-
country. The youth of 1976 fought for equal and quality education for fit our communities particularly women and youth with employment.
all; lets educate our young people to honour their legacy. Technical He added that the Sekhukhune District Municipality is bringing in
Photographs: Facebook - Sekhukhune
Vocational Education and Training colleges deliver skills and training the Sekhukhune Development Agency to assist government in
District Municipality
that are essential to addressing the skills gap in our economy. leveraging opportunities that exist in mining, agriculture and tourism,
The National Development Plan singles out our youthful popula- which are the districts three key economic factors. The SDA is a spe-
tion as an opportunity to boost economic growth, increase employ- cial purpose vehicle of the district municipality to propel development.
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Youth Month
soccer at
Ga-Malekane
The Top 32 Youth Month soccer tournament is in full swing.
Last weekend teams still competed in the knock-out rounds and
play will continue this weekend at Ga-Malekane sportsground. 16
Local teams and 16 teams from as far as Nebo and Driekop are
competing.