Cyril Ramaphosa's Basic Education Employment Initiative Empowers 200,000 Youth
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South Africa: Cosatu Welcomes the Recommencement of the Presidential Employment Stimulus' Teachers' Assistants
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the recommencement of the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES)' Teachers' Assistants Programe with 200 000 starting work today across the country. This is a welcome boost by government led by the African National Congress in the fight against unemployment, and will provide a monthly wage for these young participants.
Another 200,000 young people began working as temporary teaching assistants at 20,000 schools nationwide on Monday as part of government interventions to help solve South Africa's enormous youth unemployment crisis.
Largest youth jobs programme kicks off in schools
By Johnathan Paoli South Africa has marked a milestone in its battle against youth unemployment as over 200,000 young people begin work at more than 20,000 schools nationwide under Phase V of the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI). It is the country’s largest youth employment programme to date. President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his weekly letter on Monday, celebrated this effort as a beacon of hope in addressing the country’s problem of ma…
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