Over 700 interns to start their internship in over 30 government departments

Mbasa Gqokoma

10 April 2015

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille will later today launch the Premier’s Advancement of Youth Project in Kuilsriver.

The programme has provided internship for 2 251.

Premier Spokesperson Michael Mpofu said the over seven-hundred interns this year will be placed in over thirty government departments to conduct their internship.

Mpofu said this is an initiative aimed at giving matric’s on the job experience and mentoring.

“We hope after this experience they can be employable and they have something under their belt that they can take forward with them” Mpofu added.