Ramaphosa chairing an employment meeting

Loyiso Langeni

22 July 2015

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is today chairing an inaugural meeting of the Public Employment Programme-Inter ministerial Committee in Gauteng.

Public employment programmes are implemented under the support of the Expanded Public Works Programme, and create short-term employment for poor and unemployed South Africans.

Ramaphosa Spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Public Employment Programme chaired by Deputy President Ramaphosa champions the importance of the Public Employment opportunities within government and the wider society.

Mamoepa added that the EPWP is one of government's strategic priorities aimed at creating 6 million work opportunities by 2019, hence the need for public employment programmes to contribute optimally to social cohesion and community development.