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City of Cape Town launches job creation programme

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The City of Cape Town has launched a three-year development programme to assist thousands of unemployed residents from poor communities to find job opportunities. It will also prepare them with work-readiness skills. The city says its unemployment rate stands at 21.7 percent mostly among young people.

Mayoral spokesperson, Zara Nicholson, says they have partnered with a private screening and recruitment company.

“This will be achieved through industry partnerships which will ensure that training is directly linked to employers’ talent needs. Despite Cape Town’s unemployment statistics being better than other cities across South Africa, they are still unacceptably high. The city hopes this initiative will support the unemployed by not only preparing them for possible education or employment opportunities, but also hopefully helping them secure well-paying jobs in growing economic sectors.”

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