A comprehensive programme to address unemployment among the youth of Johannesburg and provide them with skills to enter the job market was announced by the City’s Executive Mayor, Parks Tau today.
Delivering his annual State of the City Address yesterday, Mayor Tau said the Vulindlel’ eJozi programme will train more than 200 000 young people over the next 18 months and enable them to find employment or continue with further studies.
“This is an innovative response to the massive problem of youth unemployment,” Mayor Tau said, and improve their ability to participate in the City’s economy.
Vulindlel’ eJozi is a partnership between the City and the Harambee Youth
Accelerator, a youth development agency supported by the private sector. The initial stage of the programme will consist of screening and assessment of candidates followed by literacy, numeracy and digital literacy training.
The programme will then identify and create opportunities for young people based on their aptitudes and capabilities. These will include formal employment, participation in public works and youth service programmes and contributing to the City’s own Jozi@Work initiative.
Describing Jozi@Work as “a hand-up initiative,” Mayor Tau said it is “changing the way the City does business and produces services.” Through an innovative approach in which communities form partnerships with the City, issues relating to both unemployment and service delivery backlogs are addressed.
A community innovation fund will be set up in June and communities will be able to identify and propose work projects within the areas where they live.
The City’s “Digital Ambassadors programme”, launched in partnership with the University of Johannesburg will train more than 3 000 young people and deploy them across the City where they will provide digital literacy training to members of the community.
“This is the bridge we are building across the digital divide,” said Mayor Tau.
Delivering his annual State of the City Address yesterday, Mayor Tau said the Vulindlel’ eJozi programme will train more than 200 000 young people over the next 18 months and enable them to find employment or continue with further studies.
“This is an innovative response to the massive problem of youth unemployment,” Mayor Tau said, and improve their ability to participate in the City’s economy.
Vulindlel’ eJozi is a partnership between the City and the Harambee Youth
Accelerator, a youth development agency supported by the private sector. The initial stage of the programme will consist of screening and assessment of candidates followed by literacy, numeracy and digital literacy training.
The programme will then identify and create opportunities for young people based on their aptitudes and capabilities. These will include formal employment, participation in public works and youth service programmes and contributing to the City’s own Jozi@Work initiative.
Describing Jozi@Work as “a hand-up initiative,” Mayor Tau said it is “changing the way the City does business and produces services.” Through an innovative approach in which communities form partnerships with the City, issues relating to both unemployment and service delivery backlogs are addressed.
A community innovation fund will be set up in June and communities will be able to identify and propose work projects within the areas where they live.
The City’s “Digital Ambassadors programme”, launched in partnership with the University of Johannesburg will train more than 3 000 young people and deploy them across the City where they will provide digital literacy training to members of the community.
“This is the bridge we are building across the digital divide,” said Mayor Tau.
