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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Expanded Public Works Programme is too important to be captured by corruption.

eThekwini pushes back as Macpherson halts EPWP funding over corruption claims

eThekwini says it is cooperating with investigations into EPWP corruption, including claims of “jobs for sex” and ghost workers

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson

EPWP funding to eThekwini halted over ‘jobs for sex’ and ghost beneficiaries scandal

Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has suspended EPWP funding to eThekwini after an Auditor-General report exposed ghost beneficiaries, irregular payments and allegations of…

The waste management company’s services are not operational in 10 of the 12 depots around Johannesburg because of protest action

Trade union accuses ActionSA of inciting striking Pikitup workers

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Lesufi’s cleaning and greening project aims to make Gauteng more liveable

The initiative includes encouraging residents to start food gardens

Job creation: National government cannot build a thriving labour market on the foundations of failing
infrastructure.

SA’s rising unemployment needs a fresh solution

The government’s failed attempts to address unemployment have left many without work, but there are ways to effectively overcome this

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says SA will continue to boost the green economy in its efforts to grow employment.

The green economy can create decent jobs

For households in mining towns a greener economy must provide more secure jobs that pay enough to ensure household wellbeing and upward mobility

Social grants are by far the largest facet of South Africa’s social protection system in terms of the number of people covered, according to the World Bank

SA one of the biggest spenders on social assistance globally — World Bank

Social grants are by far the largest facet of South Africa’s social protection system in terms of the number of people covered, according to the World Bank

South Africa continues to face an ever-increasing human development crisis, and that is best reflected by the number of 15- to 34-year-olds who are disengaged from both work and education. (David Harrison/M&G)

A net to catch the NEETs

A decade of reconstruction looms post-Covid. This is our chance to restructure the economy to build a more inclusive one

Netanyahu has spoken out against the possibility that the attorney general will announce his decision on whether to indict him before April 9 elections. (AFP)

Public works programme leaves workers vulnerable

Intended beneficiaries of the expanded public works scheme are only temporary workers and open to exploitation by unscrupulous employers.

Temporary relief: The expanded works progamme is not a long-term solution to the jobs crisis.

Entitlement conspires with Public Works

The jobs programme further demeans those who won’t contribute but take state largesse for granted.

Public works jobs programme exceeds targets

The department of public works say they created more than the required 600 000 job opportunities in the 2010/11 financial year.

DA: The politically connected get the jobs

Government’s expanded public works programme benefits those with political connections, not the poor, DA MP James Masango said on Wednesday.

Decent work for all?

What has the Expanded Public Works Programme achieved in the period since its launch in 2004?