Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the KwaZulu-Natal government and its department of agriculture, environmental affairs and rural development has hired 440 unemployed graduates to work under the mentorship of senior extension officers as assistant extension officers in communities to advise farmers on crop and animal production;
2) further notes that the initiative is not only aimed at enhancing the implementation of food security programmes and other projects, but also seeks to train, improve and upgrade the skills of graduates to prepare and enable them for further study; and
3) commends the government of KwaZulu-Natal, the relevant MEC and her department on this very worthy initiative and calls on other provinces to consider and implement similar initiatives.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.