2025-w308 - 25 February 2025

Siphosethu Lindinkosi Ngcobo to ask the Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure

(1) Considering his Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Listening Tour, what (a) reforms is his department considering to enhance the EPWP to ensure that beneficiaries receive improved remuneration and (b) private-public partnership initiatives are being explored to secure and sustain employment opportunities within the EPWP; (2) In light of the ongoing challenges within the Independent Development Trust (IDT), what steps has he taken to ensure that the IDT Board of Trustees remains quorate and fully functional? NW332E

Reply from the Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure on 25 Feb 2025

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

(1) (a) The reform of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is premised on the creation of more sustainable and meaningful job opportunities that provide participants with skills that can help them to obtain permanent employment post their participation in the programme. This is something that I am committed to doing to ensure EPWP becomes a meaningful ...

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