PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Public Employment Services (PES) is established by Section 5 of the Employment Service Act of 2014.
2 Labour centres in the Free State fall under Maluti-a- Phofung Local municipality. For the 2022/2023 financial year, their performance on registration of work and learning opportunities is as displayed below:
From the opportunities registered in 2022/2023 financial year. The 2 Labour centres placed work seekers into work and learning opportunities as displayed below:
LABOUR ACTIVATION PROGRAMME:
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Eastern Cape
It is very important to note that the Department of Employment and Labour does not create employment opportunities or develop Local Economic activities for job seekers but creates an enabling environment for a labour market that is conducive to investment, economic growth, employment creation and decent work. This is done by partnering with other Government Departments, Local Government, Government Entities including Institutions of Higher Learning and Private Sector in support of initiatives that assist in bringing in investment, economic growth, employment creation and decent work in the labour market and that is done through the main services as provided by the Department’s Public Employment Services (PES) as follows:
• Work seeker registration – Registration of work seeker in the Employment Services South Africa (ESSA) database
• Employment Counselling – Empowerment of work seekers with job hunting and job readiness counselling programmes
• Recruitment and Selection – Registration of employment and learning opportunities received from employers with the purpose of recruiting suitable candidates from the ESSA databased based on the selection criteria specified by the employer
• Placement – Placement of suitable candidates into registered job or learning opportunities based on the employers’ selection preference using the ESSA system.
• Labour Activation Programme (LAP) – UIF funded programme aimed at funding labour activation initiatives for training and placement of UIF beneficiaries back into the labour market.
(a) In Ngqushwa Local Municipality, through the Labour Activation Programme funding was awarded to Walter University, 50 young people have been skilled in Animal Production and New Venture Creation with the purpose of encouraging self-sustainability and self-employment with potential to develop into entrepreneurship and employment of other young people. The 50 young people were recruited from the villages of Ngqushwa Local Municipality.
For this financial year 2023/2024, Ngqushwa Local Municipality, through its Local Economic Development Unit, is going to partner with the Department in recruitment, selection and placement of young people in their approved planned projects as per their IDP which are as follows:
• Bee keeping and honey processing
• Livestock movement project with feedlot and abattoir
• Training of young people in Traffic related opportunities
• Life guards for the 42km coastal area
These young people from all the villages of Ngqushwa Local Municipality will be encouraged to register in the ESSA database so that they can be recruited and placed in these opportunities. The ESSA database ensures that only people from that particular municipality are recruited according to the specification of the employer. The selected young people will also be provided with work ethics training and other life skills training such as financial management skills.
The Department continuously engages with other social partners to ensure more opportunities are marketed to local young people ensuring that they benefit from opportunities in their regions thus avoiding their influx into urban areas.
(b) The identified project and partnership is for this current financial year i.e. 2023/2034
City of Matlosana Local Municipality
The Department of Employment and Labour through its Labour Activation Programme (LAP) implement various projects to enhance the employability of the unemployed, to enable entrepreneurship and preserve jobs by integrating the unemployed people back to the labour market. This is achieved through entering into partnerships with both private and public sector entities to implement job creation initiatives and training of the unemployed and underemployed for the purpose of re-integrating them with labour market and economic transformation.
In the City of Matlosana, the LAP has implemented the following interventions since 2021:
Sector |
Intervention |
No. of Learners |
Area of Training |
Employer |
Project Status |
MICT SETA |
Learnership |
27 |
Film and TV Production |
Platinum NW TV |
Completed in 2021 |
MICT SETA |
Learnership |
3 |
System Support |
52 Benji |
Completed in 2021 |
MICT SETA |
Learnership |
1 |
System Support |
Sediko Primary School |
Completed in 2021 |
MICT SETA |
Learnership |
1 |
System Support |
Hotspot Café Internet and Business Solution |
Completed in 2021 |
MICT SETA |
Learnership |
1 |
System Support |
REX Building |
Completed in 2021 |
THENSA(Technological Higher Education Network South Africa) |
Learnership |
9 |
Environmental Practice |
A & P Scrap Metal Paper and Waste |
Project put on hold in 2021 due to contractual issues. To resume in 2023 |
TOTAL |
42 |
The following interventions are in the pipeline for implementation during 2023/2024 financial year
Sector |
Area |
No. Learners |
Project Status |
Media |
Matlosana |
300 |
Submission on route for DG approval |
Agriculture |
Matlosana |
7000 |
Submission on route for DG approval |
Hospitality, Sports, Media, Health, Textile |
Matlosana |
1000 |
Submission on route for DG approval |
Total |
|
8300 |
In addition, the DEL through Public Employment Services (PES), plays a significant role in coordinating programmes that contribute towards the reduction of unemployment, poverty and inequality across four districts in the North West Province. For the City of Matlosana, 1770 work seekers have been placed on various opportunities through the PES Programme since 2017:
Placement Opportunity Type |
Sector |
Area |
No. Workseekers |
Formal Job |
Various |
Matlosana |
588 |
Internship |
Various |
Matlosana |
46 |
Learnership |
Various |
Matlosana |
243 |
Projects |
Various |
Matlosana |
867 |
Total |
|
1770 |