Hon Deputy Speaker, the ANC-led government views rural development as a central pillar of our struggle against unemployment, poverty and inequality. Hence the ANC supports the initiative to create an estimated 10 000 jobs for unemployed rural youth through a programme recently launched by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on 19 July 2010.
The National Rural Youth Service Corps, NARYSC, will be targeting youth from deep rural areas, including those living with disabilities, between the ages of 18 to 35 and who have passed Grade 12. The National Rural Youth Service Corps is a two-year programme aimed at empowering rural youth from each of the 30 rural wards across the country. [Time expired.] Thank you, Deputy Speaker. [Applause.]