Chairperson, hon Minister, your department has very crucial and hard work to do. My question to you is: Can you explain what the situation is in the unemployment field? Will this allocation assist in some way in creating more jobs? Thank you.
UMPHATHISWA WEZEMISEBENZI: Umsebenzi wethu sileli sebe kukuqinisekisa ukuba imo yokufunyanwa kwemisebenzi ngabantu iyavuleleka. Ngoko ke kuyanyanzeleka ukuba iSebe lezeMisebenzi lenze kube lula ukuba abantu bafumane imisebenzi. Ingekuko ukufunela abantu imisebenzi. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[The MINISTER OF LABOUR: Our duty as this department is to ensure that job opportunities are accessible. The Department of Labour is therefore obliged to make job opportunities more accessible to the people. This does not mean that the department will go job hunting for people.]
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