Thousands of Gauteng residents employed through Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani programme are now facing unemployment.
Reports from the Departments of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs, Education, and Community Safety indicate that the programme has collapsed due to insufficient funding. The Democratic Alliance’s Gauteng Leader of the Official Opposition, Solly Msimanga, has been vocal about the programme’s shortcomings.
“Following the release of these memos and outcries from the departments that they do not have the money to continue funding these programmes, Premier Lesufi has come out to deny thatThe Democratic Alliance had repeatedly warned Premier Lesufi that the Gauteng Provincial Government lacked adequate funds to sustain the Nasi iSpani programme. The DA’s concerns have now been validated as the programme’s collapse leaves over 2.5 million unemployed residents, many of whom are youth, in dire straits.
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