The Gauteng government has announced the 'first of many programmes' aimed at tackling youth unemployment in the province with the upcoming intake of thousands of young people who will be trained as solar technicians.
“At the expo, we got lots of proposals that indicated how we can be helped as government to fight load-shedding. Within that context, we announced R1.2bn that we are setting aside to fight load-shedding, and also indicated that we are appointing six independent power producers who will build a huge 800MW solar farm.
The premier said applications for the programme will be open from May 8 until June 8 and would be open to residents under 35 with matric or higher qualifications. He added that they would target young people from townships, informal settlements and hostels. They will be paid a monthly stipend of between R4,000 and R7,000 depending on their level of qualification.
“We want those townships to be our new economic model. We made a firm commitment, when we were delivering Sopa, that the new gold of Gauteng is not the mines, it's the townships, and we need to revitalise them and make them exciting again,” he said.
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