While unemployment soars and residents struggle to make ends meet, the Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development has consistently failed to meet targets set for the creation of green jobs.
Green jobs aim to reduce the consumption of energy and raw materials, limit greenhouse gas, reduce waste, pollution and restore the ecosystem. It also plays a critical role in reducing climate change.
The MEC for agriculture and rural development, Mbali Hlope, indicated in a written reply to our questions tabled in the Gauteng provincial legislature of the annual target of 1,120 green jobs target, that only 156 had been created.
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