Frank Maponya
Frank Maponya
The National Youth Services programme in Limpopo has come to a grinding halt.
Trainees downed tools yesterday at the Sibasa offices of Limpopo's department of public works .
More than 570 youths were taken in for a year' s training last year, which ends this month.
At the centre of the row are allegations that Public Works Minister Geoff Doidge had announced earlier that his department would "create a million jobs" at the end of March - apparently to accommodate the trainees in permanent posts.
The announcement was made in a department newsletter earlier this year - but MEC Machuene Semenya said during the launch of the national youth services programme at GaMaraba that they would only absorb 5percent of the trainees.
Trainees down tools over 'broken promise'
Frank Maponya
Frank Maponya
The National Youth Services programme in Limpopo has come to a grinding halt.
Trainees downed tools yesterday at the Sibasa offices of Limpopo's department of public works .
More than 570 youths were taken in for a year' s training last year, which ends this month.
At the centre of the row are allegations that Public Works Minister Geoff Doidge had announced earlier that his department would "create a million jobs" at the end of March - apparently to accommodate the trainees in permanent posts.
The announcement was made in a department newsletter earlier this year - but MEC Machuene Semenya said during the launch of the national youth services programme at GaMaraba that they would only absorb 5percent of the trainees.