Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi has announced that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will provide R104 million to Productivity SA to support some 6 000 SMEs to improve productivity to preserve and create jobs.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says the department has set aside R554 million to create jobs through municipal infrastructure projects.
The Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Commission has spoken out on “rife fronting”, which it says continues to happen in the South African economy.
Government has encouraged South Africans and the people from the rest of the continent to participate in the Heritage Month activities.