Gauteng Government employed 32,000 Youth Brigades as teacher assistants through Nasi iSpani

Lerato Mbhiza

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi  said the Nasi iSpani Gauteng youth recruitment programme is aimed at reducing unemployment in the province, while addressing young people gathered at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Sunday.

The provincial government will employ 32 000 people to work as Education Assistants, General School Assistants, and Early Childhood Development Assistants in Gauteng schools.

Lesufi said this incentive is to give young people an opportunity rather than them joining the unemployment queue. “What is strange is that everyone in the political landscape wants to fight unemployment, when you do that they also accuse you of electioneering. 

“Our mission is to ensure that young people get opportunities. I’m excited more that than 20,000 of the youth are here to collect and the employment letter so that they can go and work for their families rather than live on handouts and food parcels,

“They will do the attendance