{"id":217196,"date":"2022-02-21T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/job-creation-growing-the-economy-top-gauteng-priority-list\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:36:03","slug":"job-creation-growing-the-economy-top-gauteng-priority-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/job-creation-growing-the-economy-top-gauteng-priority-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Job creation, growing the economy top Gauteng priority list"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the creation of jobs and growing the economy are the top two priorities for the Gauteng Provincial Government.<\/p>\n

Makhura was delivering the State of the Province Address during a sitting of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Premier said the economy of the province \u2013 much like the rest of the country \u2013 is reeling because of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Makhura said this has spurred the provincial government into action to change the lives of those living in the province.<\/p>\n

\u201c[We] are boldly shifting our main focus and energies to tackle unemployment through economic recovery and reconstruction. The economy has been devastated and the democratic gains in the quality of lives of the people have substantially been eroded.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter so much death and destruction of lives and livelihoods, it is time to rebuild and do so with the greatest sense of urgency, single-mindedness and coordination demonstrated during our emergency response to COVID-19,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Premier told the provincial legislature that the province\u2019s unemployment \u201cemergency\u201d is being addressed through means of a provincial war room comprising of both government and the private sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the war room, we are working with the captains of industry on programmes that will unleash growth by matching public policy support and government action with consolidated commitments by sector leaders on investments and jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are doing so with a strong and deliberate emphasis on creating jobs and economic opportunities for the people of Gauteng, especially the youth and women. We are opening up value chains, building competitive local content production, promoting commercially meaningful enterprises, supplier development, SMMEs and township enterprises,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Makhura said the work of the war room is already starting to bear fruit including:<\/p>\n