{"id":6653,"date":"2024-07-22T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:39:47","slug":"limpopo-premiers-plan-to-create-jobs-through-dikgerekgere-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/?p=6653","title":{"rendered":"Limpopo Premier\u2019s plan to create jobs through Dikgerekgere Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has set aside 300 jobs for local unemployed young men and women to maintain and repair roads in the province\u2019s five regions for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Dikgerekgere service delivery was launched on Wednesday,10th of July 2024. This is a programme initiated by the Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure under the leadership of  MEC Tonny Rachoene.<\/p>\n<p>The programme\u2019s aim, according to the Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, is to create jobs in the province, mainly for young graduates who have failed to get jobs in the mainstream economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently sitting with 20 000km of roads ,of which 6 263km are tarred or paved. The biggest problem with our roads is that they are not being maintained. \u201cShe said she wanted \u201cno nepotism ,no regionalism and no cadre deployment\u201d. \u201cWe want free and fair employment processes, \u201cshe said.<\/p>\n<p>Gone are the days of advertising tenders to fix a window or grade the roads because we have many students and EPW programmes that can perform those functions without extra cost, according to MEC Tonny Rachoene.<\/p>\n<p>On the 12th of July 2024,two days after the launch of the Dikgerekgere Wednesday, 300  jobs were advertised including posts for cleaners, machine drivers and other general work that will enhance the Dikgerekgere Wednesdays\u2019 team with more warm bodies for the sustainable tenure of the 7th administration term of five years. <\/p>\n<p>Majority of the roads in the province are gravel, and thus the Dikgerekgere Wednesdays\u2019 project aims to revitalize the road infrastructure by blading, re-gravelling and de-bushing to promote safer roads for all users. This will be maintained without seeking the normal three quotation since the department will be using its own machinery with more than 20 drivers and assistant drivers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these machines belong to the department and will be put to good use. The project will not end here in Lephalale, we are going to launch it at all our districts so that. From now on, every Wednesdays until the end of this administration term, dust must be seen in these streets as machineries and people will be working to re-construct roads. With good maintained roads, there is a free flow of movement from clinics, schools and towns,\u201d detailed Dr. Ramathuba. EC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has set aside 300 jobs for local unemployed young men and women to maintain and repair roads in the province\u2019s five regions for the next five years. The Dikgerekgere service delivery was launched on Wednesday,10th of July 2024. This is a programme initiated by the Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure under the leadership of MEC Tonny Rachoene. The programme\u2019s aim, according to the Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, is to create jobs in the province, mainly for young graduates who have failed to get jobs in the mainstream economy. \u201cWe are currently sitting with\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","bsk-pdf-dashboard-list-thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has set aside 300 jobs for local unemployed young men and women to maintain and repair roads in the province\u2019s five regions for the next five years. The Dikgerekgere service delivery was launched on Wednesday,10th of July 2024. This is a programme initiated by the Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure under the leadership of MEC Tonny Rachoene. The programme\u2019s aim, according to the Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, is to create jobs in the province, mainly for young graduates who have failed to get jobs in the mainstream economy. \u201cWe are currently sitting with&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/?cat=12\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"By Emmaculate Cindi","url":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/?author=10"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6655,"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions\/6655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limpopo.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}