DID ANNUAL REPORT 2023_24

Annual Report 2023-2024

Discontinued key activities/ activities to be discontinued

There are no discontinued activities related to the Department’s functions.

New or Proposed activities

The Department has initiated the two programmes within EPWP aimed at reducing the number of unemployed persons.

Health Maintenance Programme: The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) jointly with the Gauteng Department of Health (DoH) implementing the EPWP Health Maintenance Programme across three (3) Metropolitans and two (2) District Municipalities within Gauteng. This should benefit 1 230 participants across five corridors of the province. The participants will do garden maintenance and clean administration blocks for a period of 12 months. The programme will have special emphasis on the targeted groups of women, youth, and people with disabilities, including adults. This programme aims to draw significant numbers of unemployed persons into productive work.

The objectives of this programme are: • To create sustainable labour-intensive work opportunities. • To create work opportunities for unskilled and unemployed youth.

• To meet the DID objective to sustain employment opportunities and contribute to the eradication of poverty. • To increase the employability and self-sustenance of young people by providing them with skills while gaining work experience and exposure in the working environment. • Provide garden maintenance and cleaning of administrative facilities within health institutions. • Instil a sense of pride and ownership in the community through keeping a safe and clean environment. Vacant Land and Facilities Maintenance: The programme involves the manual and physical clearing of provincially owned vacant sites and properties whose grounds and offices will be maintained through employing the poorest of the poor as labour. The programme will be implemented as part of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and be spearheaded by the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development as a contribution towards poverty eradication and job creation. The objective of this programme is to provide a cost-effective, labour-intensive method of routine site maintenance of the provincial vacant sites or other duties as determined from time to time by the Head of Department: Infrastructure Development or his or her duly appointed designee in a sustainable manner. The targeted groups for this programme are women, youth, and people with disability, including adults. The budget allocation for this programme is R43 million in the year 2023/24. The Department, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders and business, may arrange both accredited and non accredited training for the participants, including but not limited to the following: a) Technical skills (use of equipment and site clearance techniques); b) Grass cutting; c) Basic safety matters; d) First aid; e) Basic Life skills (financial, health and hygiene, HIV/Aids, sexual reproduction, etc); and f) Social development skills; and how to identify indigenous trees and alien plants. To this effect, the Department has allocated a budget of R52 million for the year 2022/23.

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DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT