Thank you, Deputy Speaker. The ANC welcomes the recent launch in Pretoria, Gauteng, of the ground-breaking R300 million Groen Sebenza Project aimed at skilling unemployed youth with the relevant skills in the biodiversity sector by the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs.
The Groen Sebenza Project will place 800 youth in skilled jobs across public, private and nongovernmental institutions in the local biodiversity sector for a period of two and a half years and is targeting the unemployed graduates and matriculants. Already the project has yielded outcomes as 463 youth participants have been placed and the remaining participants will be appointed during the course of the month of June.
The ANC is encouraged by this project and believes that it will contribute to the battle against unemployment and poverty. Furthermore, the ANC is confident that this project will boost the creation of jobs in the green economy as well as helping the diversity of the sector. The ANC cares about its youth, unlike the DA. Thank you. [Applause.]
Thank you very much. That concludes members' statements. There is one ANC slot available. The ACDP didn't take their slot, so, the ANC.