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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 415
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 29 OCTOBER 2010
Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(1) Whether, with reference to his departmentâs 2009-10 Annual Report,
his department has absorbed large numbers of persons into the economy
as the means to create employment; if not, why not; if so what are the
relevant details;
(2) whether the employment created is (a) decent and (b) permanent; if
not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY
The Departmentâs 2009-10 Annual Report notes the need for larger numbers of
people to be absorbed into the economy.
The Department has, subsequent to the publication of its Annual Report,
concluded work on the New Growth Path, and Cabinet has adopted the document
as the framework for policy.
The New Growth Path will be released shortly and will contain relevant
details of areas where jobs can be created, the policy alignment required,
the support that will be pursued with social partners and the resource and
institutional challenges that will be addressed.
It is the intention of government to promote decent employment. Public
measures by their nature contain both permanent and temporary employment
interventions. An example of the former is the employment in the green
economy. An example of the latter is the employment of unemployed persons
on public works programmes.