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tame TIMES

winner of the 2012 & 2013 ekurhuleni awards: best print media

Katlehong, Zonkizizwe, Magagula Heights

Becoming the voice of Ekurhuleni

Volume 03, 13 February 2014, Week 07

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Charity Moyo charity@tametimes.co.za The youth of Ekurhuleni will no longer have to travel to the Johannesburg CBD to access services and products of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).The agency has officially unveiled 10 new offices in Ekurhuleni. The City of Ekurhuleni has entered into a partnership with NYDA to expand the NYDA footprint in an attempt to bring their services and products closer to the young people of Ekurhuleni. The Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Clr Mondli Gungubele, Deputy Minister in the Presidency Obed Bapela, and NYDA Chairperson Yershen Pillay officially unveiled one of the offices situated at Katlehong 2 Customer Care Centre. Mondli Gungubele, the executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni said the initiative will help the youth to access NYDA services and products in their area of residency. He also encouraged the youth to utilise the services provided to them. Obed Bapela said, “It is an excellent partnership to benefit the youth of our country, who are the future. There are bursaries that NYDA is granting to underprivileged youth. The youth should not wait to pass their matric and flock to the NYDA offices for bursaries. The bursary programmes are advertised

in April and closes in August, and the youth should be able to access forms and apply on time. There are many services that NYDA is offering such as bursaries, businesses consultancy services and job preparedness programmes. The youth should stop being ignorant and seek information on what is happening in their community.” Yershen Pillay, NYDA chairperson said, “The 10 new offices are part of the information dissemination points, we are taking the products and services to the communities. The initiative is part of the partnership with the municipality and it has created employment to 40 local young people who are working in the 10 offices.” These facilities will allow young people of Ekurhuleni to have access to all the services of NYDA, including application for funding to further their studies through the NYDA Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship Fund, access information on the Grant Programme, Business Consultancy services, the Entrepreneurship Development Programme, the Job Preparedness Programme and Career Guidance Information. The other nine offices are situated in Katlehong 1, Vosloorus, Tembisa, Germiston, Kempton Park, Wattville, Kwa-Thema, Duduza and Daveyton.

Advocate Teboho Ncheke (Katlehong 2 Customer Care Centre Manager), Clr Mondli Gungubele (Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni), Yershen Pillay (chairperson of NYDA), and Obed Bapela (Deputy Minister in the Presidency) inside the new NYDA offices in Katlehong 2.


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