MAHIKENG: Premier of the North West Lazarus Kagiso Mokgosi has noted and welcomed the
recent figures of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey where unemployment in the province
dropped by two percentage points. The third quarter report on the unemployment rate in the
North West by Statistics South Africa indicates that the province managed to create forty-two
thousand (42 000) jobs between July and September this year.
Early this year the province adopted the Growth and Development Strategy to drive economic
recovery plans centered on infrastructure development, service delivery, investments and job
creation. Premier Mokgosi maintains that while the province is not out of the woods yet, the
figures are encouraging.
“These figures are indicative of an administration hard at work to address the scourge of
unemployment and poverty confronting the province. I have been crisscrossing the province
speaking to various enterprises to see how best we can turn the tide on high unemployment
figures in the province, and I believe that our efforts are yielding desired results”, Premier
Mokgosi maintained.
Premier Mokgosi further says efforts to create jobs in the province will be given impetus by the
Provincial Mining Indaba and Investment Conference planned for early next year.
“We recently met with Cabinet where we tabled our efforts to lure investments and drive our
economic recovery initiatives and President Cyril Ramaphosa gave us a thumbs up on these
ambitious efforts while offering some counseling on how we can circumvent these challenges”.
Premier Mokgosi says the province has also made some significant strides in deterring job
losses in ferrochrome mines. “All these efforts and many others will find expression through a
Jobs summit that is aimed at devising strategies on preserving the available jobs while
creating new ones in various industries as envisioned in the Provincial Growth and
Development Strategy”, concluded Premier Mokgosi.
ENDS
Issued by North West Office of the Premier.
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