At the Election Campaign 2019 launch, DA Leader Mmusi Maimane launched ‘Fair Access to Jobs’ as one of the DA’s pledges – but why put the spotlight on access?  

South Africa is a great country full of people that are willing to work hard to realise their potential, and leverage our beautiful nation’s resources.

But with almost ten million unemployed South Africans, it is clear that something needs to change.

We have become a nation of insiders and outsiders, those with access to the job market and those who are locked out of it and desperately searching for work.

This is why DA Leader Mmusi Maimane and his team have created an agenda for change and pledged to create Fair Access to Jobs.

Whilst it is absolutely the responsibility of government to foster economic growth so that people can create businesses that generate employment, it is also the responsibility of government to ensure fair access to those jobs.

To do this, a DA-national government will focus on:

• Introducing a Voluntary National Service – one year of income and skills development for school-leavers.
• Creating job centres throughout South Africa that provide information, advice and free internet to job-seekers.
• Growing small business opportunities through increased funding assistance and removing blockage and red-tape.
• Prosecuting and eliminating the practice of ‘sex for jobs’ and carpet interviews.
• Prosecuting and eliminating the practice of ‘cash for jobs’ and corruption in allocating jobs.

In addition to strengthening our economy, we need to build a South Africa where you don’t ever have to be confronted with paying a bribe or exchanging sex for jobs. One where there ample opportunities for young people and outsiders to get access to the job market.

Let’s register to elect a DA-government that will create fair access to real and long-term jobs for all South Africans.