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Jobs Fund in the News
Jobs Fund partners with Sasfin and RBN Fund
Engineering News
The National Treasury’s Jobs Fund has selected Sasfin Asset Managers (SAM) and RBN Fund Managers to create a blended finance investment vehicle that expands small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) lending and job creation in South Africa.
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Empowering South Africa's Women engineers
Vuk'uzenzele
The life of Nyameka Tshangana is an example of how the Jobs Fund is empowering women to take up careers that were previously male dominated.
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SA food e-commerce startup Yebo Fresh raises $4.5m pre-Series A round
Disrupt Africa
South African e-commerce startup Yebo Fresh, an order-to-delivery service providing townships with fresh groceries and food, has raised a ZAR78 million (US$4.5 million) pre-Series A equity investment, as well as a Jobs Fund grant.
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Four things happening in SA agriculture today, 16 October 2020
Food for mzansi
Today the world marks World Food Day, an event that aims to address global hunger and strives to eradicate nutrition across the World
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Agricultural transformation a Presidential imperative, says Ramaphosa
Engineering News
President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted access to agricultural land for subsistence farming and commercial production as a national priority, stating that the transformation of patterns of ownership “are fundamental in addressing not only food security, but also historical injustices”.
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Jobs Fund raises R271m from partners to support up to 70 000 beneficiaries
Engineering News
With unemployment ballooning as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jobs Fund has reiterated its commitment to fighting unemployment, with its partners having committed R271-million to Covid-19 support interventions.
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Jobs Fund announces multi-million relief for agri projects & SMEs
Food for mzansi
The Jobs Fund has just announced a R271 million relief fund following the shocking news that at least 7.1 million South Africans were listed as unemployed in the first quarter of 2020.
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Jobs: Where the cookie crumbles and how to fix it
Fin24
When it comes to job creation for the youth in South Africa, "the cookie often crumbles" between funding and implementation, says Raj Dhanlall of PwC.
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Jobs Fund spurs high-impact job creation with innovative performance-based investment of R100m in youth employment accelerator Harambee
engineering News
Jobs Fund spurs high-impact job creation with innovative performance-based investment of R100m in youth employment accelerator Harambee
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Jobs Fund Invests Sensibly?
South Africa The Good News
Jobs Fund spurs high-impact job creation with innovative performance-based investment of R100m in youth employment accelerator Harambee
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Jobs Fund Spurs R100m Into Youth Employment Accelerator
Entrepreneur Magazine
Jobs Fund spurs high-impact job creation with innovative performance-based investment of R100m in youth employment accelerator Harambee.
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Classic Business, presented by Michael Avery - Classic 1027
Fusion
Classic Business, presented by Michael Avery - Classic 1027
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R100m investment spurs high-impact job creation
IT-Online
With youth unemployment at 52%, the Jobs Fund is supporting the national drive for sustainable employment and inclusive growth with a R100-million matched grant to Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator to scale up a social impact bond for jobs.
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Jobs Fund calls for innovative job-creating ideas
eNCA Moneyline
The Jobs Fund is calling on organisations to submit innovative proposals that will catalyse the creation of sustainable jobs for the country. Najwah Allie-Edries from the Jobs Fund discusses further.
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Huge volume of timber lost due to Knysna fires
Herald Live
"He said a R113-million investment by the Jobs Fund in the forestry sector in the province had seen the establishment of six community-owned forestry plantations (at Izinini, Sixhotyeni, Mkambathi, Sinawo, Gqukunqa and Lusikisiki) which produced logs on 4 200ha of land and had created 695 permanent jobs and 405 seasonal jobs."
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Jobs Fund and Sernick link up to support black farmers
Business Live
"About 660 emerging black farmers based in the Free State are set to benefit from a multimillion-rand training initiative formed by the Jobs Fund and the Sernick Group."
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Jobs Fund and Sernick Group partners to support emerging farmers
Bizcommunity
"The agricultural sector is an important driver of growth, expanding by 37.5% in the fourth quarter of 2017 and contributing 0.8% to the recorded 3.1% GDP growth, presenting significant export opportunities"
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Jobs Fund: Many obstacles
Financial Mail
"Very difficult" – that’s how Hot Dog Café MD Derek Smith describes getting his project to meet national treasury’s Jobs Fund targets.
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No shortage of work at bottom of jobs ladder
Sunday Times
There is a shortage of motorcycle delivery people in South Africa, as well as of sales staff, cashiers and hotel and restaurant workers.
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Treasury’s Jobs Fund aims for more agriculture sector jobs
BD Live
THE Treasury’s Jobs Fund, which had sought to create 150,000 jobs by the end of next year, is now focusing on small and medium enterprises to help make inroads into SA’s stubbornly high unemployment rate.
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Reaching job creation targets no easy business
BD Live
WHILE the National Development Plan (NDP) expects small businesses to contribute 90% of the 11-million new jobs it envisages will be created by 2030, people running support programmes backed by the Jobs Fund are finding that creating jobs is harder than they expected.
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Automotive Industry Development Centre
The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC), recently launched construction of its new R80-million incubation centre
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Clothing Bank
The Clothing Bank expands support for mothers in Durban. The Clothing Bank recently launched their new hub in Durban.
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Agriculture in KZN
Tongaat Hulett working to reinvigorate agriculture in rural KZN
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Employers Buying in to Government’s Employment Tax Incentive
Africa Newswire
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says there are early indications that government’s Employment Tax Incentive, which was introduced earlier this year, is attracting buy-in from employers.
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Treasury still upbeat on growth in the long term
BD Live
THE National Treasury’s revision of economic growth forecasts downwards for the next few years did not come as a surprise on Wednesday. Theirs was the only forecast above 2% and was not necessarily a realistic reflection of the prospects for the economy.
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2014 Medium Term Budget Policy statement
Cape Business News
Speech by the Minister of Finance Mr Nhlanhla Nene: 2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement.
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