Tshwane reforms EPWP policy: No more insiders and outsiders
26 June 2017
The City of Tshwane is in the process of reforming its Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) recruitment policy and bring to an end years of nepotism, cronyism and patronage.
Ever since its inception EPWP has been mired in controversy, and a system which was supposed to grant the poorest of the poor access to job opportunities and skills transfer, was abused by the ANC to extend its networks of patronage.
In its current form, Tshwane’s EPWP recruitment policy has hopelessly too many loopholes, and was openly abused by ANC councillors and their cronies to give jobs to family, friends and party members.
To this end, the DA-led multiparty government policy reform aims to put an end to these practices, by closing the loopholes and ensuring that qualifying beneficiaries will have fair and equal access to job opportunities.