Deputy Ministers to launch the Tswelopele Water Affairs Military Veterans Jobs Project

09 April 2014

The Deputy Ministers of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi and Defence and Military Veterans, Mr Thabang Makwetla, will on 11 April 2014, officially launch the Tswelopele Water Affairs Military Veterans Jobs project in Standerton, Lekwa Civic Hall at 10h00.

The creation of job opportunities for Military Veterans’ through the joint Tswelopele venture water project between the Department of Military Veterans and the Department of Water Affairs, undertook to provide 92 job opportunities from the Rehabilitation of Water Resource Infrastructure (Construction) as well as the Central Operations Unit. The rehabilitation of Water Resource Infrastructure has created a total of 39 contract job opportunities while Central Operations Unit has 53 permanent job opportunities for bona fide Military Veterans and it entails rehabilitation of water resource infrastructure and the cleaning of canals projects.

The launch is expected to be attended by the 92 Military Veterans who are going to benefit from this project as well as other stakeholders such as the Military Veterans formations.

In heeding the clarion call by the President for the government departments to create employment for the Military Veterans, the Department of Water Affairs initiated a project called Tswelopele wherein they undertook to create 92 job opportunities for Military Veterans as a beginning. Twelve (12) Military Veterans are already employed by the Department of Water Affairs at the Central Operations in terms of the Public Service Act and the same will apply to the remaining 80 as matched and verified by the Department of Military Veterans.

Military Veterans will be employed in terms of the Public Service Act and they will be subjected to a tailor-made one week induction programme and continuous assessment on the job will be done quarterly upon assumption of duty. These jobs for Military Veterans constitute part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed between the Department of Military Veterans and the Department of Water Affairs to create more jobs opportunities for Military Veterans.

The launch of this much awaited project forms part of the Freedom Month celebrations under the theme: “South Africa – A better place to live in”.

Media are invited to attend the launch as follows:

Venue: Lekwa Civic Centre, Standerton
Date: 11 April 2014
Time: 10:00

For RSVPs

Lebogang Mothapa
Cell: 076 865 7188
Email: mediadmv@gmail.com

Media Enquiries

Mbulelo Musi
Spokesperson for the Department of Military Veterans
Cell: 082 338 3890

Ntime Skhosana
Spokesperson for the Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Cell: 082 496 6875
Email: Ntime.Skhosana@dod.mil.za