WELCOME TO EPWP
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has its origins in Growth and Development Summit (GDS) of 2003. At the Summit, four themes were adopted, one of which was ‘More jobs, better jobs, decent work for all’. The GDS agreed that public works programmes ‘can provide poverty and income relief through temporary work for the unemployed to carry out socially useful activities’.
This Programme is a key government initiative, which contributes to Government Policy Priorities in terms of decent work & sustainable livelihoods, education, health; rural development; food security & land reform and the fight against crime & corruption. EPWP subscribes to outcome 4 which states “Decent employment through inclusive economic growth.” The EPWP has been established and mandated by Cabinet to create work opportunities according to the set targets and across all its four sectors, namely: – Infrastructure, Non-State, Environment & Culture, and Social sectors. One of the prescripts of the EPWP is to use labour-intensive methods which allow the drawing of a significant number of participants into the Programme to do the work.
Every year EPWP creates work for about 40 000 unemployed Capetonians via EPWP. EPWP offers short-term and medium-term work opportunities for those who are unemployed or under-skilled.
Register on our Job Seekers database
EPWP candidates are selected from South Africa Job Seekers Database. To register for the database, you will need to visit your nearest subcouncil office.
PLEASE NOTE
All job applications to the City are free of charge.
General requirements to apply for EPWP work:
Open to unemployed and unskilled women and men, including youth (aged 18 to 35) and to people living with disabilities
You must have a CV
You must have an ID document, or valid South African work permit
