The community of Wentworth was given a major boost by the launch of a multimillion-rand Youth Development centre by the Department of Social Development last week.
DURBAN - The community of Wentworth was given a major boost after the launch of a multimillion-rand Youth Development centre by the Department of Social Development last week.
The centre was launched by the KZN MEC for Social Development, Nonhlanhla Khoza, on Tuesday, October 6, after pleas from the community of Wentworth and bluff for youth skills to fight the high rate of unemployment. “The construction of the centre was the government’s response to the request by the community of Wentworth and Bluff who pleaded for the youth skills centre to save the lives of young people, who are facing a number of social ills, such as crime and abuse of drugs and other substances,” said the department.
Youth who are able to study at the Youth Development centre will be introduced to the working environment and will be provided with an opportunity to be trained in a variety of work skills, it said. According to the department, the centre is adjacent to industries and will help to respond to the high rate of unemployment. The department has invested multi-millions of rands in this state-of-the-art building. Youth enrolled in the centre will be skilled in electrical engineering, business management, plumbing and catering, to mention a few.
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