Welcome to the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
Contributing to a Nation at Work
The EPWP is one of South African Government’s short-to-medium term programmes aimed at the provision of additional work opportunities coupled with training. It is a national programme covering all spheres of government and state-owned enterprises. President Mbeki formally announced the programme in his State of the Nation Address in February 2003.
The EPWP is one of South African Government’s short-to-medium term programmes aimed at the provision of additional work opportunities coupled with training. It is a national programme covering all spheres of government and state-owned enterprises. President Mbeki formally announced the programme in his State of the Nation Address in February 2003.
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To address this investment in social infrastructure, the government has decided that we should launch an expanded public works programme. This will ensure that we draw significant numbers of the unemployed into productive work, and that these workers gain skills while they work, and thus take an important step to get out of the pool of those who are marginalised. President Thabo Mbeki. State of the Nation Address in February 2003.
