… Made possible by Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade
BY DELISA THWALA
MBABANE- It will be raining jobs!
The year 2023 has a lot in store for emaSwati as there are over 13 000 jobs that are have been created for them.
A number of the job will come through the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade.
This will be in the form of factory jobs and textile firms that have already been built and some renovated.
In the next two months, the ministry will provide 9 000 jobs and has further concluded E100 million investment deals.
Some of the factories include the Gamula Factory (under Nkilongo Inkhundla actually) will benefit 1000 people.
This project will be finished in April, 2023. Government has invested E75 million in this factory shell and the investor will invest more than E100 miillion.
In a recent project announced and launched by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo, 3 000 more jobs are going to be created and 1000 have already been created and people are training for the jobs.
Minister Khumalo said these investments came at a time when the country is in dire need to create jobs and also increase productivity.
“I believe the establishment of the investment will improve the livelihoods of emaSwati in this town and surrounding areas as well as open up other business opportunities.
“The tasks at hand require different radical approaches. We can no longer carry out programmes in the usual manner. The new way of fighting the challenges in our society is captured in the new decentralised Development Model,” he said.
Meanwhile Deputy Prime Minister Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku said people in the country were in need for jobs, he said a number of people had lost jobs due to the unrest that culminated into the burning of properties and looting.
“Everyone wants to get a job, because there are people who went around burnt properties that were sole incomes to some of the people,” said the DPM.
BELOW IS THE LIST OF THE FACTORIES THAT WILL PROVIDE JOBS:
1. The Gamula Factory (under Nkilongo Inkhundla actually) will benefit 1000 people. It will be finished in April, 2023. Government has invested 75M in this factory shell and the investor will invest more than E100M.
2. The Jonsson Workwear Factory will actually start being built next week at Magindaneni under Maseyisini Inkhundla. This factory will hire 3000 people. Government has committed 185M to this project and the investor will invest more than 200M.
3. The Lush Hair Factory at Ngwenya (Phase one) is already at commissioning and training phase. It is under Motshane Inkhundla.
Phase 1 will hire 650 people and by the time phase 3 is finished in the next 18-24 months they will have hired a total of 3000 people. Government has invested E40M in phase 1 and will invest E120M in phase 2 and 3. The investor will invest more than E250M at full strength.
4. The Ndzevane Factory (under Lubuli Inkhundla) will soon be advertised for tendering and should commence early next year.
It will hire 1000 people and Government has committed E75M to this project and the investor will invest close to E100M.
5. The Mantambe Factory under Shiselweni 1 Inkhundla will also be advertised early next year for tendering and should commence early in 2023. It will hire 1000 people. The investment stats are similar to that of Lubulini factory.
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