RICHARDSBAY - ZUMA IN TOWN

Christelle Louw from Richardsbay captured these images of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma while on a trip to Richardsbay for the Jobs Fair 05-07-2012





It was held on July 5-6 at the Zululand Chamber of Business Foundation (ZCBF) Community, Guldengracht Street, Altron in Richards Bay. (Same premises as NIC)
Extracts from the SABC News Website;


The president was speaking in Richards Bay, in KwaZulu-Natal at the launch of the Jobs Fair - a government initiative to link job seekers, especially unemployed youth with prospective employers


Zuma says: "We are happy to see this occasion of the job fairs, where people come together to interact between the potential employees and potential employers so that they can look around for the skills they are looking for and for the jobs those who are looking for jobs."


Addressing business people on the sidelines, Zuma criticised Cosatu for blocking the Youth Wage Subsidy. Zuma says: "Companies say where is the experience, sorry, they take the one with experience. So how do we close the gap and we say we should do something to close that gap and you say no, no, no, if you do so you are affecting something else but you are not saying if
not that this is what we think we should do."


Jobs Fairs will be held throughout the country. Unemployed people with
skills can register at their nearest Department of Labour.


http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/59e2f1804bddccafbcf7ffdcfc8ee867/Zuma-slams-Cos
atu-for-opposing-Youth-Wage-Subsidy-20120507