Nedbank says YES to job creation

The partnership is a response by Nedbank to the Youth Employment Service introduced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March last year.

About 50 young people have been deployed to clean the harbour, which accumulates industrial waste, human waste and rubbish from rivers such as Umbilo, Umngeni and Umlazi.One of the beneficiaries, Nokonwaba Dlamini, 25, of Woodlands in Durban, said working had changed her life. With all the experience Dlamini is getting, she now wants to pursue a qualification in maritime biology.Image:The YES programme is aimed at providing 1-million youth with work experience over the next three year.

Trucks leave the depot every morning to collect waste from schools, companies and residents. The waste which includes, glass, plastic and paper is then sorted on site. Glass is ground into powder form and sold to golf courses to be used for bunker sand. Glass is also mixed with other recyclable material to make bricks, which are then sold to locals at R10 each.

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