We have a lot of projects that we want youth to be involved in. We need to instil the passion, so that they can see this sector as another career path - Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi

These projects will generate approximately 2 536 work opportunities and 5 500 full-time equivalent opportunities, over two years. The beneficiaries of this programme will help in achieving the Government’s objective of responsible coastal management by contributing to the development and maintenance of coastal infrastructure along the coast. They will also assist municipalities in obtaining and maintaining blue flag status for their beaches, regular coastal clean-ups, as well as the removal of invasive alien vegetation

There are many alien plants and they are categorised according to its use. We have introduced biological control that can provide complete control of the problem, it reduces the need for using a chemical substance

Funding of waste services is one of the areas that we need to put more energy in along with a need to maximize on efficient budgeting and utilisation of available resources sparingly. It is often a cry of local government that there are no funds to carry out waste delivery functions, often referred to as ‘unfunded mandates’. We are working closely with National Treasury to ensure that funds for waste management are allocated and that they are sufficient, however; local government has to put systems in place for efficient budgeting and be able to achieve more with less