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28 March 2025 Media Release: GRDM adds award to its cap for over-achieving EPWP job targets

Media Release: GRDM adds award to its cap for over-achieving EPWP job targets

For Immediate Release
27 March 2025

The Garden Route District Municipality’s (GRDM) EPWP Section received an award from the Western Cape Department for the outstanding performance of the municipality’s EPWP during the 4th Phase. The achievement of these targets reflects the number of people employed and the economic impact on our region, which amounts to R78 532 000,00 over the past five years (2019–2024).

“I want to convey my heartfelt appreciation and congratulations to the HOD, MMC, our dedicated staff and the management team in achieving this award, collectively,” said Andrew Stroebel, GRDM Executive Mayor.

The two departments within GRDM that made the most significant contributions to meeting EPWP targets are the Corporate Services Department, led by Trix Holtzhausen, and the Roads Services Department, under the leadership of John Godfrey Daniels. Over the past financial year, the Garden Route Skills Mecca (GRSM), which is part of Corporate Services, facilitated 315 EPWP job opportunities, while the Roads Services Department contributed 104 EPWP jobs towards achieving the target.

The overall objective of the EPWP is to provide unemployed individuals with meaningful work opportunities. This is done through the delivery of community assets and services, while also fostering economic inclusion to empower sustainable livelihoods and contribute to the country’s development agenda. Over the past four phases, GRDM provided numerous formal and informal training opportunities and contributed to the capacity building of local municipalities’ EPWP programs.

Within the region, three municipalities were awarded this certification: Garden Route District, Mossel Bay, and Hessequa Municipalities.

Featured image caption:  FLTR, Lusanda Menze – Executive Manager: Planning & Economic Development, Cllr Hilton Stroebel – Portfolio Chairperson: Property and Asset Management , Andrew Stroebel – GRDM Executive Mayor and Richard Dyantyi – EPWP Manager.

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