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New Ipelegeng, step in the right direction

Monday, May 30, 2022 | 1270 Views |

The South East District Council (SEDC) visited three Ipelegeng Skills Development Programme (ISDP) building projects at Mogobane and Otse on Friday. The public works initiative, commonly referred to as Ipelegeng, has over time been criticised by many who charged that the programme was not adding much value to the lives of Batswana.

While government introduced the programme as one of the initiatives meant to reduce poverty, it came to be known as an unemployment relief scheme with not many having had anything positive to say about it.

Ipelegeng workers have been deployed in different areas to clean the streets, schools, and wherever the need might arise.

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