Exemptions for youth businesses welcome

At a time when despondency seems to be the order of the day, Minister Thapelo Olopeng took to Facebook last week to announce some of the most encouraging news that young people need to hear at a time when government needs to be seen to be providing a conducive environment for job creation and citizen empowerment.

Olopeng also announced that Cabinet has approved a substantial number of exemptions for youth businesses. Among others, businesses owned by young people would now have a grace period of five years without paying lease fees for commercial plots and farms.