Public protector steps in to help contractors left stranded after North West incubator folded
There is hope for businesspeople in the North West who were part of the provincial public works and transport department’s abortive contractor incubator programme. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Tuesday proposed that the department reach a settlement with all the contractors that they be paid by next week. On Tuesday‚ Mkhwebane invited aggrieved people who were part of the Vuku’phile programme to furnish her office with details of their suffering and suggested remedies by Friday. She also required the department to furnish her with the proposed settlement on Friday. The programme was the department’s contractor learnership programme where emerging contractors were given on-the-job training. In terms of the programme started in 2016‚ 65 contractors were chosen and they were each required to employ five people they would mentor. The contractors were to be given one project for three years.
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