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Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi will outline plans to create jobs for Gauteng residents when he tables the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Thursday,15 August.
Addressing the media during a media briefing, Premier Lesufi said during his speech he will outline the province's intervention programmes to grow the Gauteng economy and create job opportunities.
The Premier noted that  the provincial government backed Nasi iSpani programmes were not part of electioneering. 
"Our Nasi Ispani programme was not a vote-catching ploy but a genuine attempt to get employment opportunities for the unemployed; hence, we will continue with these programmes.
"In the next few weeks, we will make more announcements about genuine job opportunities for those who are unemployed in our province. We are also proud that other provinces are following in our footsteps and introducing some of our job-creation initiatives," he said. 
Lesufi said he is scheduled to meet with the new Minister of Labour to accelerate the iCrush no Lova skills development programme.
This programme intends to reskill close to 500,000 unemployed people in the province.
"As soon as we bring on board the new Minister and allow her to share her ideas, we will move quickly to accommodate more people in this programme," said Lesufi.
The following programmes are still ongoing under the province's Nasi iSpani programme:
Youth Development Profiling programme - Profiling of youth within communities to determine interventions for youth development.  
Aga le Rona road workers programme - Maintenance of the road infrastructure.
Property maintenance programme - Maintenance programme at manual clearing, cleaning and maintaining vacant land, including government-owned facilities. 
Green Army programme - Assist communities in establishing food gardens and general environment maintenance.
Crime Prevention Wardens - These assist law enforcement agencies with crime prevention.  There are 7361 beneficiaries, and 2231 Military Veterans are currently undergoing training.
Sawubona Mhlali Brigade programme - Fosters intergovernmental collaboration by promoting joint planning and implementation amongst government departments as informed by identified needs and household problems.
Civic Ambassadors – To provide civic education to communities. 
Solar technicians - To prepare a renewable energy skills pipeline by training youth in the solar energy sector. 
Gauteng Youth Brigade - Provide general school and teacher assistance services to schools in Gauteng.