Working on Fire creates more job opportunities for young people

In the quest to reduce the high unemployment rate in the country, Working on Fire (WoF) in Limpopo launched a recruitment drive to create jobs for 37 young males and females from villages across the five districts.

These young people were selected during the WoF recruitment programme that took place in Polokwane last week.

The candidates are expected to officially join the WoF programme and begin with advanced firefighting training on 8 March.

The new recruits will be leaving the province on Sunday to Kishugu Training Academy in Mpumalanga where their training will be conducted.

WoF Provincial Spokesperson, Mmatema Gwangwa said the initiative formed part of efforts to impact positively to the country, by employing the youth of South Africa and equipping them with skills while preparing them for better career opportunities, within and outside the WoF programme.

“Every year, Working on Fire participants exit the programme after acquiring the much-needed career experience, expertise and skills to pursue their future career goals.

“Our recruitment drives were successful, though they took longer than usual as we had to abide by the Covid-19 regulations, which means that we had to take smaller groups at a time.

“We are grateful that the applicants were disciplined throughout the entire process,” said Gwangwa.

She added that due to the high volume of unemployment in the country, a high number of youth pitched for the recruitment drives, and worked hard through all the activities.

“We would have loved to take all of them but at the end of the day only 37 made it through.”