The Gauteng Tshepo 500 000 is an employment creation and entrepreneurship development programme aimed at training, skilling and mentoring 500 000 young people through a set of projects aimed at empowering Youth, Women and people with disabilities giving them hope, employability and entrepreneurial skills over the next 5 years (2014-2019)

OBJECTIVES

• Assist in alleviating the unemployment backlog trough job creation programmes
• Forge economic inclusion of youth, women and people with disabilities through inspiring wider economic activities
• The need to redefine the entrepreneurship space and inculcate values of being an entrepreneur
• Integrated skills training and development to graduates and give them opportunities to gain working experience
• Facilitate departments participation and collaboration in implementing the programme