#SONA2025 | "We want a nation where there is work for all.   Where every person can earn a decent living and realise their potential.   Where the rights of workers are protected and working conditions improved.   Where women and men receive equal pay for work of equal value.   We need to ensure that growth creates jobs for all, especially for young people.   The success of the Presidential Employment Stimulus shows how public employment programmes can create meaningful work that generates a wider benefit and contributes to sustainable employment.   The employment stimulus has created almost 2.2 million work and livelihood opportunities through innovative models that provide high-quality work to participants.   The Social Employment Fund has created over 80,000 jobs this year.   It has supported more than 12,000 participants to enterentrepreneurial activities.   During the past year, young people secured 235,000 work opportunities through the National Pathway Management Network, which is underpinned by the platform.   We now need to build on these innovative programmes to create jobs for youth at even greater scale." - President Cyril Ramaphosa #GovZAUpdates