180,000 work on government projects
About 180,000 people had found work through government's infrastructure programme up to March this year, according to Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.
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In a written reply to a parliamentary question, he said the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission was tracking job numbers on 150 "project clusters" of the National Infrastructure Plan.
"As at March, about 180,000 people were employed on these projects, with the largest single-site employment at Medupi power station (14,418 persons) and Kusile power station (14,002 persons)," Patel said.
Source: Sapa via I-Net Bridge