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• That a clear developmental programme be facilitated with, optic fibre and ICT companies who have already rollout their infrastructure along the road servitudes or verges to adopt a school and provide Wi-Fi hotspots and relevant gadgets.
• That the Youth Council reaffirms its support of the implementation and continuation of Ugu District Water Ambassador programme, as the tool of promoting responsible water use, payment for services and reporting illegal connections.
• That an integrated community capacity building programme be developed with the Ugu Special Programmes, Department of Education, Health, Social Development, SAPS and Local municipalities targeting schools and communities around the issues of prevention and fighting drug abuse, gender based violence, bullying and child abuse.
• That all municipalities as part of their IDP Review Process and Engagement sessions must have a dedicated Mayoral Imbizo focusing on youth, this shall be known as IDP Youth Imbizo.
• That Youth Council shall be considered as a key stakeholder and ally of Ugu Council in its service delivery turnaround programme.
• That youth council shall be allocated resources and logistics to facilitate youth dialogues and social cohesion activities in all wards that were affected by public protests linked to water service delivery.
On Health Care and Combating Substance Abuse
• That the Youth Council shall encourage youth or young people to participate in the nominations and elections of Clinic Committees and Hospital boards, in order to safeguard the interest of young people and ensure that those facilities and their services are youth friendly.
• That the Youth Council shall engaged District Department of Health to implement a pilot programme in partnership with Department of Education and Social Development a sexual productive health targeting schools with high pregnancy rate, which later will be expanded as an annual programme.
• That the Youth Council partner with Department of Social Development to establish a focus programme, which will be known as Ugu Youth against Drugs and Alcohol Abuse.
• That youth council further engage the Department of Sports, Recreation, and Department of Health to rollout the health lifestyle by supporting existing non-profit community very healthy lifestyle recreational clubs and facilities.
• That youth council working closely with all youth units and local municipalities youth council shall immediately plan and implement a community awareness programme on the Covid 19 vaccination programme.
• That youth council will and encourage young people to report adults (sugar daddies/moms) including educators and anybody who care for children or young people who is involve in a sexual relationships, to the relevant authorities i.e. SAPS and his or her employer.
• That youth council will lobby and advocate the placement of unemployed social workers within the youth development units of the municipalities as part of outreach programme financial supported by both Department of Social Development and HWSETA
Economic Participation and Transformation
• That the district municipality must ensure that in the composition of their municipal entities, that at least 30 % of board members are under the age of 35 years and bona fide resident of Ugu District.
• That the district municipality mandates the development agencies to ensure that all their programmes and projects beneficiaries are made of 40% of youth.
• That all municipalities shall considered creating of pre-qualification youth owned enterprises database for various services and infrastructure development in order to ensure participation of youth in all opportunities offered via public procurement.
• That the pre-qualification youth owned database will be used for sub-contracting opportunities on ward, cluster and municipal level.
• That municipality shall consider prioritizing young people or young entrepreneurs for trading permit or licenses or even leasing or disposal of immovable properties.
• That Ugu Youth Council shall facilitate the establishment of Youth in Business Forum or even engaged South Coast Chamber of Business to establish a youth chamber, which will act as the voice of youth owned businesses.
• That the newly established NYDA District office shall coordinate their work with SEDA to accelerate the development of youth entrepreneurs.
• That the performance agreements of all heads of departments and accounting officers within the family of municipalities shall include a target on youth economic empowerment.
• That the Youth Development Unit shall play a critical role in identifying, supporting and submitting of qualifying youth
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