Macpherson: Govt plans to reimagine EPWP to ensure workers build lasting careers

Cape Town
Carlo Petersen

Carlo Petersen

15 September 2025 | 16:17

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson said that government plans to reimagine its expanded public works programme (EPWP) to ensure workers can build lasting careers.

Macpherson: Govt plans to reimagine EPWP to ensure workers build lasting careers

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson during an engagement with members of the community in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain on 15 September 2025. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson said that government plans to reimagine its expanded public works programme (EPWP) to ensure workers can build lasting careers.

Macpherson joined Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain on Monday to host an EPWP listening tour.

Hill-Lewis said that more than 1,000 EPWP workers have become permanent City of Cape Town employees in the last financial year.

Macpherson said he would like to emulate Cape Town's achievements nationally.

"We want to reform the EPWP to become something that gives you an opportunity to a life-long job or career."

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