After visiting the Xitsavi Youth Centre outside Tzaneen, Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya says similar programmes could help to eradicate poverty and unemployment in rural areas.

Chief Tinyiko Nwamitwa established the centre in 2009 to offer skills development and tackle socio economic challenges. The centre offers computer literacy, sewing, and agricultural gardening workshops for young people. It also has an early child development centre.

“We discovered that the youth, when they have nothing to do, resort to drugs and many other things that are not desirable in the community,” says the Chief Nwamitwa.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya meets Chief Tinyiko Nwamitwa (Presidency)