15 Aug 2017

Assistant Minister of Land Management Water and Sanitation Services, Mr Itumeleng Moipisi has applauded youth from his constituency for their courageous participation during the meeting with

Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development.

In a follow up interview with BOPA, after minister Thapelo Olopeng’s address to the youth in Kgalagadi North constituency, Mr Moipisi said he was impressed by the attendance, participation and the enthusiasm they displayed during their interaction with the minister.

Mr Moipisi said it still shows that youth lacked understanding on a lot of issues related to business operations and called for Youth Pitso in the constituency.

He said Youth Pitso would serve as a platform where they could showcase their locally produced products, exchange ideas to bring together all the strings that could transform an idea into a product or how to make improvements on their products and how to acquire solutions when in the entrepreneurial world.

In addition, he said the forum would also create a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to promote their products, attract customers, and give customers the chance to differentiate their products from other competitors.

Mr Moipisi further applauded government for taking a bold step to improve the livelihoods of citizens by luring them into entrepreneurship.

He said government has taken a bold step to improve the livelihoods of its citizens through improving household food security, empowering the poor through engagement in income generating activities, generating employment opportunities and ultimately leading to promoting sustainable economic diversification and reducing destitution as well as facilitation of participants graduating out of poverty programs. He said government has contributed enormously to make positive changes in the lives of many citizens therefore, he urged youth and other eligible citizens to become active members by fully utilising available programs.

However, Mr Moipisi said government was still faced with challenges especially those businesses that have collapsed and urged youth and other upcoming entrepreneurs to set priorities for business opportunities, concentrating on market segment within which they expect to achieve the best overall economic return from their product or service.

He encouraged community members to utilise the MP’s constituency office for any concerns so that they would be liaised with relevant authorities.Ends