​The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) is putting youth at the center of its policies and is investing in human capital projects focused on youth entrepreneurship, education, and skills development.
According to the Mid-Term Review of Growing Gauteng Together 2030, the GPG departments provided 48 177 youth work opportunities against the target of 80 337 to date. Gauteng municipalities provided 30,192 youth work opportunities against a target of 85 733 to date.
The Tshepo 1 Million Programme provided 520 524 youth work opportunities and has benefitted approximately 1 million youth since its launch.
The National Youth Service created 19 771 (54.2%) work opportunities against the target of 36 457.
Headline achievements in vocational and further education and training saw 324 youth awarded bursaries through TVET colleges, 150 TVET students completed Work Integrated Learning, and 429 youth in the Gauteng City-Region Apprenticeship Programme.
'Thint'I Million mass digital learning programme reached 30 461 youth.  About 314 youth trained through the Innovation Hub's [BN1] CoachLab and Code Tribe, of these 114 found employment - 45 permanent and 69 temporary jobs.
A total of 3339 unemployed youth were trained in automotive skills and 2061 auto industry workforce were trained.
These trends are set to soar as the provincial government is repositioning its youth empowerment and development policies and initiatives in the 2022 financial year.
During the State of the Province Address on 21 February 2022, Premier David Makhura announced that the Gauteng government is reviewing and repositioning Tshepo 1 Million into a more comprehensive youth development intervention and developing an integrated Gauteng Youth Development Strategy (GYDS-2030) which is aligned with, GGT2030.The draft strategy is complete and has been sent to the executive for approval.
The provincial government is also strengthening the Youth Development Machinery by re-establishing the Youth Directorate in the Office of the Premier and Youth Focal Units in departments and setting up a War Room of Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship to coordinate public sector, private sector, and civil society interventions.
Makhura also announced that  the re-established Youth Directorate in the Office of the Premier will ensure proper coordination of all departmental initiatives and programmes on youth development.
This strengthened machinery has already seen the appointment of the Gauteng Youth Advisory Panel to provide strategic policy advice to the executive council.