mass joblessness poverty and inequality the ten job drivers identified in the new growth path ngp are sectors with the highest potential to absorb the unemployed in numbers we have the understanding that every department in government must contribute to employment creation in concrete numbers the relevant departments are equally expected to engage the sectors in their respective areas of responsibility to commit themselves to this national programme the announcement of this programme triggered a new debate on whether those jobs would be decent or not the debate has since taken centre stage elevating decent work to almost a condition