The municipality has an extensive EPWP programme, which is funded through the national grant and augmented by municipality’s own internal funding. The programme stretch across various fields of service delivery. The programme creates work opportunities and in 2018/19 a total of 782 (Municipal infrastructure Grant created 186, Integrated grant 145 and own funding 451) jobs were created The Environmental sector has been identified as the largest employment generator in the EPWP. This includes programmes of the Urban Cleansing project, litter picking and removing of illegal dumping sites by Labour Intensive methods. For the 2019/20 financial year, municipality has been allocated an amount of R 5 515 000.00.

Due to financial constraints, the programme will be prioritise areas where illegal dumping is rife, maintain parks and cleaning of Sidewalks instead of being rolled out within all 34 wards.