# The DA in Gauteng says the provincial Department of Economic Development continues to fail the residents by not meeting its key targets, which is negatively impacting service delivery and job creation. The party’s, Patrick Atkinson, says according to the department’s annual report for the 2022/2023 financial year, they failed to meet the job creation target of 572-thousand-784 jobs. He says only three-thousand-and-62 jobs were created through the various programmes, which is concerning and unacceptable: