The South African Renewable Energy and Technology Centre (SARETEC) facility was established to develop the skills required to design, build, operate and maintain world-class renewable energy utility-scale power plants. The fully equipped cutting-edge facility, located at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, is fully operational and was launched by the Director-General of Higher Education and

The professional development of campus managers project is aimed at building the capacity of technical vocational education and training (TVET) campus managers and professionalising their roles and functions. It has also enabled a bond of comradery to develop between all campus managers across the country. Public TVET colleges have a significant role in addressing the

The Centre of Specialisation Programme was officially kick-started in March 2019 with the first cohort of 649 apprentices onboarded and inducted by host employers. The group makes up 83% of the projected 780 apprentices for the first intake in the artisanal development programme being rolled out at 26 technical vocational education and training (TVET) campuses in

Durban-based Workers’ College was approved R8 million in the previous financial year for the enrolment of 170 workers for the college programmes, namely the Industrial and Working Life Programme (IWLP) degree, Higher Certificate in Labour Economics, Higher Certificate in Labour Studies, Higher Certificate in Public Administration and Participatory Action Research. The IWLP degree is offered in

The Wild Coast Fisheries Project, implemented by the College of Sustainable Agriculture, was approved by the National Skills Fund (NSF) in March 2018 and provided funding of R29 million. The funding was for the training of some 800 youth and women from 23 Wild Coast villages stretching from the Nqileni-Xhora Mouth to Port St Johns–Lujazo areas. The

The South African Digital Content Organisation (SADICO) was approved R2,3 million funding by the National Skills Fund (NSF) to roll out the Youth Digital Technology Industry Development Project, which involves training 100 unemployed youth in technology-related skills programmes. The project aims to empower the youth to be active and independent participants in the digital technology industry,

Aviwe Business Development Services, in Newtown, Johannesburg, is implementing two media training programmes with the R12,4 million funding it was approved from the National Skills Fund (NSF) in November 2018. A total of 200 unemployed youth are beneficiaries of this funding injection. The training is borne out of the increasing demand for media jobs and skills needed

Some 600 unemployed young people from the Ngqushwa, Sundays River, Kouga and Makana local municipalities in the Eastern Cape are beneficiaries of the National Skills Fund (NSF)-funded rural skills development initiative being implemented by Lavender Sky (ACOSA). The learners are being trained in plant production, crop analysis and livestock, small medium and micro enterprise (SMME)