By Busisiwe Fobose The critical role of Community Education and Training (CET) colleges in providing a second chance to young people who have not completed matric came into sharp focus during a recent Parliamentary oversight visit in Mpumalanga. Members of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training visited Mpumalanga Community Education and Training (CET) […]
In July 2023, Knysna hosted the much-anticipated Garden Route Skills Summit and Career Festival. Organised by the Garden Route Skills Mecca (GRSM), a product of the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) and its stakeholders, the annual event brought together community members from across the district with a shared vision of equipping the youth with essential
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Today, Dr Palesa Mabatho Monyake is a better doctor since completing the paediatric critical fellowship at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). She is thankful to the National Skills Fund (NSF) for funding her to become a paediatric intensivist, a specialist in paediatric critical care. Dr Monyake is one of 20 doctors and 269 nurses
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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
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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,
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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
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