President Cyril Ramaphosa recently visited the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) in Pretoria East to observe progress on the Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund, a pioneering initiative aimed at creating sustainable employment opportunities for young people and marginalised communities. The visit formed part of the President’s engagements with youth beneficiaries of key flagship initiatives under the
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO JOIN PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA AT THE JOBS BOOST OUTCOMES FUND SITE VISIT IN PRETORIA. The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, will join President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, at the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) in Pretoria East. This visit forms part of
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UPDATE: NSF PAYMENT SYSTEM BACK ONLINE NOTICE 15 May 2025 The National Skills Fund is not directly responsible for payment of beneficiaries’ stipends. Instead, it is the Skills Development Providers contracted under the National Skills Fund who are responsible for processing payments of stipends to beneficiaries. The National Skills Fund’s payment system through the Department
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MINISTER NKABANE WELCOMES THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATING UNIT’S (SIU)INVESTIGATION INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE NATIONAL SKILLS FUND MEDIA STATEMENTFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE13 MAY 2025 The Minister of Higher Education, Dr Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane, who is also theExecutive Authority of the National Skills Fund, has welcomed President CyrilRamaphosa’s signing of the Proclamation authorising the SIU’s Investigation into theNational
The National Skills Fund (NSF) participated in the National Tourism Career Expo (NTCE) at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo, in October 2024. The three-day event, hosted by the Department of Tourism in partnership with key provincial stakeholders, aimed to underscore tourism’s vital role in South Africa’s economy. It fostered engagement between learners, educators,
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Garden Route Councillor Stephen de Vries, with the students enrolled in the newly launched hospitality programme On 18 September 2024 launched a Tourism and Hospitality Skills Development Project funded by the  National Skills Fund (NSF) at the Carpe Diem Schools in George. The project’s objective is to train, mentor, and develop 400 unemployed youth between
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The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has hosted technical and vocational education and training (TVET) month for the 50 public TVET colleges. Â In 2014, following a discussion with the South African Public Colleges Organisation (SAPCO), the Ministry of Higher Education and Training declared August TVET College Month. Â The DHET TVET Month
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NSF Interviewees: Front from left to right, Nkateko Salane, Nonhlanhla Ngwenya, Ameeb Maharaj, Sisipho Sopangiso, and Muzomuhle Mlotshwa
Since 2013, the NSF has funded public TVET colleges as part of a concerted effort to support the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and create equitable access to quality post-school education while strengthening the TVET colleges.
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NSF bricklaying beneficiaries (From left: Phumelele Ndwandwe, Sthembele Nzunza and Zanele Shamase) demonstrating bricklaying skills at their learning centre in Kwa Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal
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