Political parties agree on need for business, government collaboration
One cannot develop South Africa with a blanket approach, without consultation and discussion and these interactions should not be confined to the election season only, Inkatha Freedom Party MP Mhuleko...
View ArticleVirtual reality emerging as a mainstream skills-development tool
Virtual Reality (VR) has hitherto been associated largely with the gaming industry. But as rates of digital penetration rise and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) increases the demand new skills...
View ArticleVWSA provides 560 work opportunities under the YES programme
Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has created work opportunities for 560 unemployed youth through the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The group...
View ArticleSocial partnerships a cornerstone of skills development – Manamela
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela on Tuesday stressed the importance of social partnerships as a cornerstone of skills development. In an opening speech at the Skills...
View ArticleAMSA says contingency plans in place as Numsa strikes over ‘labour brokers’
Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) says it has introduced contingency plans at its various plants to minimise the potential impact on production of a National Union of Metalworkers of...
View ArticleBetter planning needed to ensure jobs for skilled persons in water, energy...
About 300 000 graduates in the energy and water sectors in South Africa are seeking employment, some of whom even re-enter into learnerships to stay in the economically active loop, says Energy and...
View ArticleNUM to march on Luthuli House on March 30 to protest Eskom unbundling
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) announced on Tuesday that it would march on the African National Congress’ (ANC's) Luthuli House head office, in Johannesburg, on March 30 to voice its...
View ArticleFrench foreign minister visits local construction training academy
The French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian visited construction materials and infrastructure components multinational Saint-Gobain’s Germiston, Ekurhuleni, construction...
View ArticleLesedi exploring opportunities in Africa at PEWA
Engineering, procurement, project management and maintenance solutions house Lesedi Nuclear Services will, for the second time, attend the Power and Electricity World Africa (PEWA) conference taking...
View ArticleNCPC-SA to strengthen implementation of water project
The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) aims to strengthen implementation of its Industrial Water Efficiency (IWE) project and move towards the adoption of best practices and...
View ArticlePEWA to focus on women and youth participation in energy
The Power & Electricity World Africa (PEWA) conference will focus on innovation, investment, and women and youth participation in energy as it welcomes forty African countries for its twenty-second...
View ArticleMandatory, compulsory programmes launched in response to systemic challenges...
In direct response to the systemic challenges facing government departments, the National School of Government’s (NSG’s) mandatory and compulsory programmes were launched on Monday, in Pretoria. The...
View ArticleNUM says Ramaphosa assured union no jobs would be lost in Eskom unbundling
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday confirmed that it had met with President Cyril Ramaphosa, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Energy Minister Jeff Radebe this week. The...
View ArticleACSA reports successful CBMT training for Cape Town communities
Forty-five community members from the informal settlements of Freedom Farm and Malawi Camp this week graduated in Competency Based Modular Training (CBMT) in House Building. The training, which started...
View ArticleJapan focusing attention on Indian Ocean rim countries for mutual benefit
Japanese international strategy was today focusing on the rim of the Indian Ocean, highlighted Keio University Faculty of Law Professor Yuichi Hosoya in a recent address to the South African Institute...
View ArticleFrench Foreign Affairs Minister visits local construction academy
The French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian visited construction materials and infrastructure components multinational Saint-Gobain Construction Training Academy, in...
View ArticleAveng Strabag Joint Venture to appeal ruling on calling of Mtentu bridge bonds
The Aveng Strabag Joint Venture (ASJV) reported on Friday that it would appeal the dismissal of an urgent application, lodged by the ASJV in February, seeking to prevent the South African National...
View ArticleGroup Five subsidiary companies to continue operating as going concerns – BRPs
The joint business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for Group Five and Group Five Construction on Monday confirmed that subsidiary companies of these entities would continue to operate as going concerns, as...
View ArticleNumsa members embark on strike at BMW’s Rosslyn plant
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) on Monday claimed that BMW South Africa had unilaterally changed the terms of service for contract workers. As a result, Numsa members have...
View ArticleGauteng to hand over buildings to Wits, other higher education institutions
Over the next few weeks, the Gauteng Provincial Government will start handing over a number of buildings to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) to help address the acute shortage of student...
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