Limpopo Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province. Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province.
Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Training<br />
National and provincial government<br />
are investing heavily in<br />
training. The <strong>Limpopo</strong> Provincial<br />
Government has a national<br />
pilot project in training for Tool,<br />
Dye and Mould-Making. In 2015<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>’s first 20 trainees qualified.<br />
There is a plan to establish a<br />
Manufacturing Support Centre to<br />
make sure that the right skills are<br />
being taught to support industry.<br />
Involved parties will be the<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> Tooling Initiative Advisory<br />
Board, the Technology Information<br />
Agency and universities.<br />
During 2014/15 the provincial<br />
government made R12-million<br />
available for internships, bursaries<br />
and learnerships. The allocation<br />
for 2015/16 was 50 bursaries and<br />
a commitment to employ 98 interns<br />
with a view to helping them<br />
train for the job market. A specialist<br />
programme to develop skills in<br />
the green economy has 31 young<br />
people supported by the provincial<br />
government studying Energy<br />
Management Systems.<br />
There is a National Student<br />
Financial Aid Scheme, which is<br />
under pressure following a concentrated<br />
protest across South<br />
Africa against high university fees.<br />
Bursaries are also available under<br />
the National Skills Fund.<br />
The Medupi Power Station<br />
Joint Venture (MPSJV: Grinaker-<br />
LTA, Murray & Roberts and<br />
Concor) has a training facility<br />
where about 1 300 local people<br />
have been trained to qualify for<br />
jobs on this complex building site.<br />
Far in the north of the province,<br />
De Beers has established a<br />
Skills Development Centre, linked to its Venetia Mine. The centre caters<br />
not only to mine employees, but also for local school pupils and adults<br />
from the community of Alldays.<br />
Impala Platinum (along with its <strong>Limpopo</strong> subsidiary Marula Platinum)<br />
has a partnership with the National Department of Mineral Resources<br />
and the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management, which focuses<br />
on the training of black women in the mining industry. A Master of<br />
Science degree in Technology and Innovation is available to candidates,<br />
several of whom are now in management positions at Impala Platinum.<br />
Anglo Platinum (Amplats) has a new Mining Training Centre (Eastern<br />
Limb) at its Twickenham mine, and this will also deliver training and<br />
assessment to staff of other operations.<br />
What for several years were known as Further Education and Training<br />
Colleges (FET) have now been re-branded as Technical and Vocational<br />
Education and Training (TVET) Colleges. There are seven TVET colleges<br />
in <strong>Limpopo</strong>: Capricorn College, Lephalale College, Mopani East College,<br />
Mopani South College, Sekhukhune College, Vhembe College and<br />
Waterberg College.<br />
Capricorn College has three campuses, each of which has a slightly<br />
different focus. The city campus in Polokwane offers business studies,<br />
engineering and National Curriculum Vocation (NCV) subjects. Seshego<br />
(outer Polokwane) has an engineering focus while Senwabarwana is<br />
situated in a rural area and concentrates on teaching hospitality and<br />
hairdressing.<br />
At Lephalale TVET College, students can study <strong>Business</strong> Studies,<br />
Hospitality, Engineering Studies, Nature Management and Computer<br />
Science. The college has a satellite campus at Modimolle. Murray<br />
& Roberts is training hundreds of artisans at the Tlhahlong training<br />
centre in partnership with the college and the merSETA. Siemens has<br />
supported this centre with significant capital investment.<br />
Waterberg College operates as five business training centres across<br />
two municipalities, namely Lepelle-Nkumbi and Mogalakwena.<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Capricorn TVET College: www.capricorncollege.co.za<br />
Council of Higher Education: www.che.ac.za<br />
Lephalale TVET College: ww.lephalalefetcollege.co.za<br />
Mining Qualifications Authority: www.mqa.org.za<br />
Sumbandila Scholarship Trust: www.sumbandila.org<br />
Turfloof Graduate School of Leadership: www.ul.ac.za<br />
University of <strong>Limpopo</strong>: www.ul.ac.za<br />
University of South Africa: www.unisa.ac.za<br />
University of Venda for Science and Technology:<br />
www.univen.ac.za<br />
Waterberg College: www.waterbergcollege.co.za<br />
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