This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
Engineering News reports that the British government is to invest up to £75-million of official development assistance, globally, for skills development across nine fast-growing economies, with the SA portion being dedicated to addressing the skills gaps, skills mismatch and quality training for unemployed youth and youth in post-school education and training.
Undertaking the local portion of assistance, the British High Commission in SA plans to work with local partners to train unemployed youth in technical skills through trade apprenticeships. In partnership with Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and implementation partners – the Institute of Plumbing of SA (IOPSA), the National Business Initiative (NBI), and BluLever Education – the programme will aim to skill 200 marginalised young people for income-earning opportunities using technical skills. In addition, a further 100 underemployed young people will be assisted in gaining a formal qualification, which will improve their earnings and career prospects. The British High Commission’s innovative apprenticeship approach to setting young work-seekers up for success starts with Harambee selecting candidates through the SA Youth mobile platform based on the attitudes and aptitudes most valued in trade work. SA Youth is a zero-rated, data-free network that matches work-seekers to earning and learning opportunities. This new approach to sourcing and the transformative training these young people will receive – which will critically includes a focus on work-readiness components in addition to technical skills – will set them up to succeed in high-demand jobs.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Engineering News
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page