Local entrepreneurs strengthen business skills
The first phase of an exciting business skills development programme has kicked off in Parys, welcoming nearly 40 local entrepreneurs. The...
Local entrepreneurs strengthen business skills
Community Impact
Bursary programme opens doors for Noupoort youth
Bursary programme opens doors for Noupoort youth
Sinegugu Tshona, a recent graduate from Noupoort, has built a strong academic record and is establishing himself as an emerging young...
Local graduate returns home to build a future
Local graduate returns home to build a future
For 34-year-old Kathu resident Lesedi Tshedimosetso Thankane, hard work has paid off in more ways than one. After graduating Cum Laude with a...
Bursary opens doors for Kimberley graduate
Bursary opens doors for Kimberley graduate
Bophelo Segolodi, from Vergenoeg Galeshewe, Kimberley, has always been curious about how electricity and technology shape everyday life. That...
Springbok youth entrepreneurs equipped with digital skills
Springbok youth entrepreneurs equipped with digital skills
Elmarie Booyang (33 yrs) is one of ten young entrepreneurs from the Springbok area who recently completed a digital training workshop as part of...
Wind turbine manufacturer sdvancing agri initiative
Wind turbine manufacturer sdvancing agri initiative
Two years into its launch, the Livestock for Livelihoods initiative in Noupoort is entering a strategic new phase that prioritises value-chain...
Highlights
Conservation programme creates new employment
A local conservation programme is creating real opportunities for young people around the Ceres Mountain Fynbos Nature Reserve. More than 40 youth have gained green employment, clearing over 2,000 hectares of invasive alien vegetation and, for one participant, opening the door to permanent municipal employment. The benefits reach well beyond the reserve. Neighbouring communities are seeing a recovering natural environment, along with renewed care for the public spaces they use every day. “In the past few months, the improvement in the state of the park, the cleanliness, the tending, the...