Initiative upskills Joburg’s youth
A new programme that focuses on teaching young people Web programming and entrepreneurship will ultimately tie up with similar initiatives to make Johannesburg a smarter and more innovative city. The programme is a partnership between SAP, Simplon and the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown and aims to advance youth skills development among graduate students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds. David Kramer, CEO of the Sci Bono Discover Centre, says the programme could ultimately link up with Wits University’s Tshomolong Precinct in Braamfontein to form a digital corridor and exchange resources.
Skills development key for African growth
With Africa’s population set to triple by 2050, modernising local economies will be vital to make the continent more competitive and to increase people’s living standards. This is according to the African Economic Outlook 2015, which was released at the African...Amended B-BBEE Act could cost jobs
The amended Broad-based Black Economic Empower (B-BBEE) Act of 2013 that came into effect on 1 May 2015 could potentially wipe out more than R20-billion in direct skills development and training investments and cost black South Africans many thousands of job opportunities. In this opinion piece, Hansie Fourie, managing executive of B-BBEE Consultancy Services, explains why.