15 March – Labour

Today we spoke to Deborah Menzi – Training Manager at Etafeni Day Care Centre. Etafeni day care centre is a non-profit organisation situated in Nyanga. It is a crèche, preschool and after school care. They also run various programmes in the community. They are currently recruiting young people with matric certificate to train in their programme aimed at empowering them for employment. The training will start on the 2nd of April. If you want more information about the training you can contact Deborah at (021) 386 1516 or visit their website at www.etafenitrust.org
PIC:www.etafenitrust.org

And we also spoke to Althea Mac Quene – Western Cape Coordinator of the Development Institute for training, support and Education for Labour or Ditsela. Ditsela was established in 1996 by SA’s major trade union federations to help build the Labour Movement’s education. Their motto is ‘Pathways to Strong Labour Movement’. They want to help build labour capacity to strengthen worker participation, strengthen workers intellectual capacity and build strong labour movement in South Africa. If you want more information about the institute you can call their offices (021) 959 2581 or visit www.ditsela.org.za
PIC:www.ditsela.org.za

Our last interview was with Makhosi Godwana and Joy Olivier founders of Ikamva Youth. Ikamva youth is a non-profit organisation that helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. They believe that they can make a positive change in the community by using very little resources. They help grade 10 to 12 learners in accessing tertiary education and job-based training. They are situated at the Nazeema Isaacs library in Khayelitsha and in Nyanga library. For more information about the project or if you want to start you own Ikamva branch you can contact Joy at 083 951 3336 or visit their website at www.ikamvayouth.org

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