22 March – Labour

Today we spoke to Dawie Bosch – Chief Technical Advisor for the Programme towards the elimination of the worst kinds of child labour. The programme deals with issues in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. This programme works with various other organisations and their programme is about taking action against child labour. If you want more information about the programme you can contact Dawie at (012) 431 88 29 or email tecl@tecl.org.za

And we also spoke to Toni Wilcox. Toni is a center manager from Build Adult Learning Co-Operative or Balco. It is a non-profit organisation that strives to empower and transform deprived communities. Their focus is on unemployment and illiteracy. They have community learning centre in different areas like Lavender Hill, Kraaifontein, Khayelitsha to Steenberg. If you want more information about the Balco you can call their offices (021) 706 2261 or email them at balco-abet@mweb.co.za

And we closed off the show with an interview with Candice Collins and Zamazulu Gwazilitye from Learn to Earn. Candice is the communications officer for the organisation and Zamazulu is one of Learn to Earn’s current sewing students. Learn to Earn was established in 1989 and over 7700 people have been trained through this programme. Their vision is to eradicate unemployment and other legacies of injustice in the country and in Africa as a whole. For more information about the Learn to Earn you can contact their Khayelitsha office at (021) 361 5972 or visit their website at www.learntoearn.org.za
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