Today we spoke to the National Director of the Building Bridges Nationwide or BBN – Mr Joe Cook. BBN’s vision is to facilitate the working together of business and the larger community in ways that inspires, encourages and supports many more to become entrepreneurs so that more employment opportunities are created and crime reduced. For more information you can visit their website at www.bbn.co.za or email them at info@bbn.co.za
We also spoke to Ntsiki Mlotywa – Section Head of Skill Development from the City of Cape Town. The city of Cape Town launched a pilot project 18 months ago that provided a group of about 144 unemployed people in Nyanga with self-supporting skills. The Nyanga job centre forms part of the city’s skills development efforts to equip school-leavers with skills. For more information you can contact Andiswa Philisan at (021) 483 9028 or Eric Nontshiza - Project Manager of the Nyanga Job Centre at 084 315 2435.
And our last interview was with Denise Damon – from Community Connections. Community Connections offers a range of Organisational Development Services for community workers. For more information you can contact them at (021) 371 2909 or (021) 371 2986 alternatively visit www.connectionsafrica.org.za
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