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145 WEDNESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2008
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No of
Vuk’uphile SMMEs created
SMMEs
Created
Coega Development Corporation 10
Buffalo City Municipality 10
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
20
Municipality
Chris Hani District Municipality 10
Ukhahlamba District Municipality 10
Department of Public Works of the
10
Eastern Cape
Amathole District Municipality 10
Free State
Department of Transport, Roads and Pub- 30
lic Works
Mangaung Local Municipality 20
Gauteng
Ekurhuleni Municipality 25
City of Tshwane 12
Department of Housing of the Gauteng 27
Provincial Government
City of Johannesburg 16
KwaZulu-Natal
Ethekwini Municipality 24
Umkhanyakude District Municipality 30
Limpopo
Roads Agency Limpopo (all 26
26
municipalities)
Greater Sekhukhune District
10
Municipality
Mpumalanga
Department of Public Works & Roads 15
Nkangala District Municipality —
21
Phase I
Nkangala District Municipality —
23
Phase II
Nkangala District Municipality —
25
Phase III
Emalahleni Local Municipality (Witbank) 10
Northern Cape
Department of Transport, Roads, and Pub- 25
lic Works Northern Cape
North West
Rustenburg Local Municipality 20
Madibeng Local Municipality 10
Western Cape
Mossel Bay Municipality 6
Vuk’uphile SMMEs created
No of
SMMEs
Created
George Municipality 6
Department of Public Works, Roads 10
Klipfontein Corridor Project 22
Total no of Vuk’uphile SMMEs created 508
Each of companies developed through the
programme will be Cipro registered companies;
will either exit the programme at level
3, 4 or 5 on the CIDB register in terms of
civil works; would have executed work for
government in terms of the construction of
pavements, low-volume roads, etc. All companies
receive mentor support on business
and technical matters when executing training
projects. The turnover, per company
varies from R1-3 million, over the duration
of the programme. All companies would
have received access to finance through
ABSA. Some of the companies’ access asset
finance through ABSA.
2. New venture creation learnership in
economic sector
This programme is similar to the
Vuk’uphile Programme. However,
the programme focuses strongly on the
development of the SMME owner.
A large focus of the programme has
been the development of building contractors.
Generally building is labourintensive
by its very nature and
therefore the programme focuses on
ensuring job creation through creating
sustainable small businesses.
The programme selects individuals
through a series of open selection
procedures, for example, newspaper
advertisements, public briefing sessions,
written assessments and interviews.
All individuals are required to
register a new close corporation. All
individuals undergo a New Venture
Creation Learnership at either NQF