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Road and Umlazi (Durban); Pinetown (Pinetown); Enyenyezi and Port Shepstone (Port
Shepstone); Richards Bay (Richards Bay); Nongoma (Nongoma); Ezakheni and ladysmith
(ladysmith); Madadeni, Newcastle and St Oswald's (Newcastle); Edendale, KwaZulu-Natal
Midlands, Msunduzi, Northdale and Plessislaer (Pietermaritzburg), and Vryheid (Vryheid).
The more formal agricultural/forestrylindustrial training institutions which offer courses
including those of some relevance to water and sanitation are: Africa Enterprise; the
Baynesfield Training Centre; Forestry Training Services (formerly Timber Industry
Manpower Services); the KwaZulu Training Trust; the Midlands Community College; the
Mjindi Farming Training Centre; the Mkondeni Training Centre, and the Natal Training
Centre. A feature of the courses presented by certain training institutions such as the
Baynesfield Training Centre, is the GM course. The purpose of the GM (manpower,
management money, machinery, materials and markets) course isto provide trainees with
some background to the functioning of a modern economy. The GM course - while not
specifically related to water issues - serves as a valuable introduction which has
widespread management implications.
Some 25 other agencies undertake general development-work training, sometimes with
special reference to water and sanitation (such as spring protection). Government
departments involved with water and sanitation training include the Community Services
Branch of the Natal Provincial Administration; the Department of National Health and
Population Development; the l