North West Business 2019 edition
The 2019 edition of North West Business is the ninth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2009, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the North West Province. North West Business includes news and analysis of the most important sectors, with a regional overview covering the strategic thinking behind plans to attract investment into the province. Best known for its platinum mines, grain and livestock farming and tourism, the province is making a concerted effort to bolster its manufacturing capacity. Updated information on the North West is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
The 2019 edition of North West Business is the ninth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2009, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the North West Province.
North West Business includes news and analysis of the most important sectors, with a regional overview covering the strategic thinking behind plans to attract investment into the province. Best known for its platinum mines, grain and livestock farming and tourism, the province is making a concerted effort to bolster its manufacturing capacity.
Updated information on the North West is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
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Education and training<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
A new programme is training plumbers.<br />
South Africa’s educational institutions are being encouraged<br />
to focus on artisan skills. At the moment, artisans are<br />
trained in the country every year: the National Department<br />
of Higher Education and Training (DHET) wants that figure<br />
to be 30 000 by 2026.<br />
The first 164 graduates of a joint programme of the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>West</strong> Department of Economy and Enterprise Development and<br />
the Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) have<br />
received their certificates in plumbing. The three-year apprenticeship<br />
is focussed on women and youth.<br />
Technical Vocational and Educational Training colleges teach<br />
skills that are relevant to the workplace. <strong>North</strong> <strong>West</strong> has three TVET<br />
colleges with several campuses each. Vuselela TVET College has its<br />
headquarters in Klerksdorp, where there is also an accredited trade<br />
test centre. There are a further four campuses: Jouberton Centre for<br />
Engineering Studies; Matlosana Campus; Potchefstroom Centre for<br />
ICT and Taung Campus.<br />
Orbit TVET College has three sites, Rustenburg, Mankwe and Brits<br />
with about 15 000 students overall. The Rustenburg campus of Orbit<br />
College hosts a Microsoft IT Academy while the Mankwe campus<br />
offers automotive training, the result of a partnership between the<br />
Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services SETA (MerSETA),<br />
Lelethu Training and Ford South Africa.<br />
Orbit TVET College also hosts an electronics academy courtesy<br />
of sponsor Samsung Electronics. Located on the Mankwe campus,<br />
and in partnership with MerSETA, the academy has everything a<br />
trainee technician might want.<br />
The Taung Agricultural College is accredited by the Council<br />
on Higher Education (CHE) to offer the NQF level 6 Diploma in<br />
Agriculture specialising in Irrigation Technology.<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Mining Qualifications Authority: www.mqa.org.za<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>West</strong> Department of Education and Sport Development:<br />
www.nwdesd.gov.za<br />
<strong>North</strong>-<strong>West</strong> University: www.nwu.ac.za<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>West</strong> has three<br />
TVET colleges.<br />
The <strong>North</strong>-<strong>West</strong> University and its<br />
researchers are leaders in many<br />
fields, including astrophysics,<br />
tourism, solar energy and extruder<br />
technology.<br />
Among the research entities<br />
at NWU, there are five chairs<br />
allocated by the South African<br />
Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI):<br />
Astrophysics and Space Physics,<br />
Coal Research, Biofuels and other<br />
clean alternative fuels, Nuclear<br />
Engineering and Early Detection<br />
and Prevention of Cardiovascular<br />
Disease in Africa. The Engineering<br />
Faculty’s partnerships include<br />
Sasol, Eskom, Denel Aviation,<br />
Telkom and Sappi.<br />
<strong>North</strong>-<strong>West</strong> University (NWU)<br />
has more than 65 000 students,<br />
with about 26 000 studying by<br />
correspondence. The university's<br />
main campus is at Potchefstroom<br />
with satellite campuses at<br />
Mmabatho and Vanderbijlpark.<br />
The pharmaceutical faculty at<br />
the Potchefstroom campus of the<br />
<strong>North</strong>-<strong>West</strong> University is regarded<br />
as a national leader.<br />
The University of South Africa<br />
(Unisa) has three branches in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>West</strong>, at Rustenburg,<br />
Potchefstroom and Mmabatho.<br />
43 NORTH WEST BUSINESS <strong>2019</strong>
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