OVERVIEW New business
OVERVIEW New business schools Staff and students celebrate the news that four students from the College of Cape Town’s Hospitality Department were selected to attend and work at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Middle East LLC to select four N6 Hospitality and Catering Services students to apply for an opportunity to work as Front of House Facing Commis Chefs at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. All of the students were from the City Campus and spent all of November and half of December in Doha. Specialisation Programme A Centres of Specialisation Programme has been introduced by the Department of Higher Education and Training to tackle priority skills. The College of Cape Town TVET concentrates on plumbing and automotive motor mechanics. A welding academy in Thornton has been opened with support from the merSETA (Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services SETA). Outside of the Cape metropole, Boland College looks after Stellenbosch, Worcester, Paarl and Caledon, while the Southern Cape College covers a wide area, from George to Beaufort West. The West Coast College also has a big catchment area. The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure is rolling out a skills programme for young people in prison. The focus is on technical skills in the built environment. ONLINE RESOURCES Apprenticeship Game Changer: www.westerncape.gov.za Centres of Specialisation: www.dhet.gov.za SA Renewable Energy Technology Centre: www.saretec.org.za TVET colleges: www.tvetcolleges.co.za Woodstock and Salt River are increasingly trendy destinations, something that is encouraged by tax rebates and other incentives to new businesses willing to open in that part of Cape Town that used to be an industrial and transport hub. Two savvy business organisations that have taken up new premises in the area are the Henley Business School and the Regent Business School. Henley Business School will offer four of its accredited qualifications, three at undergraduate level, and its honours-level Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice, from its new Brickfield campus in Woodstock. The new campus will also host the school’s executive education and customised programmes for its Cape Townbased corporate clients. Support will be offered to Cape Town students studying for the Henley MBA programme, but they will continue to be registered with the Johannesburg campus and any physical sessions related to the course will still be held in Gauteng. Most of the MBA work is done remotely. Regent Business School opened its new Cape Town campus in The Boulevard Office Park, Woodstock, in January 2023. In addition to the courses offered by the school, students are promised full access to the iLead lab and Black Umbrellas business incubation hub, entrepreneurial skills and assisting with funding and opening a small business. The Mayor of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis spoke on the occasion of the launch on the topic, “New age teaching for the leaders of tomorrow”. ■ WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2023 42
Shaping futures one education at a time The Shaping Futures Foundation matches corporate donations to tertiary institutions to assist worthy students. FOCUS Since its founding in August 2017, the Shaping Futures Foundation has raised in excess of R11.5-million and provided financial assistance to more than 150 students in tertiary education. It also currently administers a school feeding scheme providing daily meals to 2 800 underprivileged learners. The Shaping Futures Foundation has assisted students in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Western Cape. With a background in finance, John de Groot spotted a mismatch in March 2017 between talented students either not graduating or not progressing in their studies because of a lack of funds on the one hand, and companies with money to spend in terms of BBBEE legislation but without the time or resources to find the deserving students who needed funds. The Shaping Futures Foundation was created to match these parties and its success over the years has proved the truth of John’s observation. Although his involvement in the foundation is now as a non-executive director, John still derives enormous joy from the knowledge that the foundation is making a meaningful impact in the lives of students in need. Letters of appreciation are regularly received from students outlining the significant impact the Shaping Futures Foundation has had on their lives. CONTACT DETAILS Kayne, CPUT: I just wanted to thank you wholeheartedly for extending a helping hand when I needed it the most. I am studying Information Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Zainub, UCT: I am truly honoured to be one of the recipients of the Shaping Future Foundation bursary. Thanks to your support I will be the first in my family to possibly acquire a tertiary education. Thank you for investing in my dream of achieving a degree in computer science and computer engineering. Says John, “There have been occasions where we have managed Chloe Arkcoll to completely settle students tertiary education Chairperson debt, allowing them to start their post-graduate lives without the hinderance of student debt.” Win win Donations to the Shaping Futures Foundation qualify as skills development expenditure and an 18 (A) tax certificate can be issued. The latest BEE codes encourage expenditure of between 3% and 6% of a company’s payroll for companies with turnovers between R10-million and R50-million per annum. The Shaping Futures Foundation ensures this spend is allocated efficiently and to the correct demographic profile. Established relationships with tertiary institutions make for synergies and could lead to hiring opportunities, which in turn attract more points for companies. The Shaping Futures Foundation Board Members are all Chartered Accountants: John de Groot; Chloe Arkcoll; Mzi Nkonyeni. ■ Address: 5 Cornwall Place, Wynberg, Cape Town, 7800 Mobile: +27 82 776 5907 | Email: chloe@shapingfutures.org.za | Website: www.shapingfutures.org.za COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2017/1
