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SEKHUKHUNE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION The Minister of Higher Education & Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, officiated at the sod-turning ceremony marking the commencement of the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority’s (W&RSETA) first-ever Skills Development Centre in Groblersdal, Limpopo in October. Speaking at the ceremony, Nzimande said the facility would produce the extremely scarce resource of artisanal expertise in SA. “This is only one of many projects under the SETA’s R240 million special infrastructure programme for TVET colleges. An additional R109 million has been allocated to support our newly established Community Education
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and Training Colleges in all nine provinces of our country.” The minister noted that the construction of the centre will also greatly assist the work of the Decade of the Artisan project, which is directed by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science & Innovation and aims to produce 30 000 artisans a year by 2030. The initiative is in line with the government’s National Development Plan, which recognises the importance of artisanal programmes in improving SA’s economy. The project was created following the government’s District Delivery Model, which intends to bring
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