Learnership programme ensures job creation
Aspiring commercial poultry farmer Mandisa Gumede (29) used a portion of her Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) learnership stipend to open her chicken start-up.
In 2019, when Gumede’s parents could no longer afford to pay for her maritime industry studies, she was unemployed and frustrated.
“My dad found out about a one-year learnership programme with the W&RSETA. I didn’t think twice, I applied,” she says.