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Some of the success stories
Mandisa Gumede Zama Ntongwa
from STEP will be opening two fuel Two months after completing the Service Station
stations in KwaZulu-Natal Readiness, Zama Ntongwa applied for a petrol site
and was approved
W&RSETA’s COVID-19 response
Programmes extended
300 graduates trained and stipends paid
to assist companies with R12m allocated for during hard lockdown
COVID-19 compliance PPE and data grants for learnerships and
at R19m
skills programmes at
R86m
R10m invested to
1766 W&RSETA train 230 young
bursars provided with entrepreneurs and
laptops and data at supported with business
R20m development grants
2021/22 Priorities
For the ensuing year, the W&RSETA will focus, among others, on the following
• SMME and cooperatives development
• Youth unemployment
• Hard-To-Fill Vacancies and skills gaps
• Sector transformation, including training and employment of people with disabilities
• Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Plan
We look forward to the year ahead with hope to overcome the devastation of COVID-19 as we prepare for the reconstruction and
recovery of our country.
Moving from good to great, TOGETHER!
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W&RSETA | November 2021
