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Advocacy



        he W&SETA continued to engage our constituent organisations
     Ton topical sector issues through our annual events.
     Additionally, our participation at various expositions allowed us
     to create awareness on the SETA’s programmes and advocate
     participation in skills development.

     These included the following:









                                                                          Orange Farm EmpowaYouth Week

                                                              The W&RSETA was at the EmpowaYouth Week in Orange Farm
                                                              with other SETAs, organisations as well as community and
                                                              business leaders in October 2021. The aim was to interact and
                   Black Business Council Summit              engage with young people on opportunities around employment
                                                              and entrepreneurship. The summit focused on topical issues such
     Political principals, government leaders, captains of industries,   as  such as  boosting  the township  economy in  the COVID-19
     subject matter experts and diverse stakeholders gathered for the   era, careers for the future, starting a business, leadership and
     annual Black Business Summit in June to engage on ways to drive   personal development as well as social challenges.
     forward conversations around the reconstruction and recovery of
     the economy. The summit was aptly themed “Black Business and
     Its Vital Role in Economic Reconstruction and Recovery – During
     and Post COVID-19.” The stakeholders aimed to agree on a new
     trajectory that will stimulate the economy and save jobs.
















              Consumer Goods Council of South Africa                          SEDA Entrepreneurship Day
                          Virtual Summit
     As South Africa prepares to move forward from the devastating   As part of leveraging on platforms and partnering with
     impact of COVID-19,  the CGCSA chose to focus its 2021   government institutions  that serve  the interests  of  SMMEs, the
     summit on what South Africa needs to do to prepare for the   W&RSETA participated at the 2021 Entrepreneurship Day in April
     future. Themed “Uniting the Industry: The key to thriving in   to highlight its SMME support and development programmes.
     the next decade”  was solution-oriented concentrating on how
     various sectors can respond to strategies that seek to prepare the
     economy for reconstruction and recovery.


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                                   2022/23 Annexure II (WSP/ATR/PIVOTAL) submissions
                                   due 30 April 2022


     Festive Holidays Office Closure: 22 December 2021 and reopen on 3 January 2022
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