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W&RSETA CEO concludes 2021/22 stakeholder
engagements
s part of his main priorities when he took office three years ago, the W&RSETA CEO Tom Mkhwanazi has made concerted efforts
Ato engage with decision makers and key role players in the implementation of skills development programmes in the sector.
Meetings were held with senior officials from companies and institutions of learning to engage on topical issues such as unemployment
and improving learning provision as well as the contribution of companies towards growing the South African economy. Mkhwanazi
used these engagements to also visit learners on various programmes.
On 28 February and 01 March 2022, the CEO was in the Northern Cape, and engaged with stakeholder companies, Office of the
Premier, Northern Cape Community Education and Training College and the Sol Plaatjie University, among other stakeholders in
Kimberley. The second day of the visit was spent in Upington visiting Superspar Kalahari, Lumber City and the Northern Cape Rural
TVET College.
Northern Cape stakeholder engagements and visits
The 2012/22 programme was concluded in the Free State on
16 and 17 March 2022. The CEO visited two of the W&RSETA’s
large companies, Bibi Cash and Carry Supermarkets and TFS
Wholesalers in QwaQwa, Phuthaditjaba. A stakeholder session
with participating companies, Office of the Premier and institutions
of learning brought the visit to a close.
Free State stakeholder visits and engagements
Since July 2021, the CEO has met with various stakeholders from
the W&RSETA’s large companies and institutions of learning in
Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Free
State.
Stakeholders expressed their appreciation to the CEO for taking
time from his demanding schedule to engage with them on the
challenges, achievements, and opportunities to make a meaningful
contribution to skills development in the Wholesale and Retail
Sector. Mkhwanazi was equally appreciative of the opportunity to
meet with the stakeholders and for the first-hand experience of the
W&RSETA’s work in partnership with stakeholders to provide skills
development opportunities particularly to the youth.
A full programme which will focus on feedback from the previous
Tom Mkhwanazi with the Founder and Managing
Director of Bibi Cash and Carry, Dr Tommy Makhatho engagements and the W&RSETA’s strategic priorities will commence
in April and will cover all provinces.
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