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W&RSETA turns
22 in 2022!
arch concluded the 2021/21 financial year, and we are geared
Mup and excited for the new year to implement programmes and
projects that will drive us closer to our mandate of skilling the Wholesale
and Retail Sector.
It is also the month during which we celebrate the establishment of SETAs.
The W&RSETA marked 22 years since its founding as a skills development
authority in the Wholesale and Retail Sector on 20 March 2000. We
remain committed to the skills development agenda of South Africa and
appreciate the role that our stakeholder companies and other partners
continue to play in bridging the skills gap.
We look forward to another year of making meaningful impact in the fight
against unemployment in South Africa through skills development.
We ended the financial year on a high note with the graduation of the
2019 to 2022 groups from our partnership programme with The Clothing
Bank. Over 800 women entrepreneurs who completed the Informal Small
Business Practice Learnership and additional support programmes from
Message from the TCB graduated in East London, Durban, Pretoria, and Cape Town.
Editor-in-Chief In this last month of 2021/22, our CEO concluded his annual stakeholder
engagement programme with sessions in the Northern Cape and Free
State. With the strict lockdown regulations that discouraged physical
meetings, it was great to meet stakeholders and visit learners. Highlights
In this issue from the visits to Kimberley, Upington, QwaQwa and Bloemfontein are
included for your update. In April, the CEO will visit North-West and
W&RSETA marks 22 years 2 Limpopo.
Mandatory Grant Applications 2022/23 3
2022/23 Discretionary Grant Funding Windows 4 The submission due date for the 2022/23 Mandatory Grant applications
is fast approaching with only 30 days left to 30 April 2022. We remind
The Clothing Bank graduations 5 stakeholders to work towards finalising and submitting their applications
CEO’s 2021/22 stakeholder engagements 8 as soon as possible to avoid rushed submissions which may cause
W&RSETA Board’s project oversight visits 9 frustrations when the system is inundated with many submissions.
Pepkor Take a Child to Work 10
NSBC SMME Webinar 11 I hope you will find the newsletter informative.
Until next month, stay well!
Production Team Yours in skills development,
Martha Shingange – Editor-in-Chief
Rhulani Mavunda – Editor Martha
Desmond Mashao – Production Co-ordinator
Manager: Marketing & Communications
Our values
o Accountability o Agility o Integrity and Trustworthiness
o Mutual Respect o Quality Services
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