SA targets 2 500 engineers a year
South Africa has set itself the target of producing up to 2 500 engineers per year, as part of the country's Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition.
G5 sets up construction academy
Local construction and engineering firm Group Five and the Development Bank of Southern Africa have set up a construction skills training academy in Midrand, in an effort to bridge the gap between required skills and the shortage thereof.
SA's unemployment rate drops
South Africa's unemployment rate decreased to 23% in the third quarter of 2007 - a record low since 2001 - with major beneficiaries being women and the country's growing black middle class.
IDC boost for goat farming
The Industrial Development Corporation has injected R15-million into goat farming in the Northern Cape, to help transform local herders into commercial farmers and develop a full-fledged live animal, meat and leather industry in the area.
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