South Africa: economic powerhouse of Africa

Development Dept outlines plans

South Africa's new Department of Economic Development will be set up in phases, and is expected to be fully operational by April 2010, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Skills boost for Cape Flats animators

Around 50 students from the Cape Flats townships around Cape Town began animation training at False Bay College in Khayelitsha as part of the Western Cape's Animation Industry Development Initiative.

Joburg eyes township 'techno hubs'

As part of an ambitious broadband project, the city of Johannesburg plans to set up multi-service "techno hubs" to enable people in disadvantaged areas to access the internet and grow their technology skills – and is calling on companies to lend a hand.

VW opens three new training centres

Volkswagen South Africa has opened three new state-of-the-art production training centres at its Uitenhage plant, as part of the company's commitment to spend more than R400-million on training and skills development between now and 2010.

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