SIYASEBENZA is an NPO based in Pinetown which helps people with job skills.
The Work for a Living centre aims to equip and empower people with the employability and entrepreneurial skills needed to support themselves and their families through its 12-half day job readiness programme.
ALSO READ: Towel company relaunch saves jobs
The course runs for two weeks and on Friday, 15 November, 14 people graduated after successfully finishing the programme.
The NPO is based at Highway Christian Community Church.
“We run a 12-half day course which costs only R100 and entails a job readiness programme that teaches people how to conduct themselves in an interview, how to look for work, what their role is in a company and how to advance their career,” said teacher, Kirshnie Pather.
She said that at Siyasebenza, they believe the saying, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’
“Many of our students have been employed through our no cost job placement centre and we would like to encourage more businesses to open their doors to the students who have completed the course.
Registration is currently open, next course starts on Monday, 25 November. WhatsApp Kirshnie on 074 372 7248.
Do you want to receive alerts regarding this and other Highway community news via Telegram? Send us a Telegram message (not an SMS) with your name and surname (ONLY) to 060 532 5409.
You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have signed up for our news alerts you need to save the Telegram number as a contact to your phone, otherwise you will not receive our alerts.
Here’s where you can download Telegram on Android or Apple.