Millennium Foods offers unemployed Matriculants a 12-month chance to learn the food and beverage packaging trade, providing an opportunity to gain experience within an industry where skills are vital to the workplace. The learnership leads to an Intermediate Occupational Certificate: Food and Beverage Packaging Operator at NQF Level 3. For a young person finishing school, … Read more
Mpumalanga Grade 9 learners should think carefully about their future careers and subject choices, according to Services SETA, which is participating in a weeklong career exhibition in the Nkangala District. Yesterday the Services Sector Education and Training Authority visited Alex Benjamin Secondary School and Kwazamokuhle Secondary School in a programme to guide young people about … Read more
Unemployed South Africans studying courses backed by the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) are being warned to understand the implications of a funded skills programme before accepting an offer of study. Concerns were raised after reports on 2 September 2026 regarding disruptions to state-funded programmes which left learners questioning the value of … Read more
The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has opened applications for their 2027 External Bursary Programme, offering eligible South African students financial support towards their studies, including covering a student’s full tuition and registration fees. The bursary provides support to qualifying undergraduate and postgraduate students, with Master’s students being eligible for a research allowance of up … Read more
The amount of R222.7Million has been transferred to six universities to clear outstanding payments for 2,927 Funza Lushaka Beneficiaries, with the establishments now set to clear the remaining allowances. The R222,688,894 was transferred from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to the six universities after Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Yusuf Cassim met … Read more
A learnership can assist a South African in gaining qualifications to boost their employment chances, plus gain experience to help with the application of what they have learned. This could support someone towards a high paying remote career if they can learn technology or other digital enabled skills. This matters to unemployed South Africans because … Read more
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has terminated funding for 6,514 students within the 2026 academic year after the students were determined to have failed the applicable academic progression requirements. The issue has sparked concerns regarding the short-term impact on students who may have already incurred accommodation, registration and other costs. The figure was … Read more
The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) is supporting multiple initiatives that serve to ease the path of South Africans through the education system and into the workforce. The body has allocated R9.3 million to assist 155 CPUT students with historical student debt, R20 million for first-time entering students without NSFAS funding, R90 … Read more
A proposed partnership between CATHSSETA and McDonald’s South Africa could create a new pathway into employment for graduates with degrees and diplomas, including those with hospitality qualifications. It is being considered as CATHSSETA seeks to focus on the impacts of skills-development programmes and not just the number of learners trained. CATHSSETA CEO Marks Thibela spoke … Read more
Learners funded by the Insurance Sector Skills Fund (ISSF) have graduated from their studies towards a National Certificate in Wealth Management, the latest in a series of skills development initiatives aimed at supporting South Africa’s insurance industry. The cohort, which comprised both unemployed and employed candidates, graduated from the Ikhwezelihle Training Institute which hosted the … Read more