King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality with DICLA Training and Projects and Ntinga OR Tambo Development Agency collaborative’s effort is paying off, as KSD youth will be seen receiving training on agricultural skills.
DICLA Training and Projects is an organisation that provides accredited training courses aligned to unit standard as per SAQA requirements in the agricultural sector for the employed, unemployed, emerging farmers, the youth, women and people with disabilities.
So far 75 (seventy-five) applicants from various wards in both Mthatha and Mqanduli have been placed for agriculture learnership. This is a 12-month program (6 months of theory and 6 months of practical exposure) with NQF Level 2 and 3 in mixed farming, poultry farming and plant farming certificate in completion.
This programme that was officially launched on October 12, 2023 is going to contribute towards the economic development and sustainability of the agricultural sector in KSD Municipality. Furthermore, it’s going to address unemployment by upskilling, training, developing and intensifying the basic skills of the youth.
KSDM Executive Mayor, councillor Nyaniso Nelani said that “Because of high unemployment rate we are trying to assist young people so that they can have something to do.”
In April of this year, the KSD Municipality also held a summit with the goal of bringing together academics and professionals working in the field of economic development to exchange ideas that would help the cooperative sector make a significant contribution to the local economy.
These are the development initiatives that intending to strengthen our local economy and improve the quality of life of KSD communities.