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Skills development in learning
institutions and communities
SOUTH AFRICA
Youth Employment Service
Sasol was one of the first adopters of the Youth Employment Service
(YES) programme when it was introduced to mitigate the high youth
unemployment in the country.
Over 165 YES learners joined Sasol in July 2019 and were given work
experience as part of the South African skills development initiative to
support national economic growth and development requirements.
Ongoing interventions are in place to support the YES learners on topics
such as re-entering the job market, job search skills and financial skills.
To date over 500 YES learners have been employed by Sasol
across our operations for 12 months to gain meaningful work
experience.
Artisan skills
57 unemployed youth from Gert Sibande
TVET College underwent the trade test for
plumbing. This is aimed at enabling them to
be self-employed in the skills which are
required by the community in Secunda.
95 unemployed youth are undergoing
a work integrated learning programme in road
traffic management, safety and security, and
waste management in Secunda.
17 youth skills development centres have been
launched in the Gert Sibande District
Municipality assisting youth with various
portable skills. To date over 45 000 youth
have benefitted.
In Sasolburg, we supported local youth to qualify
as artisans in various disciplines such as
mechanical fitting, welding, rigging, plumbing,
motor mechanics, electrical work and
instrumentation. Currently 94 artisan
candidates have been placed for work
integrated learning. Some at Sasol, others at six
local private businesses, the Mesimaholo Local
Municipality and the rest at the Free State
Department of Health.
Skills for people living with disabilities
The inclusion of people living with disabilities in the mainstream
economy is an important element of our interventions. We partnered
with the Living Link a non-profit organisation, to enable
12 intellectually challenged young adults to develop skills that
will equip them to participate in the economy.
In Sasolburg 12 blind and partially sighted local community
members completed the JAWS Microsoft Windows programme that
allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with
a text-to-speech output or by a Braille display.
Business development skills
We co-sponsored, for the sixth
consecutive year, the national
'Step Up to A Start Up'
programme. Over 12 000
learners were challenged to
develop a business idea which
could enable them to improve
their business development skills
and nurture entrepreneurship.
In the past financial year
101 schools participated.
Farming skills
In collaboration with
partners, we funded training
of 120 young local
emerging and
subsistence farmers
from Gert Sibande District
Municipality to gain technical,
financial and business skills.
On completion of their
training these emerging
farmers will be mentored and
assisted to set up their
farming enterprises.
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