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Win a US exchange mentorship in youth entrepreneur competitionThe Young Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) has been launched in South Africa as an initiative to assist young entrepreneurs to harness their leadership skills and to sharpen their business skills by offering exchange and mentorship programmes with USA-based tertiary intuitions and other businesses. Its first project will select suitably qualified individuals throughout South Africa through a merit-based open competition. Applicants in the events; tourism; service provision and education industries are encouraged to enter. 13 Nov 2009 13:14 Cooking up a feast of skills[Namhla Tshisela] For the cooks-in-training at a special school in Johannesburg the exam period is a time to prove that the proof of the pudding is indeed in the eating. 9 Nov 2009 15:03 Bakery training by US giant opens in Jhb
Cape craft recreates local sights
Bursaries for electronic media offered
2010 bursary from Edgars
Unilever at Brands & Branding for Good
IT skills uplift Cape studentsDiscovering that of the 1000 job seekers ADT Security interviews every month, the majority do not have the most basic of skills and are therefore unemployable, the company has established the ‘ADT Teach' programme. 5 Oct 2009 12:02 Procurement, supply management conferenceThe third annual SmartSourcing Conference, hosted by SmartProcurement will take place from 10 - 11 November 2009 at Leriba Lodge in Centurion, Gauteng. The title is ‘7 + 1 key strategies and trends for achieving world-class procurement and supply management throughout the next decade within the context of local preferential procurement targets'. 5 Oct 2009 11:43 International conference on entrepreneurship at Wits
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Linea Academy, a Durban-based fashion college, is delighted that over 90% of its 2009 graduate students have already found positions within the local apparel and fashion sector. According to Renato Palmi, the college's marketing and strategic director, the uptake of graduates proves that there are companies doing well and that a fashion career complemented with a degree in fashion studies is a good choice. 
Following on recent reports of severe national ICT skills shortages nationally and provincially, the ICT incubator, Bandwidth Barn and the Cape IT Initiative (CITI) will launch a training programme focusing on the two core areas of technical skills and basic business administration skills in the Western Cape. 
In response to the need to provide hands-on training for staff employed in in-store bakeries, convenience store bakeries, retail bakeries and foodservice operations, Rich Products Corporation has opened a product solution centre and bakery and food service training schools in Johannesburg. 
Anticipating that visitors to SA, particularly football fans, would purchase generic craft products, the Western Cape craft producers are drawing on sources as diverse as the texture of Robben Island's sand and the colour of blue lizards at Cape Point, to develop uniquely Cape products. 
The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa NEMISA and SABC Education are offering bursary opportunities to the value of R1 million. 
Edgars launched a new initiative aimed at the improvement of education via a holistic bursary programme in September 2009. Although the programme was initiated in celebration of Edgars' 80th birthday, the bursary programme will only officially commence in 2010 as part of a five-year programme that is strongly aligned with Edcon's CSI strategy of investing in the communities in which it operates and it contributes towards Edcon's BBBEE programme. 
The second Annual International Conference on Entrepreneurship will be held at Wits Business School (WBS) on 8-9 October 2009. In partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), Wits Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) will present 22 entrepreneurial experts discussing how traditional entrepreneurial practices are undergoing a major transformation in response to the new demands of the global market economy. 
The Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC) developed a competitiveness programme for the fashion industry to uplift local fashion brands and turn their creativity into viable businesses. Having selected five finalists, the CTFC is now calling for mentors to assist from October 2009 to March 2010 in South Africa's first such pilot project. 
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