Organisations providing skills training towards job creation and income generation are listed here.
19 causes found:
Abantu Social Upliftment, trading as Out of the Box
We are establishing a school at the Pavillion in Germiston where skills training will offered to previously disadvantaged, uneducated, disabled people. Sewing, candle making, beading, woodwork, glasswork, metal work, welding, jewellery making, upholstery, knitting, etc. will be...
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Arts and Teaching Initiatives
Great need for Arts and Culture Education amongst children/youth and the lack of resources at schools in the Eastern Cape. Arts and Teaching Initiatives (ATI) applies for funding through the National Lottery /The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and ACT, to run programs in visual...
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Ashoka Innovators for the Public
Founded in 1980. Active in 53 countries on 5 continents. Pioneered the profession of social entrepreneurship. Invested to date in over 1,500 social entrepreneurs, who innovate systems-changing ideas that address social needs. Drove several global collaborations among Fellows from all...
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Bees Trust
We have been in operation since 1993, Bees NGO activities focus on poverty alleviation and assisting the previously disadvantaged, especially with regard to small enterprise skills and local economic development. This is almost always done through local public/ private or civil...
The Black Umbrella’s has been established since 23rd January 2005 and has designed and piloted a new Small Micro Medium Enterprise (SMME) model that counters the common problems faced by Small Micro Medium Enterprise’s. The Black Umbrella’s has been established since 23rd January...
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Community Exchange System (CES)
The Talent Exchange is a complementary currency system but it is unique in the world in that it aims to create a national network of locally-based groups to provide a new money system that is as versatile as the conventional money system.
The Talent Exchange...
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Craft Council of South Africa
The Craft Council of South Africa is a membership-based, section 21 company not for gain working within the craft arena. The main areas of operation are in training, exhibitions, marketing and publishing. By enhancing the skills and offering market related product design to...
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Endeavor Entrepreneurship Institute (Endeavor South Africa)
Endeavor is a non-profit organisation that identifies and supports innovative high growth entrepreneurs in emerging markets around the world.
Endeavor is not a fund. We are part talent scouts, part non- profit accelerators part real time business...
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Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA)
FTTSA promotes the concept of 'Fair Trade' throughout the South African tourism industry. We do this through a range of activities including awareness raising and giving a special label (certification mark) to tourism enterprises that meet specific criteria, including: fair wages...
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FEBDEV Western Cape
The Foundation for Economic and Business Development (FEBDEV) is recognised in Southern Africa as one of the leading public-benefit companies offering accredited and reliable enterprise development services.
The organisation excels in research, programme...
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Junior Achievement South Africa
Junior Achievement South Africa (JASA) has been operating successfully for some 25 years, as part of Junior Achievement Worldwide, since the late 1970’s in South Africa. It is best known as a leading non-profit organisation offering a range of education programmes to school going...
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Library Business Corners (LBC)
Library Business Corners (LBC) was established as a programme to help disseminate relevant business information to existing and prospective business enterprises in a cost effective way. The initiative started in 1999 when the Cape Metropolitan Council (now the City of Cape Town)...
The most visible of the unemployed are the men who stand on the side of the road every day, patiently waitng for any job that may come their way. The ages of these men range between sixteen and sixty five, all unemployed and desperate to find work. There are 500 places in South...
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Micro Enterprise Network of NGO's T/A MENNGOS
MENNGOS has been active since 1997 as a NGO that helps organizations that work in the economic development field. Especially those that realized that their skills had to be enhanced through active capacity building because of the changing funding climate during and after...
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Nala Partners for Entrepreneurship
Operating since 2002 in South Africa and Germany, Nala Partners aim to integrate profit generation for their enrolled entrepreneurs with meaningful social engagement, offering members and partners opportunities to engage in sustainable business development, transformation...
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South African Institute for Entrepreneurship (SAIE)
The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship was established in 1996. The initial focus was to provide business skills training materials for illiterate or semi-literate adults. This resulted in the development of the BEST Game, a simulation training tool that...
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The Power of Women and Children (PWC)
We have managed by an executive committee composed by 8 members and 10 volunteers. This structure is under a board of Trustees. On top of this, a general assembly through which all the members report and community members elect the executive members to run the organisation.
The Triple Trust Organisation (TTO) functions as a market development facilitator with its primary activity being the management of projects aimed at developing markets for the poor. TTO designs and manages projects that enable poor communities to meaningfully participate in...
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Zizanani Independant Women And Youth Project
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
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Laptops, Portable printers and Mobile phones
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
Office equipment for Black Umbrellas
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
Office Furniture
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
Zizanani Wishlist
We are well established with the community and children are referred to us from schools, crèches and parents. We operate from our office situated in Diepsloot at The Wings of Life Centre. We are currently running workshops with teachers and children at schools on a regular basis and...
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business, but were too afraid to try? Have you ever longed to work from home and become financially independent? Well, the time has come to confront your fears and explore your options. In the next nine issues of Jet Club Magazine, we will introduce you to the exciting world of entrepreneurship. You will read about some of South Africa’s most enterprising business leaders. And you will find out what it takes to be your own boss.
Herman Mashaba and his wife Connie started Black Like Me with virtually nothing. They became the first South African company to produce hair care products specifically for black customers. Demand for Black Like Me products grew rapidly and they soon had to move from their tiny premises to a much larger factory. However, a few years later, tragedy struck and the new factory was totally destroyed in a huge fire. They lost everything and were faced with bankruptcy. Yet, Herman never gave up. He rebuilt the business from scratch. Today, Black Like Me is a multi-million rand business, with products distributed throughout Africa and in the UK.
When Raymond Ackerman started Pick ’n Pay in 1967, he was no stranger to the retail industry. From a young age he started working at his father’s family store, Ackermans and its sister company, Greatermans. When Greatermans opened a new supermarket called Checkers, Raymond was transferred there and promoted to manager. He was then sent to America for nine months to learn all about supermarkets. While in America, Raymond learned a great deal about customers and the retail industry. He returned to South Africa all fired up with wonderful ideas. However, his ideas were rejected by Checkers’ management who said that his “American” ideas would not work in South Africa. Raymond fought hard to get his ideas implemented but was eventually fired for being at odds with the company’s management. Left with no job and a family to feed, Raymond set about raising finance to start his own business. A year-and-a-half after founding Pick ‘n Pay, the company made R300 000 profit and was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Today, Pick ’n Pay is one of the most successful retail supermarket chains in South Africa.
Many years ago I was involved in a project to change the cultural patterns of a company that was a client of mine. The details of this project, which had nothing to do with philanthropy (at that time I was in the advertising field) I don't remember, but at the end of a long discussion, someone came up with a phrase that I would never forget: 'You cannot find new routes by looking at old maps.' It came back to me years later, in January 2005. After creating the Social Stock Exchange programme for BOVESPA, Brazil's Stock Exchange, the Brazilian government invited me to present the idea to other stock exchanges to encourage them to replicate the model.
South Africa : Alive with possibility?
That South Africa post 1994 is a country alive with possibility is indisputable. That it is also a country lacking in sufficient numbers of entrepreneurially minded individuals is, unfortunately, equally so.
Since South Africa first participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report in 2001 it has almost consistently declined, year on year, in terms of its level of entrepreneurial activity relative to all participating companies (see block below). Most importantly, the GEM Reports from 2002 to 2005 all report that in all measures of entrepreneurship South Africa ranks lowest of all developing countries.
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Patrice Motsepe began his career as a lawyer. Yet he wanted to start his own business and become his own boss. When choosing what type of business to create, he looked to his skills and experience. Top of his list was being a mining law specialist for a big law firm, so it was natural for him to stick with what he knew. Patrice left his well-paying job to set up a contract mining business. At first, he battled to keep his business afloat. He had no money and no experience in running a business. He couldn’t get a loan and it took him two years to get his first contract. However, he never gave up. He went on to launch a new company called African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and purchased a number of mining shafts. His business became extremely successful and later merged with Harmony Gold Mine to become ARMgold. Today, Patrice is a billionaire and his business interests go well beyond gold.
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KK Kombi is one of South Africa’s most inspiring entrepreneurs. Born and raised in Gugulethu township, Cape Town, KK rose from rags to riches thanks to his ability to turn his interests into businesses. His first business was a small but successful spaza shop in Gugulethu. He saved his profits and used his hard earned cash to invest in property. The profits from his property trading were then poured into property development. The profits from the sale of a large development gave him the capital to start a business that he was truly passionate about, Master Currency. He got the idea for Master Currency when travelling overseas and exchanging travellers cheques for cash. KK became the first independent and black dealer to be awarded a foreign exchange license by the Reserve Bank. Today, Master Currency has 16 branches throughout South Africa and employs more than 200 people.
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