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2019 Graduations

#SWGCSRC_SPEAKS OUT ON SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

EDUCATION IS LIBERATION


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momentum by the appointment made by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Honourable Ms Naledi Pan-dor of the new Council for the college on the 29th March 2019 for a five-year period, starting 1st April 2019. The new Council has also brought about some ‘newness’, youth, en-ergy, not to mention great expertise and vast experience to the college.

In actual fact, the vibrancy of the New Year and the first se-mester is evident even among our personnel and students. The Recovery Plan which got to be implemented around March-April this year, to compensate for the time lost to teaching and learning during the personnel strike of Feb-ruary-March brought one fact home to all of us – that, the college’s students love the college and they love education. We were really moved when the students, in big numbers, sacrificed their holidays to attend classes. Needless to say, the lecturers also came to the party – in big numbers!

The harvest, in terms of students’ results in the first semes-ter has been a mixed one. The first trimester results were a mere repeat of the results of the first trimester of last year, with a Certification rate (percentage of students who passed all their subjects) of 38%, which was in the same range as last year. The first semester results however proved that the college’s arrows are pointing upwards, registering a 4% improvement from the same results of last year, with the certification rate of 46.75%, - with George Tabor Campus, leading the pack at 49.55% certification rate. Though this performance was still below the college’s target of 65%, it went some way in bringing the target closer than it was in the previous year. In the case of Business Studies, Report 191, the results deficit from the target has now been re-duced to a little less than 9% and we will not stop counting, in line with the college’s mantra of ‘ SWGC, Period! Enough Said.

Bayete! Pula!

Dan L Nkosi

Principal

FIRST SEMESTER, 2019

The year, 2019, has characterized itself as a year of renewal in the college. We were not entirely happy with our harvest in the form of the 2018 results which came in early January 2019. Despite being among the leaders in the Gauteng Province, we solemnly renewed our resolve as an institution to do better in 2019. This is not to suggest that there were no gemstones worth celebrating in the results of 2018. The college’s already high number of subject distinctions increased from 5265 in 2017 to 5498 in 2018 and the number of educators with results of between 90% and 100% increased from 32 to 43!

The resolve to renew and rekindle ourselves to do better in 2019 was solidified and en-capsulated in the marching orders that were chaired with all the college personnel during the Personnel Opening Day on the 8th March 2019. The resolve had also become a common feature in all the engagements with the out-going SRC, under the leadership of Mr Martin Somo. They too, so believed in the college’s capability and potential that they could not understand why the college was not among the top colleges in the country in terms of results. When they passed the baton to the new SRC, which is led by Mr Hulisani Mani, it was only natural and common cause that the very first engagement between the new SRC and management factored this renewed resolve to up the stakes and up the game, so that come end of 2019, the college is at the very least, closer to the top.

The character of 2019 as a year of renewal and rebirth was been given an impetus and

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EDITOR’S NOTE

The perception that technical and vocational jobs are substandard has led to many young people reluctant or unsuitable for academic study due to frustration, feelings of failure, hopelessness and depression. This has also led to a decline in Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) enrolments.

Parents and teachers wrongly perceive vocational edu-cation as meant for students who are academically chal-lenged with limited career prospects.

In order to deliver 21st century professions, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges need to undergo rapid transformation and grooming of a genera-tion of professional familiar with trade skills and the soft skills required when the fourth industrial revolution ar-rives. The college should produce critical thinkers, prob-lem solvers and design thinkers.

South Africa needs a strong technical skills base to grow the economy, and to combine this with entrepreneurial development as existing businesses cannot absorb skills without reaching breaking point. According to Melanie Mulholland, “A successful vocational and professional ed-ucation and training system can facilitate growth, entre-preneurship and prosperity for citizens and SA”.

The public TVET college system is ideally placed to re-spond to the call from industry and the state for more skilled personnel. Thus colleges, which had faced chal-lenges in the past, are now able to train skilled pupils and work with industry partners. TVET’s now have an oppor-tunity to develop sites of good practice which others can eventually follow.

However, the society’s confidence in the TVET sector must change. Evidence of that change will be the colleges becoming institutions of choice for students after matric and partners of choice in training for industry employers. The provision of fee free education and training has been extended to all current and future poor and working-class students at all public TVET colleges and these students will be funded through grants, not loans.

All stakeholders in soci-ety need to come together to rebrand and reposition TVET colleges into world-class and state-of-the-art facilities that can produce the much-needed skills that the country needs, hence it is important to change the mind-sets of the youth, par-ents and teachers who see vocational training as blue-collar education, and more must be done to increase the aacademic opportunities for students who choose this path.

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Registration ..................................................... 01

Teaching and Learning Education is Liberation .................................... 02 Math and Science ............................................ 03 National Debate Competition .......................... 04 SRC Speaks Out on Sexual Harrassment ...... 05-06 SWGC SRC Takes Full Responsibility........... .07-08

Partnership and Entrepreneurship New Business Development Unit ............... 09-10 Across oceans college to college partnership .....11 Hydropononic Tunnels hand over ......................12 Exchange programme ...................................... 13 Students Farewell to China .............................. 14

GovernorsMeet the Newly Elected Council office ......... 15-17

Events Personnel Opening & Welcome Ceremony...... 18 Career Expo/Wellness ...................................... 19 Graduation Ceremony ................................ 20-21

Sports Sport, Arts and Culture ............................. 22 - 25

PUBLISHED BY SOUTH WEST GAUTENG TVET COLLEGE

Editorial Team

Editor: Sabelo Tshabalala

Rotating Assistant Editor: Patience Makhaphela

Sub Editor: Mashilo Mojela

Layout and Design: Thato Shakong

Contributors: Martin Somo | Ms. Mnqanqeni L.T | Mopai MD | Mr. Nhlanhla Siboto | Mr Vusi Kula

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the 07th January 2019” which saw hundreds of the first year as well as returning students queuing with enthusiasm to register for their programmes of choice in the respective campuses of

the college.

Registration

Kick-starting a Career is our specialty, making our College a First Choice among registering students “Education of Distinction” is what defines South West Gauteng TVET College hence it takes pride in each pupil’s academic progress. It offers education and training mostly in the FET Band (NQF Level 2-4) as well as other programmes in the Higher Education band i.e. N4-N6 levels (Report 190/1), with its Head Office located at Molapo, Soweto and campuses spreading throughout Soweto to Roodepoort and Randburg as well as a Land is Wealth Farm in Sterkfontein.

Our college aims to innovatively mobilize all the institution’s resources to ensure excellence and embracing entrepreneurship among pupils, thus it is significant for the prospective students to apply early so that they can secure a space at the best institution nationwide. Assessments are done early for the sole purpose of prospective students to obtain early CAP Test dates and get captured on our system before the com-mencement of classes.

SWGC offers three different schools of study, namely the School of Business Studies, Engineering Studies as well as Utility Studies both for NC(V) and Report 190/1 (Nated) programmes, which are mainly; Office Administration, Financial, Economics, and Accounting, Civil Engineer-ing and Building Construction, Transport & Logistics, Safety in Society, Clothing Production, Primary Agriculture, Information & Communica-tions Technology, Marketing Management, Human Resource Manage-ment, Tourism, Public Management, Hospitality & Catering Services and Popular Music, to mention but a few, not forgetting Distance Learn-ing offered at our Technisa campus in Randburg.

With that being said, “The 2019 registration process commenced on

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We welcome you and may this year be a year where you discover yourself and your future path. SWGC, PERIOD! ENOUGH SAID!

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tives. The provision made for transport allowance makes it possible for the students to be in class on daily basis.

Education is a benchmark in building a stable and ef-fective environment, the students of Early Childhood Development; a program that is meant to mentor our students in becoming ECD practitioners. It is coordinat-ed by Mrs A Meiring who had an opportunity of going to Netherlands in March 2019 and two lecturers under her division Mrs W Muthaki and Mrs P Kubeka, for going over and beyond the call of duty. We can safely highlight the consistency in this program. The announcement made by our president of schools resuming in grade RR will open doors for our 2019 Nated N6 and NC(V) Level 4 students.

Numbers communicate silently and accounting impacts more than we realize, the ability to draw a budget, read your bank statement to see the efficiency of your bank. Establishing a new venture and having the necessary skill of interpreting a business plan not to mention re-ducing unemployment amongst youth was a mission for Management NC(V) but Financial management and Business management Nated students seem to have more graduates. The 24th May 2019 proved this theory when 10 students climbed the stage for Management NC(V)

The health sector is in need for hard working nurses and is expanding due to the population capacity. Prima-ry health students are now granted the opportunity to enroll with various universities to further their studies. With a former nurse Mrs A Dlamini as their senior, these students have prior knowledge and are working twice as hard to be competitive. The congestion is not stopping them from shining.

In the famous words of Malcolm X, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today” and indeed that is true. Life can only transform through understanding that Education is Liberation.

Teaching and Learning:

“EDUCATION IS LIBERATION”

Education is liberation: This sounds like a political statement that is altered by politicians or any individ-

ual affiliated to a political party, but it is not. Education cannot be measured, it is the knowledge acquired by one with the intention of changing one’s life. Education is divided between two components theory and practi-cal. Acquiring sufficient knowledge requires discipline, that means taking accountability and acknowledging all the opportunities provided. Our college integrates the-ory and practical to form a whole. The whole is a stu-dent that is deemed to be competent on their studies by meeting the following:

• Completing the qualification within the set time

• Utilizing all resources at their disposal

• Plan and manage their education

• Overcoming challenges faced by the student

The above criteria are not developed by any institution, they are self-inflicted and guides every student that is determined to succeed, even though it seems impos-sible when content is also taken into consideration, as former president Nelson Mandela once said, “It is not impossible until its done”. The days of segregation left a gap in many lives and despite the minority that could access education through limited channels, the highest standard by then was standard 7; referred to as grade 9 currently. Yes we are facing economic changes and many households don’t have buying power, but the gov-ernment is working to bridge the gap amongst all social classes. No person shall be discriminated and everyone has the right to education, not to mention the financial back up by NSFAS, an organization that turns dreams to reality for disadvantaged students. It’s understanding of liberation in education is identified through its objec-

Ms. Mnqanqeni L.T – Financial Management Lecturer, Roodepoort Campus


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irrelevant today. We need to overhaul the whole teaching approach for new collaborative, interactive and practical approaches,” said Kabelo Phiyega, the Science engagement officer at Unisa.

Mr Phiyega concurs with some individuals within the basic education departments that there is nothing esoteric or weird about Mathematics.

For example, Guard Sedibe who headed a high school for a period spanning almost 20 years says without mincing words that the problem lies in teacher approach.

He says Maths experts identify difficulties amongst students. They then seek to get solutions to those problems in a bid to assist the learners to win.

Of all the professionals whose com-ments were solicited, none disagrees that Maths is not a difficult subject;

If the comments of the professionals are anything to go by, for Maths and Science in TVET colleges to be counted year in and year out among the best performed subjects: Lecturers need to consider adopting new approaches because that is where the problem is

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MATH AND SCIENCETHE PLIGHT OF MATHS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION IN POST SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

South West Gauteng TVET College, like all other colleges in South Africa, has had its fair share of student paralysis in Maths and Science related subjects.

The college’s two Engineering Campuses, Molapo in Sowe-to and Roodepoort West in Roodepoort were known for their below average pass rate and always took position 5 and 6 of the six campuses.

For many lecturers in those Campuses it remains an un-disputable fact that the two Campuses are justified to pro-duce comparatively few students than their business coun-terparts.

Given our shared history, it is highly expected that all the other 49 colleges in the country find themselves in the same intellectual dilemma that drives lecturers into an

not is a bone of contention between academics and students until such a time that correct approaches and relevant attitudes are adopted, Maths and Science education in South African educational institutions will continue to rate among the worst in Africa and the World.

IN A DENIAL MODE: Professor Sonja Currie of Wits University does not agree that Maths education is improving in South Africa

Professor Sonja Currie, Postgradu-ate Co-ordinator for Maths at Wits niversity denies that Maths is im-proving in post school educational institutions. She says students come out of schools ill-prepared for challenges ahead but believes it is not students’ problem.

Some TVET college individuals see things differently and argues that not only have colleges experienced steady increase in Maths results, but Maths results have increased over the years in college as a result of internet, social media and vast educational television channels available.

“Things cannot remain the same. Teaching approaches of the past are

ideogical wedge.

Often the argument will draw in such connotations as giftedness, intelli-gence and at worse, it would even go to an extend of prejudice for example that certain ethnic groups, race or even families are better off than oth-ers.

In fact the debate on whether Maths and Science are difficult subjects or


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elimination round to proceed to Day 2 for the semi-final and final round.

After an intense and thrilling competition the last four teams which proceeded to Day 2 and debated in the semi-final were team KZN, team Gauteng, team Free State and team North West. At the end it was team KZN and team Free State which advanced to the final round with Free State ultimately crowned the over-all winner. Kgotso Lesotho from SWGC (Molapo Campus) did exceptionally well to secure team Gauteng the third position in the tour-nament thus sustaining the momentum set by his prede-cessor, Nyakallo Mokoena, the 2017 Best Female Debater.

“Amidst all the challenges experienced in putting together a debate team in the college, we are always able to pro-duce a formidable; cream’ de la cream team of students who always make an indelible mark and raise the flag of the college high in the tournament”, said the mentor, Zinzi Mtshali.

TVET Students National Debate Competition

SWGC TEAM MAKING INDELIBLE MARKS IN THE NATIONAL DEBATE COMPETITIONS

“Wathinta’ abafazi, wathinta imbokodo” was one of the phrases used by one debat-er during the 2018 Annual TVET Students’ National Debate Competition held at the Bon Hotel; in Bloemfontein (Free State) on the 30th to 31st August 2018 to celebrate the TVET month.

The 2018 National Students’ Debate Competition was the 3rd edition of the annual celebration since its inaugural launch in 2016. The 2018’s competition formed part of the centenary celebra-tion for the former president, Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu under the theme “Women and Equality”.

South West Gauteng TVET College was represented by two students, Kgotso Lesotho and Fikile Khubeka along-side their mentors, Zinzi Mtshali and Mashilo Mojela. The latter is currently one of the DHET’s organising committee members responsible for co-ordinating the Annual TVET Students’ National Debate Competition. In the competi-tion, SWGC was teamed up with Central Johannesburg College, Ekurhuleni West College, Ekurhuleni East College and Sedibeng TVET Colleges as proposition teams under the motion “Sexual Harassment against women still exists in institutions of learning and workplaces”. The opposition team was composed of Tshwane North College, Tshwane South College, Western TVET College, Northern Cape Ru-ral College and The Northern Cape Urban TVET College.

The rules of engagement for the debate competition were relatively the same with the previous editions except few amendments which included amongst others; teams to keep their groupings and motions as chosen by the De-partment, out of 10 members in the group only 5 to be accepted with only 3 allowed to speak for 3 minutes each. The top four teams selected by the judges in Day 1 of the

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Receive warm greetings from the Student Representative Council executive. We hope the below

finds all our students in good faith and stability.

The executive committee of the College Student Council has in the past months, post-election to office, been disturbed by the barbaric and inhumane conduct of certain individuals who are disguised as lecturers, who continue to exploit the future of the country. We have observed female students being at the wolf mouth of grown and married male photocopies whose main goal is to feed their sexual desires.

The victimization of our fellow students by these sexual predators continues to scare and alienate our fellow students from the very education that is said to be the key to the future. We are not going to turn a blind eye, neither will we show lenience to persons implicated in

SPEAKS OUT ON SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

such misconduct.

As the Student Representative Council Executive; we urge these predators who are currently doing this unethical and inhumane deed to refrain from seeing students as toys to feed their unrealistic sexual desires, but to rather focus on their wives or husbands and only do what they are qualified for and employed to do and nothing else.

The representative council further wishes to encourage students who have been approached and forced to give sexual favors, ‘all in the name of getting higher marks in return’ or in whatsoever

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STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

arrangement these vultures have proposed, to please come forward and report their victimization.

All reported cases will be treated with absolute care and secrecy and the identities of the victims will be kept private.

The College Student Representative Council Executive further supports the College Principal Mr Dan L Nkosi and his capable team, in fighting the unbecoming behavior or any form of sexual misconduct from staff members to students. We are 100% against any form of sexual harassment and will be embarking on a campaign together with the principal to curb the further commission of sexual and any form of


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harassment.

The Vultures must fasten their shoe lases and start running before we find them, as we will never have nor show mercy upon them.

We further note and acknowledge lecturers who wake up each day to better the lives of our students and we will always remain indebted to them for their service, for understanding that they are our second parents, after we exit the gates of our homes, they assume the responsibility of being our parents.

Students should report these offenders because when offenders receive no punishment they tend to relax and think they are super heroes or untouchable. Consequences of not reporting such injustices result in more students being

victims and victimized. Students should without fear or favour speak out about this, so that the vultures can be dealt with. The college code of conduct is clear when it addresses these issues, no one should feel more powerful to a point where they forget why they are in this college.

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There are plans of community building activities that we would like to introduce to SWGC, to reintegrate the college with the community. This is an attempt to take the college to where it belongs, which is to the people. Through the skills provided in the college as well as balance the socio economic differences.

There are events that we want to introduce to the college in or-der to educate the students about the above mentioned short-falls. These events will address these issues in a way that other students who aren’t directly implicated can easily engage, as well as create a platform whereby the students will be free to socialise and interact with people with different sexual orienta-tions and physical difficulties because at the end of the day, they are human too.

We would like to introduce an annual SWGC pride that will help in making fellow students realise that we are all human. We also plan on having fun walks where the students from all campuses can interact with one another. There is an Academic and Policy Conference that is in the final stages of implementation; which is a platform whereby students will address the challenges they are faced with.

There are programmes that have been introduced in the college in order to alleviate the pressures that students already have with their school-work load as well as other personal difficulties which they encounter that may affect their performance aca-demically. We have implemented a tutoring programme where students have the opportunity to get extra classes in subjects that they find challenging. These tutoring classes are conducted by current and past students of the college and they are remu-nerated based on the hours that they have put in. This, in turn builds a bond amongst all students and makes them realise that we have to put up a united front as the students of SWGC.

There are students who actively assist with registration so that there’s less commotion and that the process runs smoother and more effectively. They are remunerated with transport and food expenses. This helps the college staff run the registration process efficiently and with as little hassles as possible. This ensures that classes commence sooner as registration gets completed much quicker. The assisting students are clearly distinctive as they have a uniform that makes them stand out from the rest of the stu-dents.

We have recreational activities that are implemented and those that we would like to implement:

• Gym facilities in Molapo campus have been completed and running. Dobsonville campus is in progress and should be completed by the end of the year and all the other campuses will also have gym facilities.

SWGC SRC TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY IN REPRESENT-

ING ALL STUDENTS.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< by Paballo Mokgatle - Marketing Level 3 Student (Dobsonville Campus)

The college SRC; as democratically and con-stitutionally elected and empowered by

the CET Act; commits itself to be the mouth piece of all students in SWGC and represent them at all levels. The College SRC president prides himself with the newly elected leader-ship, as they have shown commitment in hav-ing student interests at heart.

Before we are students at SWGC, we are ac-tive members of the community and it is our responsibility to ensure that we do as much as we can to better the next person’s life to the best of our ability. It will be a sin for one to think that the SRC operates in silos. We recog-nise all the student structures and formations such as Economic Liberators Student Associ-ation (ELSA) that are striving to build a united student popular front and academia.


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The SRC have been hard at work in trying to improve the lives of all students on campus and also pushing to improve the results of the college. It should be highly noted that the core business of SWGC is education hence we are a college of distinctions. Academic excellence should remain the order of the day and it can’t be compromised for anything. It would be best that we position the college to be on the map by continuing to promote skills development and use all the facilities in place to benefit every registered student at SWGC.

“If I can’t do great things, I can do small things in a great way”

SWGC PERIOD! ENOUGH SAID!

• There is a clinic that has been built in “LAND IS WEALTH” college farm in Maropeng, that is fully functional. The progressive man-agement that we working with understands that the project of having clinics in all campuses is of paramount interest and such will be rolled out subject through availability of funds.

• There is an ongoing HIV/ AIDS and family planning awareness campaign that runs through the SWGC campuses throughout the year

• We have a debate team where certain issues are addressed and there are debates with other colleges

• We have proper resource centres in all campuses and we encour-age our students to use the facilities to their benefit/advantage.

• We have different sporting codes that students partake and com-pete in and we encourage students to participate.

We have social activities that take place annually and we have suc-cessfully held the fresher’s ball which is aimed at welcoming new stu-dents and giving them an opportunity to interact with long – stand-ing students. Through the event we were able to collect 12 sacks of sanitary towels which we then made available to students across all campuses and they should visit SSS offices on campus if they need sanitary towels.

Mr & Miss Campus is another social programme that is aimed at exposing talents that students possess that aren’t academic across all campuses.

On the 16th June 2018, there was an event at Cyril Ramaphosa Park in Chiawelo where there were sports activities that were conduct-ed; namely a tournament whereby medals were awarded and the winning team received a trophy. Food was given to the children of the

Chiawelo community in the good spirit of youth month and also uplifting the community and building a united front.

On the 18th July 2018, Mandela Day, we collect-ed old clothes and non-perishable food items which were donated to The Salvation Army in Pimville, Soweto. This is; however; an ongoing initiative as it is important for us as students to help the less fortunate.

We have student representatives who have taken it upon themselves to ensure that stu-dent grievances are addressed and dealt with to the best of their abilities. Issues like pending certificates, financial constraints and even personal issues are addressed and dealt with in order to ensure the student’s full co-operation and undivided attention to their studies.

The plans and events that the SRC have and want to implement are mainly aimed at mak-ing the students’ academic life as smooth as possible so that they can attain the best results possible.

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TVET – A new Era!!! We are ready….Active Economic Participation

by: Mr.Nhlanhla Siboto New Business Development Acting Manager

New Business Development Unit

Partnership and Entrepreneurship

Notable Statistics:

In the year 2018, the college enjoyed considerable successes related to the above. It is imperative that certain worthy relations with both internal and external partners are mentioned. The partners played various pivotal roles in changing student lives and assisting the college to contribute to their development:

No. ORGANISATION # BENEFICIARIES TYPE OF INTERVENTION

1 BankSeta 60 The college has been accredited for a Generic Management in Banking Learnership at Level 5.

2 FoodBev SETA

FOODBEV-CLOVER

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50 learners funded for an 18 months WIL program for Diploma purposes.

Two Lecturers were placed for a period of a month, where they were exposed Practical Experience working for CLOVER. The Pro-gramme improved the Lecturers delivery of theoretical content.

3 ABSA/PriceWater Coopers 100 100 learners hosted during the college recess for a 10-day WBE program where learners were working at different sites of ABSA and PWC.

4 Service Seta 20

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18-month placement for Diploma purposes to commence in 1st September 2018

Cleaning Services Short Skills Programme

Cleaning Services Learnership

5 National Skills Fund Public Administration L4 (23) | Contact Centre Support L2 (22) | Professional Cookery L4 (15) | Business Administra-tion Services L4 (23)

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All Learnership to commence on the 1st of September 2018

Learners placed for N6 Internships and Level 4 Internships.

Background:

The New Business Development Unit at South West Gauteng TVET College is mandated to solicit, create, manage, advance and develop partnerships that bring considerable benefit to the entire college system and its publics. The nature of these part-nerships seek to enhance among other the following:

1. Learner placements for Work Integrated Learning and Work Based Exposure

2. Lecturer placements for Work Based Exposure and general development

3. Occupational Directed Learning Programs i.e. skills/ap-prenticeship/learnership training

4. Learner Enterprise Development initiatives to support and encourage SMME

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N6 18-Months Work Integrated Learning

7 WRSETA 12 Lecturers completed Assessor training.

8 China Partnership 30 Learners will be hosted in China for 12 months.

9 NARYSEC Learnership - Furniture Making: Wood NQF Level 2

15 12 month Learnership

10 Insurance SETA 200

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Short Skills Programme in:

Customer Care

Short Term Insurance

Professional Proficiency

The learners that completed the short skills were linked to Insur-ance Companies for placement 70% were successfully placed.

18 months Work Integrated Learning

11 Construction SETA 15

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18 Months Work Integrated Learning

Learnership: Community House Building

Learnership: Building and Civil Construction

12 Transport SETA 100

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Accreditation for Professional Driving Level 4 Learnership

Successfully completed a Work Integrated Learning for 18 months

13 HWSETA 3 Lecturer Development Programme for Technical Skills hosted at Artisans Institute.

14 SMME Development 150 Budding Entrepreneurs exposed to life changing workshops and assisted to start businesses.

Some success stories:

MANDLA – Funded by MH after he attended 3 Months Job Creator Programme (From Poultry to Mobile Games) R30 000.00

DORCUS – Tabitha style (Clothing- Designer) Made it through to the finalist of SAFashionWeek and will showcase their collection at SAFW#SS19

OWEN- Fresh Organic Vegetable – SA Young Award winner Khula App – The App help the company to access the market easy, track record and connect small scale famers

TERRYON- Beauty Product (Perfume) The business started small. In 2018 FM funded the business now the business is growing.

NB: the above is a summary of 2018 highlights - full statistics are available at the WBE Offices.

International Reach:

South West Gauteng TVET college is part of an International Skills Project which is coordinated by the British Council. The project part-ners New College Yorkshire in Scotland with SWGC and our sister college Central Johannesburg TVET College. The project aims to have a cross pollination of good practices and networks from the colleges so as to impact the community through a legacy of skills training. There is vast cross skills advantage to the project which has improved the implementation of projects and opened the college to Internationalisation.

The college is also participating in a project by Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry which aims to host 5 Learners for a Mechatronics Apprenticeship. A mechatronics engi-

neer unites the principles of mechanics, electronics, and computing to generate a simpler, more economical and reliable system. Bosch is the host company of the learners.

2019:

The 4th Industrial Revolution is beckoning and the preparedness of colleges for work ready graduates is increasing. Technological ad-vancements are at the core of all industry development and the move away from all manual platforms to digital is imminent. The focus of all New Business Development Units efforts in the new year will be gearing the learners to thrive in the new era. “May the force be with you”


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We decided to have some coffee and think about the things we can do together and what we as Noorderpoort College can do to assist SWGC.” He further mentioned the Hydroponic Tunnels at George Tabor Campus and that was the start of was to be a great fruitful partner-ship between the colleges.

“We as the SRC would like to thank our stake-holders for partnering with us in our Academic years as well as congratulating our top students who have placed the college name on the map. We are currently rated number 1 in the prov-ince and Number 15 Nationwide. We are very much honoured to have students like you in SWGC, please continue to raise our flag as high as it is. Go to the Netherlands and raise the bar of academics for our college and keep on mak-ing us proud.” Said Nondumiso Mazibuko, The Deputy SRC President of the college.

There were inputs from three representatives in particular whose lives were touched and changed by this lifetime opportunity of going to the Netherlands Mr. Ernest Hasha, Ms. Pa-tience Mkhari and Mr. Mosa Nape.

One of them mentioned how different the time zone is compared to South Africa, whereby in SA the sunsets at 17h00 and rises at 06h00 in the morning but in the Netherlands the sunsets around 20h00 in the evening and rises early in the morning as well as how they all enjoyed riding bicycles and going to the North Sea is-land. During their stay in the Netherlands, they discovered the idea of their education system, how they catalyse the whole teaching and learning process in a sense that students get to understand the content much easier be-cause what is on paper is put to practice. They expressed their gratitude to the colleges for giving them this opportunity of going to the Netherlands.

In closing The Deputy Principal for Corporate Affairs and planning Mr. A. Schlemmer indicat-ed to the Nooderpoort college representatives that they have touched the lives, hearts, and minds of the SWGC family and for that, he said: “We can never thank you enough”.

colleges in South Africa.

Dr. Rob Schuur indicated that after that conference in Johannesburg he met up with Mr. Dan L. Nkosi and requested to meet with him at the college in which he worked. During this time he said “Mr. Dan L. Nkosi took me to the SWGC Head Office where we spent about two hours discussing the Educational System and the challenges that are faced by TVET colleges.

On Friday, 26 April South West Gauteng TVET College (SWGC), held a College to College

Partnership Across Oceans celebration with its Netherlands counterpart Noorderpoort at Tech-nisa Campus to celebrate a partnership that has been there for over 15 years and still going strong.

Master of Ceremony Mr. M. Kheswa, Senior lec-turer of the Music Department at Dobsonville Campus said, “Today marks a very special day as we celebrate a lucrative relationship with our counterparts from the Netherlands. They have become our overseas family which we treasure and are proud of. I know that once I win the lot-tery, I will buy airplane tickets for my family to go to the Netherlands to visit our Nooderpoort family.”

The SWGC Principal, Mr. Dan L. Nkosi acknowl-edged all the present members. This included the former Top Ten pupils from previous years who were selected based on their excelling academic performance to go to the Netherlands for a week. He further extended his word of welcome to the guests of honour from Noorderpoort College namely: Dr. Rob Schuur, The CEO and Chairman of the Board and his wife, Ms. Schuur and Mr. Herry Cooper, The Head of Department and Marketing in Noorderpoort and his wife, Ms. Cooper.

Mr. Dan L. Nkosi shared with the audience a brief history of the partnership between these two colleges and how it began. He stated that when the partnership started, the college had just been merged with other colleges from around Gauteng to make one mega college, which is now known as South West Gauteng TVET College. Mr. Dan L. Nkosi went on to dramatize the state of the partnership, saying that during the time, not one of the students of the college had ever used an email, not one of the students had ever navigat-ed the internet and there were no facilities in the

college to do any of these mentioned things.

The very first facilities that enabled the students of the college to be able to use the internet and send emails was when we actually got a set of sponsorship that was given to this college by the college in the Netherlands, Noorderpoort College. He mentioned that it did not end there, as the computer centres at that time were unequipped and because of the support of Noorderpoort they were equipped, they went as far as helping at George Tabor Campus by building hydroponic tunnels to teach members of the community how to grow their own vegetation for profit. “I can take the whole day giving different aspects of this partnership.” He said.

Mr. M Kheswa (Senior Lecturer-Music) traveled down memory lane with the audience, to the time when he and the SWGC band from Dobsonville Campus got the opportunity to perform at one of the occasions that was held at the Noorderpoort College. He mentioned how grateful they felt to be there as well as to learn more about Dutch culture. Welcoming on stage Mr. Rob Schuur, was the col-lege band with a soothing melody called “The street lights of Soweto”.

“Ladies and gentlemen this is a complete surprise for us because Mr. Dan L. Nkosi told us that we will be attending an informal meeting at Technisa Cam-pus and when we arrived here, we realised that we will be having an informal lunch.” Said Dr. Rob Schuur.

According to Dr. Rob Schuur, it was about 18 years ago when the then Minister of Education started a programme called “Your relationship education which mainly involved TVET college principals from different countries. As one of the hosts in the Neth-erlands, he was responsible for accommodating over 16 principals for a duration of six weeks. It is there where he started to learn more about TVET

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Tuesday the 24th April marked more than just an official handing over of four Hydroponic Tun-nels, sponsored by Noorderpoort College from the Nertherlands, to the Dobsonville communi-ty as well as the South West Gauteng TVET Col-lege.

It signified the power of what true partnerships can achieve, as Noorderpoort College has been a partner to South West Gauteng TVET College for over 14 years and continues to play a major role in the growth of SWGC and the community.

During the official proceeding of handing over the hydroponic tunnels to the community, a for-mer student of SWGC and beneficiary to the ini-tiative; Kgotso Khumalo, allowed Dr Rob Schuur the Chairperson of the Board of Noorderpoort College and Mr Dan L. Nkosi; the Principal of South West Gauteng TVET College to be the first to plant seedlings into the grounds, before the community could take over.

Mr Christian Toerien from South West Gauteng College played a very important role in ensuring that members of the community were trained on how to plant and grow vegetation using the hydroponic tunnel farming system.

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Hydroponic Tunnels Handover to the Community

Currently the vegetation that is planted in the hydroponic tunnels includes Spinach, Cabbage, Spring Onion and later in the summer Tomato’s will also be planted and sold by the community.

It takes not only generosity but truly believe in people, understanding their needs and creating opportunities for them to achieve greatness and be successful.


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the love and passion for Maths from his late grandfather, John Mxadje Maluleke, who was one of the best Mathematics teachers of his time. “My grandfather played such a pivotal and influential role in my studies, more espe-cially my love for Mathematics. He would tell me that understanding the basics is all you need to excel in maths, which has been the secret for my distinctions in the subject; “said SWGC Star Student.

When Nhlamulo registered for Civil Engi-neering at South West Gauteng TVET College (SWGC) at Molapo Campus in 2017, it was a

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Born on the 6th February 1998, South West Gauteng TVET College’s N6 Civil Engineering

student, Nhlamulo Mkhabela could not believe it when he received an early 21st birthday present that he had been dreaming about since his child-hood, a letter of admission to study Aerospace Engineering at Kingston University; in London.

Nhlamulo, who originally hailed from Giyani, in the Limpopo Province, knew from the age of 12 that he wanted to be an Aeronautical Engineer. His excellent marks and distinctions in Math-ematics always set him apart as a student and prepared him for his ultimate journey. He drew

second chance for him after strikes disrupted his studies at the Durban University of Technology Westville Campus in 2016. His performance and results in the chosen program proved to be the perfect one for him as he got distinctions in almost all subjects that he had enrolled for.

Passionate about research and in-ternet, one day as he was surfing the net for the best International University that specialises in Aero-space Engineering, he came across Kingston University in London. He immediately went to their website and applied online. Two days later he got a letter to confirm that his application has been successful and that he should wait for a letter of admission within two months, which he received just two days before his 21st birthday, on the 4th of February 2019. The good news is that he has also secured a scholarship from an engineering company for this. Nhlamulo was scheduled to fly to London on the 26th April 2019 to complete the registration process.

According to Nhlamulo it would be an ideal opportunity if he gets an Internship in United Kingdom (UK) so as to get used to the environ-ment that side while still waiting for classes to commence later on. He is very grateful for the opportu-nity given to him to study in the UK and has a few people to thank for making his dream a reality. “I am really emotional about the whole thing because often we don’t be-lieve God answers prayers. It has always been my dream to be an Aerospace Engineer. Growing up I looked up to people like Albert Eintein and Zubrin for their excel-lent world space exploration” said the elated 21-year-old Nhlamulo. “My special grateful gratitude goes to my grandparents, parents, Un-cle Tiyesela Maluleke and all the teachers as well as lecturers who have helped unleash my talent and potential,” concluded Nhlamulo.

SWGC STUDENT TO JOIN PANTHEONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC STARS

EXCHANGE PROGRAMME LIFE - CHANGES STUDENTS...


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“A journey of a thousand miles be-gins with a single step”.

This is as Zaza Delani, Thamsanqa Mokga-di, Refiloe Mmola, Enolda Morifi, Musina-haya Mabilu, Thabelo Makatu, Emily Ndou, Siwakhile Vilakazi, Busisiwe Mazibuko as well as Tumelo Mothupi, former South West Gauteng TVET College Electrical En-gineering students from Roodepoort West Campus embarked on a journey of their lives.

Mvinjelwa issued the learners with their Letters of Enrolment.

Since then three (3) more groups of students from Roodepoort West Campus have been selected to participate in the exchange internship programme, with the first group of twenty (20) stu-dents having left on the 3rd June 2019 to learn and work on ICloud Computing Adoption at the Nanjing Institute of Industry Technology. The second group of nineteen (19) students left on the 15th June 2019 to embark on a twelve-month internship pro-gramme at the Changuzhou Vocational Institution of Mechatron-ic Technology, whilst the last group of three (3) students will be leaving on the 21st June 2019.

It is a great honour and privilege for South West Gauteng TVET College to have fifty-three (53) students participating and having participated in this internship programme since its inception.

FAREWELL TO CHINA STUDENTS EXCHANGE PROGRAMME TO CHINA

in the Mechatronics Internship program of the International Edu-cation Department at Zhejiang Institute of Mechanical & Electri-cal Engineering. They traveled all the way to Hanguzhou, Zhejiang Province in China on the 25th June 2018 for a twelve-month dura-tion.

SWGC Roodepoort West Campus held a farewell celebration for the learners, which was opened with a prayer by the Campus Manager Ms. Mvinjelwa and also welcomed all the distinguished guest and proud parents. She told the learners that they are the custodians of SWGC and that they need to go showcase how disciplined we are to the world out there. “Hard work, willingness to learn and most of all the grace of God got you this far,” said Ms. Mvinjelwa.

Guest Speakers Mr. Synders alluded to what was said by Ms. Mvin-jelwa, to say that discipline is key if you want to make it anywhere in life. He also touched on ignorance and humility, advising the students not to be arrogant but rather humble and never for any reason feel as if they know too much. Mr. Synders encouraged the learners to work towards building their own legacies by going to China and acquiring the necessary skills so that they can come back and build robots and hire people to work with them instead of go-ing to China only to come back and work for another person.

Amongst other speakers, there was Mr. Percy Wright from the Kofifi Media Group Consortium who shared a few words of wisdom with the learners and the parents that were present. Encouraging them never to give up, never to think that they are bigger than the job they will be required to do no matter how lame it may be, as that builds character and will shape their future, this was before Ms.

It all began when the students sub-mitted their CV’s to South West Gauteng TVET College New Business Development Unit, a Unit which has solely been created to connect the college with Business and In-dustry and also to ensure that the college students are exposed to Workplace-Based Learning. Their CV’s were then sent to the Chinese Culture and International Exchange Centre amongst many other CV’s that were received by the Unit. Out of twenty students selected, only ten stu-dents (above) were selected to take part


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Zenzele Lloyd Dlamini – Council Chairperson of South West Gauteng TVET Col-lege Board

Mr Dlamini is a Senior Corporate Banker: Absa Africa Group | Public Sector: Corporate & Investment Banking (Clients: Municipalities, State Owned Companies & Higher Ed-ucation Sector)

He Joined Financial Sector In 1999, Working for the following Financial Institutions: Nedbank Ltd - 1999, Fnb-2001 & Absa Bank Ltd – 2011 To Date. He Possesses 18 Years Of Banking Experience In Sales, Financial Markets, Relationship Building, Financial And Risk Management.

He Holds a B.admin & Honours In Labour Relations - Univ Of Dbn-Westville, Masters In Management (Economics & Public Finance) – Univ Of Witwatersrand (Wits Business School), Leadership Development Programme (Wits Bs), Higher Diploma In Banking (Milpark Business School), Certificate In Housing Policy (Univ Of Johannesburg), Cer-tificate In Municipal Finance & Supply Chain Management (Wits Bs), Diploma In Finan-cial Markets & Instruments (Novaone Hedging School), Llb (Unisa) 2Nd Year – Current Studies

Meet the newly elected Council office...

Thando Lamula: Council Member

Thando Lamula-Shirindaan, an International Tax Specialist and a recent Ministerial appointee, Council Member of the South West Gauteng TVET College and Deputy Chairperson of the Exco. Academi-

cally holds a Masters Degree in Taxation Laws, a Postgraduate Diploma in Taxation, a Postgraduate in Compliance and Corporate Governance and a B.Com (Law) Degree.

Due to her passion for education, she is a founder of an Educational Foundation Trust (the Sui-Generis Foundation) for the benefit of the underprivileged. Amongst other things, the purpose of this foundation is to provide educational enrichment, academic support, and provision of scholarships, bursaries, awards, research, training, career guidance and outreach programmes for the poor and needy. For the purpose of marketing this foundation globally, she entered the Mrs Africa beauty pageant. “I am pleased to announce that I am a finalist in the compe-tition. In essence, I am competing at a continental and global level. I believe that this pageant will empower me to learn and bring back the experience to grow the Foundation and contribute in vast platforms in South Africa”.

I would like to encourage students to study and empower themselves through learning. I believe that “a learning nation is a winning nation”.

Mpolai Liau: Council Member

A Business Manager: Africa Regions Audit at Standard Bank Group, a role that provides strategic and opera-tional support required to enable the Africa Regions Audit team to perform its core functions effectively. She was previously a Senior Internal Audit

Manager, at Standard Bank, managing the Digital Banking and Vehicle and As-set Financing portfolios. She is courageous yet fair in dealing difficult conver-sations with a solution focused mind-set. This has shifted the narrative from audit being viewed as a watchman to a trusted independent business partner.

In 2018, She was recognised as one of the 35 finalists in the annual South Af-rica Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) ‘Top 35 Under 35’ recognition process. This initiative acknowledges young chartered accountants under the age of 35 who are making a meaningful contribution in their work environ-ment as well as the communities in which they operate. She has won the 2016 Standard Bank Group Internal Audit Mark of Excellence (MOE) award for excel-lent stakeholder engagement & people development. This award is bestowed on the top 5 internal auditors within the Standard Bank Group across a staff complement of 260 members. Mpolai has also served as a board member and the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee for the SA Board for People Practice as well as a Council Member and Audit and Risk Committee member for Ekurhuleni West TVET College.

She has a passion for education & developing young people. Actively coaches & mentors emerging talent. She has positive energy, aspires to reach great-ness in everything she does and believes in always striving to do the right thing even when no one is watching.


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Maisela Morewane: Council Member

A 40-year-old leader, growing up in the streets of Soweto made him realize that one needs to work hard in whatever they do to climb up the ladder of success. Po-litical activism became an inherent char-acteristic when one remembers the state of emergency in the 1980’s. “That is the

Fundi Mazibuko: Council Member

A wife, mother of three and serial en-trepreneur. She co-founded Fullserve Holdings (Pty) Limited, a Facilities Maintenance company providing main-tenance services to the property indus-try. She serves as its Head of Business

S L Tshoko: Council Member

An English Lecturer at SWGC (Roodepoort campus), Nehawu branch executive chairperson and a Co-founder and CEO of Mthun-zi.com an NGO based in Dobson-ville Soweto. Mr Siyabulela Lee

period I did my primary education in White City Jabavu, Lekang Primary”. This time made me realize that I belong within academia”. Chosen as one of the few students to incept what was and still is known as Raucall (Rand Afrikaans University College for the Advancement of learning and leadership). Studied Bachelor of Business Ad-ministration at the University of Natal, now known as UKZN. His passion as a human-itarian drove him to apply for a position in the United States and be involved with special needs individual. This commitment lasted for a year. Facing the reality of coming back to continue with lifelong learning. Completed a Diploma in Marketing with Central Johan-nesburg College later on upgraded his qualification with Tshwane University of Technology to receive a Bachelor of Technology in International Communica-tions. His recognition of a career path encouraged him to complete a Post Gradu-ate Certificate in Education. He is now a SSS Senior Administrative Clerk at South West College TVET College at Roodepoort West Campus as well as the College Basketball coach, which gave him the opportunity to be a Basketball coach for the Gauteng Province for the last three years. “I commit to serve and represent with honour, courage and virtue. While robust debates are necessary for change, respect and integrity will guide my tenure as a council member”.

Development and Marketing. Fullserve is a medium sized family owned busi-ness which was started by Fundi and Sipho Mazibuko. She has previously worked for companies such as Excellerate Property Services where she was a Director and Board member, Motseng Property Services where she was a Portfolio Manager as well as Joburg Property Company as a Executive Support of the COO to name a few. She was a board member and a Trustee at Excellerate Property Services.

In addition to her experience she has just achieved her Master in Business Ad-ministration degree (Henley Business School), she has a Management Advanced Programme (Wits) graduate and she also holds a Certificate in Shopping Centre Management (CSCM) and an Advanced Certificate in Shopping Centre Leader-ship (ACSCL) from the University of Pretoria. She has served as Gauteng chairperson of Woman’s Property Network, SAPOA Conference Committee and currently a board member of Property Charter. She is an alumni of Cherrie Blair Foundation for Woman mentee (2016), and a mem-ber of the Dell Woman Entrepreneurs.

Tshoko, holds a BA degree in administration from Vista University, International Hotel Diploma from the American Hotel and Motel As-sociation and a Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership Development from Unisa.

He is very passionate about education and strongly shares in the late former President, Mr Nelson Mandela’s convictions of Education be-ing the most powerful tool that can be used by any nation to liberate itself.

Mr Tshoko strongly believe that his reservoir of experience in the teaching sector and in capacity as a leader will assist to shape and transform this sector. He also believes that we need to conscientise students about the values of education and how that can assist them in reclaiming their space in society.

Tankiso Moloi: Council Member

Former Director of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) responsible for the ERM programme, Business Continuity Management (BCM), In-ternal Audit Findings Management, a Chief Accountant, and Chief Finan-cial Analyst . He has obtained a PhD in Finance, Master of Commerce

(Accounting), Master of Science (Financial Management), Master of Arts (International Relations), Honors Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting). He is an ACMA, CGMA (CIMA, AICPA) and a Chartered Risk Analyst (CRA) (IAFM).

He is also a member of Oxford Academic UnionCurrently, he is a full professor in the School of Accounting at the University of Johannesburg. He has published more than 60 papers and book chapters on corporate governance, enterprise risk management and assurance. He is the editor for the African Journal of Corporate Governance Research and the Chair of International Conference in Accounting and Business.

Tankiso has won the Institute of Risk Management South Africa Award in the education category twice, in 2017 and in 2018. He was a finalist in the category, risk influencer of the year in 2018. He has ran and completed four comrade’ marathons, receiving three bronze medallions (2015, 2016 & 2017) and two bill rowan medallion (2018 & 2019).


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Hulisani Mani: Council Member

Mr H Mani holds Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting, an N6 in Public Management, has also completed his SAICA articles. He has experience in Internal Audit Financial Management, Financial Reporting, Auditing, Taxation, Annual Performance Report, Mentorship and Procurement Advisory.

Ruben Mosiane: Council Member

Tshitise Reuben Mosiane is currently the Deputy Chief Education Special-ist (Campus Manager) positioned at South West Gauteng TVET College’s George Tabor campus in Dube Village, Soweto. Mr Mosiane began his career as an Entrepreneurship and Business Management lecturer in 1998 at Jo-

Mr Mani obtained vast experience through his role as the Founding President of the Economic Liberators, which mainly focuses on Economic Transformation and SMME Mentorship as well as his participation in the Joburg Region Economic Transformation Committee which he believes has given him a strong understand-ing of the economic challenges and opportunities within Gauteng.

He is currently the National Chairperson of SAFETSA working closely with the Di-rector General as well as the Minister of DHET, he attributes this working relation that has given him a detailed understanding of weakness and areas of improve-ment on the internal controls within the TVET sector.

Served in the council of SWGC from 1st May 2016 to 31st May 2018, which gave him a broader understanding of the systems and processes of the institution, was also a member of the Audit and Risk committee and Additional revenue commit-tee of SWGC.

Leadership Experience: Chairperson Of SASA Karate Club 2001-2004 , ANCYL Sec-retary Lwandani Branch 2002-2004, Secretary of Bvusuludzo Drama Club 2002-2003, Deputy Chair of School of Management 2006-2007, Univen Chairperson of School of Management 2006-2008, Member of Universityof Venda Senate 2006-2008, Member of Student Parliament 2006-2008 ,Chair of School of Management 2006-2007, Board Member of School of Management 2007-2008 , Academic & Transformation Officer Univen 2008, ANCYL Branch Secretary 2011-2012, ANCYL Branch Chairperson 2012 -2014, ANC JHB

REC RET Committee Member 2015 -2016, President of Economic Liberators since 2015, SWGC SRC President 2016- 2018, National Chairperson of SAFETSA 2016 - 2018, SWGC Council Member 2016 - 2018, SWGC Financial AID Committee, 2016 - 2018, SWGC Academic Board Members 2016 - 2018, Chairperson of Tshiawelo Business Council 2016 – 2018 and 2019 SWGC SRC President.

hannesburg Technical College which is now known as Central Johannesburg College. He has over 20 years of experience in the education and training fraternity.

Mr Mosiane’s education experience involves spending 8 years as a classroom lecturer, two years as a senior lecturer, two years as head of division, 3 years as a deputy campus manager, 2 years as acting campus manager and 3 years as a campus manager. He was awarded the” BEST LECTURER FOR THE YEAR 2009” and “MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN 2014” accolade at SWGC.

His education expertise provided him the chance to work together with varied groups of people to meet the common goal of increasing student achieve-ment and welfare. His educational philosophy is based on his unbending be-lief that all students can learn, given a positive learning environment, strong and knowledgeable leadership, a committed and focused educational team, a hopeful community, and a supportive family.

Mr Mosiane also holds positions as the secretary of the Academic Board at SWGC, secretary of the College Council at SWGC, chairperson of Mohlakano Primary School Governing Body, chairperson of Prominence Social Club and secretary of Family Care Society.

In his spare time, Mr Mosiane enjoys reading, listening to house music, watching documentaries and reality shows as well as playing fun games with his family.


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Personnel

Opening and Welcome Ceremony

EVENTSCascading Plans for the year end awarding staff members as well as Campuses that have done remarkably well, was the order of the day during the Personnel Opening and Welcoming Ceremony held at South West Gauteng TVET College, Molapo Campus, on Friday the 8th March 2019.

As this is an Annual Function that takes place in the first quarter of the year, it is always themed and the one chosen for this year was “We are so close (In reality) yet too far (In our minds) to glory”. It was put well by the master of ceremony, Alucia Mabunda, a senior lecturer from Technisa Campus, when she quoted from Philippians chapter 2 verse 2 which read “Complete me by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”

The Principal of the college Mr. Dan L. Nkosi alluded to the verse by saying,” We amongst other things want to use this occasion to refresh, share and consolidate our long held dream of wanting the college to lead other colleges in the country in performance. The college must end 2019 being in the top 5 of the 50 colleges in the country. A good part of what I’m going to be doing this morning is to show you how easy it is and how close it is. That it’s so close that if all of us stretch our hands we can touch or reach that achieve-ment.”. Hence the theme “So close (in reality) yet so far in (our minds) to glory.”

Those were the words of the Principal as he shared the operational plan for 2019, as well as giving out the stats for the provincial 2018

academic performance. He indicated that SWGC came in second place for Report 190/1 and seventh place for National Certificate (Vocational) NCV in Gauteng Province for Best performed institu-tions in 2018. The Principal also went on to say that “All societies have a God-given duty to impact survival tools and skills from one generation to the next and for this generation in this country we are the ones chosen to sort this duty. We are not playing in the Gauteng League! We are playing in the National Super League and competing with the world.”

The Deputy Principal for Academic Affairs and Operations, Mr Joey Monyamane took over and handed out awards for the Top Ten per-forming students, the Platinum Club 100 for Lecturers who have received 90% and above in respect to the subjects they teach, Top achieving Campuses as well as the Best customer service award respectively, before the college band closed off by amusing the au-dience with soothing jazzy music.


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CAREER/ WELLNESS EXPO PAVES THE WAY FOR YOUNG GENERATIONOn Friday, 12 April, South West Gauteng TVET College (SWGC) in conjunction with Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) and supported by the Gauteng Liquor Board held a Career/ Wellness EXPO at the college’s George Tabor Campus, where high school students, community members as well as our very own SWGC stu-dents came in numbers to equip themselves with the knowledge of what is in store for them out there in the world of work.

The whole objective of this Campaign was to afford TVET students, Grade 12 learners from the surrounding schools and members of the local community the opportunity to

wellbeing as well as that of their families, hence the involvement of the Gauteng Liquor Board, SAB as well as SANCA Soweto. The Department of Health was conducting health screenings and pro-moting healthy living along with Virgin Active.

JMPD Officer Phindile Maseko, from the Community Outreach Unit in Soweto indicated that they are working with schools, commu-nity members teaching them about safety. “We conduct scholar patrol training and monitoring at primary level. We teach students about career guidance and do presentations about road safety at both primary and high school. We also give students an opportu-

nity to learn about different careers in our departments within the City of Johannesburg. Another reason for our involvement in the career expo is due to the growing concern of drug related incidents that occur in our communities. We encourage healthy lifestyle and students should not be stereotyped when it comes to career choices”, said Officer Maseko.

The JMPD Drill Squad clinched the proceeding of the day by flaunting their routine as they drilled into the college yard with sirens.

CAREER EXPO/WELLNESS BUILD A BETTER YOU!

learn more about the different career opportunities available in the organizations that took part in the exhibition, which were Home Af-fairs, aware.org, JMPD Dragger Unit, Department of Labour, Depart-ment of Social Development, GCRA, Johannesburg Water, to name but a few. Not only was it about students learning more about these organisations but by giving an opportunity to organisations within the City of Johannesburg to expose themselves to TVET College stu-dents and learners from local schools and work together to tackle the scourge of youth unemployment.

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May 24th and June 07th 2019 were special and joyous days for students as the South West Gauteng TVET College held their Graduation Ceremonies at the renowned Walter Sisulu Square Hall in Kliptown, Soweto, which saw over 450 students who have successfully met their academic and extra-curricular requirements, being conferred from both National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V) and Report 190/1 pro-grammes in Engineering and Utility Studies as well as over 588 Business Studies gradu-ates in both programmes gathered to cele-brate their hard-earned achievement with friends and family respectively.

Both occasions commenced with the new-ly allotted Council Chairperson of the Col-lege, Mr. Zenzele Dlamini constituting the congregation before handing over to Pas-tor Nkululeko Hlubi who officiated with a scripture reading from Luke 11: 9-11 which reads, “Keep Asking, Seeking and Knocking So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?” Pastor Nkululeko Hlubi also read from Matthew 25:14-30 ti-tled: The Parable of the Talents coupled with a prayer.

Mr. Dan L. Nkosi, the College Principal told the audi-ence that the weekend of the 24th May marks a very important time in the lives of Africans, as, on the 26th May, the nation would be celebrating Africa Day also known as African Freedom Day. He further said “This event is a moment in time for these students who want to strike out of the college or who are about to strike out of the college in the South African Economy and world. Change a clan, change a village and indeed your education put to good use can change the entire society.”

“Amandla …… Awethu Amandla Awethu” words from the Student Representative Council President, Hulisani Mani as he greeted the crowd at large. He went on to say that “TVET’s must rise. Proud TVET students must rise. Forward to the

students who are serious about their education.” As his fel-

low school mates, the graduates repeated after him.

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perity for others around and thus it was befitting for the 20-year-old Nontobeko, the Founder and CEO of Zanele Power House, Soweto Diamonds Model Acad-emy and Co-Founder of Soweto Royalty Foundation to receive such an award.

The audience sang the National Anthem before the Congregation was dissolved by the Chairperson of the College Council.

Well known Ms. Thuli Magubane, the Director of Mint Fresh, member of the board of directors for Benguela Global Fund Managers, Co-Founder and Director of Meleah Investments and Radio Presenter on KayaBizz for Kaya FM, encouraged the graduates and audience to dream big and never give up no matter how hard it may get. Whilst on the other hand Ms. Xoliswa Daku the CEO & Founder of Daku Group of Companies which focuses on Property Development, Investment, Acquisitions, Law, Facilities and Property Management, gave the graduates words of wisdom and inspiration as she pleaded with them to do what their hearts desire and follow in what they believe in as long as it helps them grow to become the best they can be at what they do.

The ceremony also gave recognition to the best performing staff member of the college. Mr. Mokibelo David Mopai; from Roodepoort West Campus; who was presented with the Vic-tor/Victrix Laudorum Academic Awards for his philosophy of “Service above self”, being upheld as an icon in the College Fraternity and being an embodiment of the sum total of the values that the college wants to live. ARainmaker Award was also presented to Ms. Nontobeko Zanele Phakathi. This award is given to a person who lives a selfless and inspiring life, by creating opportunities, hope and pros-

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Sports

Date Activity Venue Responsible Person

19/07/2019 Committee Meeting CJCAdministrator/Gen Secretary

20/07/2019

Fifth League Game: (5)CJC Vs WESTCOLTNC Vs TSC SEDCOL Vs EECSWGC Vs EWC

11H00 – 11H15CJCTSCEECEWC

Sports Coordinators

26-28 July 2019 National COSACSA Music, Arts & Culture MPUMALANGA Administrator/Gen Secretary

03/08/2019

COSACSA GAUTENG TRAINING TRIALS:1. EWC Vs CJC2. EEC Vs SEDCOL3. TSC Vs SWGC4. TNC Vs WESTCOL

CJC CROWN MINES10:00 Kick-Off

Sports Coordinators

17/08/2019

Seventh League Game: (6)WESTCOL Vs EWCCJC Vs EEC SEDCOL Vs TSCTNC Vs SWGC

11H00 – 11H15WESTCOLCJCSEDCOLTNC

Sports Coordinators

23/08/2019 Committee Meeting Westcol Administrator/Gen Secretary

24/08/2019

Sixth League Game: (7) TSC vs WESTCOL TNC vs EWCSEDCOL vs CJC SWGC vs EEC

11H00 – 11H15TSCTNCSEDCOLSWGC

Sports Coordinators

31/08/2019 COSACSA GAUTENG TRAINING SESSIONS10H00-10H15

CJC CROWN MINES CAMPUS SPORTING GROUNDS

Sports Coordinators

Sports, Arts and Culture

College Sport Arts and Culture South Africa,SWGC TVET College Sports Programme Year 2019


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07/09/2019 COSACSA GAUTENG TRAINING SESSIONS10H00-10H15CJC CROWN MINES CAMPUS SPORTING GROUNDS

Sports Coordinators

13/09/2019 Committee Meeting SEDCOL Administrator/Gen Secretary

14/09/2019 COSACSA GAUTENG TRAINING SESSIONS10H00-10H15

CJC CROWN MINES CAMPUS SPORTING GROUNDS Sports Coordinators

22-26/09/2019 COSACSA SUMMER BALLS LIMPOPO Administrator/Gen Secretary18/10/2019 Committee Meeting TSC Administrator/Gen Secretary

19/10/2019COSACSA GAUTENGSPORTS & CULTURAL AWARDS CEREMONY

SWGC Administrator/Gen Secretary

08/11/2019 Committee Meeting EWC Administrator/Gen Secretary

22-24/11/2019National COSACSA Sports, Arts& Culture Awards

Eastern Cape Administrator/Gen Secretary

COSACSA GAUTENG SPORTING CODES AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIESPORTING CODES: CULTURAL ACTIVITIES:

1) LADIES NETBALL 1) CHORAL2) MENS & LADIES SOCCER 2) CULTURAL / TRADITIONAL SONGS & DANCE3) MENS & LADIES CHESS 3) POETRY4) MENS & LADIES VOLLEYBALL 4) PERFORMANCES5) MENS & LADIES BASKETBALL 5) DRAMA 6) ATHLETICS: ( For Both Genders)

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GeorgeTabor vs Molapo at Davidsonville on the 8th February 2019. George Tabor won 3 – 2.

George Tabor vs Technisa at Roodepoort West on the 3rd May 2019. George Tabor won 2 - 0


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George Tabor vs Dobsonville at Fiat Sports Complex on the 26th April 2019. The Match did not Finish due to rain

George Tabor Ladies Soccer on The 12th April 2019 at Mofolo grounds, George Tabor won 6 – 0

Netball Match George Tabor up againt Dobsonville Campus (Basketball Match)


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George Tabor vs Land Is Wealth at Roodepoort West on the 3rd May 2019, George Tabor won 2 – 1

George Tabor vs Land is Wealth Farm at Roodepoort West, moments before Kick Off

Technisa Male Soccer Team Chess Board Challenge at Fiat Sports Complex

George Tabor Netball TeamLand is Wealth Farm Netball Team


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CONTACT CENTREOffice no. 9, 2nd Floor |Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Corner Klip Valley and Union Road| Kliptown, SowetoTel: 086 176 8849 / 010 141 8300Fax: 02294501881Email: [email protected]

DOBSONVILLE CAMPUSCampus Manager: Mrs. Busi Statu5604 Van Onselen Road | Dobsonville | 1863Tel: 010 141 4000Fax: (011) 988-9212Email: [email protected]

MOLAPO CAMPUSCampus Manager: Mr. Sydwell Manthata1822 B Molele Street, CnrKoma Road | Molapo | Soweto | 1801Tel: 010 141 1000Fax: 011 984-0136Email: [email protected]

ROODEPOORT WEST CAMPUSCampus Manager: Ms. Nomava MvinjelwaNo.1 Hinda & Lawson Street | Roodepoort | 1724Tel: 010 141 3000Fax: 011 766-4214Email: [email protected]

HEAD OFFICE1822 A Molele Street | C/oKoma Road |Molapo| SowetoTel: 010 141 1000Fax: 011 984 1262Email: [email protected]

GEORGE TABOR CAMPUSCampus Manager: Mr. Reuben Mosiane1440 Mncube Drive | Dube Village | 1801Tel: 010 141 5000Fax: 011 982-5543Email: [email protected] “Land is Wealth” Farm LodgeNo 41 Upper Ridge Road, Swartkrans, Maropeng, Krugersdorp,1739Tel: 087 807 5896Fax: 087 807 5896

ROODERPOORT CAMPUSCampus Manager: Ms Sylvia Kholofelo MashaleNo.3 Webber Avenue | Horizon View| Roodepoort | 1724Tel: 010 141 2000Fax: 011 763-5937Email: [email protected]

TECHNISA CAMPUSCampus Manager: Mr. Johannes MakolaHuguenot Avenue & Main Street | Bordeaux | Randburg | 2194Tel: 010 141 1200Fax: 011 886-7718Email: [email protected]

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