“Siyikusasa loMzansi” (We are the Future of South Africa)

As part of Majuba TVET College’s corporate social investment programme, the Marketing Department decided to launch a Campaign for Youth Day called “Siyikusasa loMzansi” (We are the Future of South Africa) for the June 16 Youth Day celebrations. On this commemorative day, 10 different High Schools from Newcastle, Madadeni and Osizweni were invited by the College to provide their Grade 9 learners an opportunity to experience working in different careers for the day. 

The day got underway with Career Guidance and motivational talks being given to the learners by professionals and ex-students of the College who were now successfully employed at high profile companies. Thereafter, each learner was given a chance to choose a career which interested them and were then placed in a workshop or office related to that specific career they had chosen. This was an incredible experience for them as they worked for the rest of the day in a career that they felt they could pursue in the future. Furthermore, all learners were assigned to a mentor (Senior lecturer, Training Officer or Manager) who went the extra mile to coach them on the career they had shown interest in. The different careers ranged from: Electrical Engineering; Boilermaking; Motor Mechanics; Fitting and Turning; Civil Engineering; Agriculture; Hospitality; Finance; Human Resource Management; and Office Administration. 

Nashveer Nemesar (Assistant Director of Marketing, PR and Communications) highlighted that, “This significant day, June 16, serves to remind South Africa of the importance of its youth and brings across the message that something like “the Soweto riots” should never happen again. The purpose of this informative Campaign was to assist our Grade 9 High School learners in making informed decisions of their future careers. During the latter part of the year they will be required to choose subjects at school that they will carry through till tertiary level. It is therefore imperative that they choose the correct subject combinations in order to take up the career path they intend on doing. This successful Campaign sent out a very strong message to our community that the College takes serious interest in the future of our Youth!”

Majuba TVET College would like to express their gratitude to all High Schools which attended the “Siyikusasa loMzansi” Youth Day Campaign. The overall success of the event could be considered as a life-changing experience to these learners who left the College feeling empowered. #YouthDay2017 #SiyikusasaLomzansi #WeAreTheFutureOfSouthAfrica #MajubaTVETCollege Mr. W. Tswai from the Plumbing workshop explaining to the Grade 9 pupils on how to connect a geyser. These pupils showed interest in taking up Civil Engineering as a career.[/caption]