Abafundi abangu-86 bathweswe iziqu ngemuva kokuphothula uhlelo lwezifundo lonyaka olulandelwe yi-New Venture Creation Business Management Level 4 Learnership Programme, umcimbi obubanjelwe eMoses Mabhida Stadium. Lolu hlelo, olubambisene phakathi kukaMasipala waseThekwini, ASIME Women NPC, kanye ne-Food and Beverages Manufacturing SETA, lubizwe njengoluyintuthuko enkulu. Luhlose ukunika intsha nabesifazane amakhono okubamba amabhizinisi ngokuqinile, ikakhulukazi emkhakheni wokucubungula ezolimo. Kubafundi abaningi, lolu hlelo lube yinto eguqule izimpilo zabafundi. Abanye sebeqalile amabhizinisi abo ezolimo, kanti abanye sebeqashwe emisebenzini. UNoluthando Nkabane, umsunguli we-Insika Farmers, oshiye umsebenzi wakhe enkampanini enkulu ukuze agxile ekufundeni kabanzi ngezinkukhu. “Ngesikhathi ngiqala loluqeqesho nganginomhlinzeki oyedwa kuphela. Namuhla ngihlinzeka izimakethe ezintathu eThekwini, kuhlanganisa nenkulu ese-Isiphingo. Ulwazi engiluthole lapha lungisize kakhulu ukukhula,” kusho yena.
UMondli Shangase, ongu-Vuka Supply Farm e-Umbumbulu, uthe “Ngaqala ezolimo ngo-2017 ngingenalutho. Usizo oluqhubekayo lukaMasipala lungisizile ukuthi ngikhule. Ezolimo zishintsha impilo futhi zidala amathuba emisebenzi, ngakho ngiyakhuthaza uMasipala ukuthi uqhubeke nokutshala imali,” esho. Ekhuluma ngesikhathi somcimbi, uKhansela Thembo Ntuli, ongusihlalo weKomidi Lokuthuthukiswa Komnotho Nokuhlela eThekwini, ugqamise indima yezolimo emnothweni wezwe. Uthe selokhu kwaqalwa i-Agribusiness Masterplan ngo-2020, iTheku selitshale imali engaphezu kuka-R60 million, kwadalwa imisebenzi engaphezu kuka-1 200 ekufuyeni izinkukhu, imvu, kanye nemifino. UMasipala manje uhlose ukuvula u-R10 billion ku-GDP kanye nemisebenzi ecishe ibe ngu-10 000 eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo. UNokuthula Selamolela, ongumqondisi we-SETAs, uthe ukwesekwa kwalolu hlelo kuqondiswe ekusizeni ama-AgriSMMEs ukuba achume. UNandi Ngcobo, ongumqondisi wezokumaketha ku-ASIME Women NPC, uchaze kabanzi ngokwesekwa ngohlelo lwe-Entrepreneurial Aftercare, lapho abafundi abangu-50 bezonikezwa ubuholi, usizo lokuhambisana nemithetho, kanye nokufinyelela ezimalini ukuze amabhizinisi abo abe nezimpande eziqinile. Usizo lwamakhono asebenzayo kanye nokuzimisela, labafundi abaphumelele abangu-86 sebekulungele ukuguqula ikusasa lezolimo eThekwini naseNingizimu Afrika yonke.
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