The Ehlanzeni TVET College’s Mashishing campus was accommodated at an old Public Works Department building. In 2019, the mining company which operates in the area helped refurbish the building. It has now handed over eight classrooms to the college, which struggled with the enrolment of students. Nearly 600 students were admitted to the college, to the disappointment of many young people, who wanted to further their studies closer to home.
“The priority of the department is the access of students in TVET Colleges, so currently we have enrolled 540 students, there is need to grow the community, expect more from us to enrol more learners, but we don’t have the infrastructure.
Glencore has so far spent R12.5 million on this college. Chief Corporate Investment Officer, Conroy van der Westhuizen says the college was established out of nothing. “In 2019 we convected the old dilapidated old building used to belong to the Road Transport, we converted this building into new TVET College here in Mashishing Lydenburg. We invested R7 million initially in what we called phase one, to convert the old building to the TVET College and now today we are opening the new eight classrooms that we constructed here at the cost of another R5 million.
It’s envisaged that the college will produce a workforce that will be relevant to the mining company.
that's absolutely great and very well done to them.....; but they must also ensure that they are well looked after with no graffiti or vandalism i know its irritating and annoying after such a lovely gesture...., but that's how things roll in our country, i'm afraid good luck!
Compare to the natural resources they are taking out of Mpumalanga land is nothing.
We want more for our resources