Focus on Skills Training and Employment

The purpose of this Impumelelo  case study booklet is to provide an overview of the approaches to skills training by both the state and by some innovative projects in the non-profit sector. South Africa is experiencing skills shortages in many areas, and at the same time has a high unemployment rate. While the focus of this booklet is on the contribution to skills training made by the non-profit sector, it is necessary to locate the work of this sector within the wider context of skills training by looking at state activity promoting skills training, particularly as key state-created institutions such as Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) strongly inter-relate with the non-profit sector. The booklet thus begins with presenting a brief framework of state activity in the skills training arena, which pays particular attention to SETA activity. At the core of the booklet are case studies of skills training projects carried out by non-profit organisations. Several of these studies illustrate tellingly the complex and often problematic nature of the link between them and bodies such as SETAs (Case Studies 6, 7, 9, 10,11,12).

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