Deputy Minister Buti Manamela visits Cape Town as part of Higher Education and Training programmes, 6 Dec

Deputy Minister to attend NSFAS application drive, visit NSFAS call centre, and launch new refrigeration and aircon centre at TVET College in Cape Town

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Mr Buti Manamela, will officially open the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (RAC) Centre at the Atlantis campus of the West Coast TVET College on Monday, 6 December 2021.

On the morning of the same day, the Deputy Minister will attend the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) 2022 Application Activation Drive in Khayelitsha. This will be followed by an oversight visit of the NSFAS national call centre, where the Deputy Minister will engage with senior NSFAS officials before doing a walkabout in the call centre, as part of monitoring the ongoing 2022 application process.

In the afternoon, he will attend the West Coast TVET College RAC Centre opening ceremony. In 2020, West Coast TVET College was afforded an opportunity to establish an RAC centre by the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism and the government of Bavaria, a federal state of Germany.

The RAC Centre will speak to the needs of the Atlantis Special Economic Zone, and train people from local communities in skills that will enable them to take advantage of employment opportunities in the fast-growing green economy in the province.

The project is aligned not only with the strategies of the West Coast TVET College and the Departments of Higher Education and Training and Science and Innovation, but also with the National Development Plan target of producing 30 000 artisans per annum by 2030.

Members of the media are invited as follows:

NSFAS 2022 Application Activation Outreach
Date:    6 December 2021
Time:    9:00
Venue:    Matthew Goniwe High School, Khayelitsha (Metro East District of Education), Cape Town

NSFAS Oversight Visit
Date:    6 December 2021
Time:    10:30
Venue:    NSFAS Head Office, 10 Brodie Road, Wynberg, Cape Town

Launch and Opening of RAC
Date:    6 December 2021
Time:    14:00
Venue:    West Coast TVET College, Atlantis Campus, Cape Town 

Enquiries:
Mandla Tshabalala, Media Liaison Officer: Office of the Deputy Minister
Cell: 084 304 6239
E-mail: Tshabalala.M@dhet.gov.za

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