The Broad based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No 53 of 2003 sets the framework for the transformation of industries within South Africa. In this Act, BBBEE is defined as a process that “brings about significance increases in the numbers of black people that manage, own and control the country’s economy”. Sikhula Training is a proudly BBBEE Company. Our mission is to develop PDI’s to be economical self-sustainable.
BEE Rating = 3. Sikhula is fully Black Owned and Managed.
Department of Labour Funding Window
We at Sikhula Agri Training work closely with Project beneficiaries to complete their application for funding. Since we invested a lot of time, money and expertise into this venture, we would like to be the preferred Service Provider to render training to this Social Development Project. Cognisance should be taken of the fact, that we are aware of the dynamics and problems within this specific project as well as the lack of resources they are facing with, hence the reason we believe that we are the best equipped provider to be appointed to train these groups.
Maybe the following criteria will serve as motivation during the tendering process:
Accredited Provider
SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING was established during 2005 with funding support from the members to supply much needed agri business acumen to all farming emerging farmers. SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING is accredited with the Agri Seta.
The unique training programmes, developed by them, have a holistic approach and focuses on the emerging farmer and how to separate his life from the life of his agri project. The programmes also supply the necessary financial and marketing skills. SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING engages the Emerging farmer in an intensive training programme with the objective for the Emerging farmer to work on his agri business to improve it and to regain his/her personal life. SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING only uses experienced and trained agriculturists to assist Emerging farmers.
Social Development and Marketing
SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING believes that the essence of Social Development is that it must benefit the majority of unemployed black South Africans. When it comes to uplifting the social-economic profile of society, no government can be neutral. Meaningful development of black people means in the context of the developmental province, empowerment of particularly women, rural communities, youth and the disabled. In order to maximize the collective impact and synergy of what we are doing at SIKHULA in pursuit of the reduction of poverty and growing the economy, it is of critical importance to create markets where these farmers can deliver their produce. We assist the groups with
National Support
SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING already has offices in the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Freestate and Kwa-Zulu, Natal and is in the process of establishing offices in all the other provinces. By December 2008 SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING will be operating in all the provinces and by June 2009 SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING will have 16 regional branches that will be capable of rendering the full spectrum of services to Agricultural projects even in the rural areas of South Africa.
SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING is fully black owned and managed.
Department of Labour and the National Skills Fund have the means to fund such development and SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING has the capacity and expertise to make a difference in Agricultural projects and the people they employ or could employ if they improve the performance of their Agri businesses.
- National Skills Fund ID: 2711
- Western Cape SPA ID: 2394 (Head Quarters)
- Northern Cape SPA ID: 2796 (Regional Office)
- Free State SPA ID: 2486 (Regional Office)
- KwaZulu Natal SPA ID: 3235 (Regional Office)
- Eastern Cape SPA ID: 3647
- Gauteng South SPA ID: 4369
- Gauteng North
- Mpumalanga
Track Record
SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING received accolades from the Umsobomvu Youth Fund (NYS) and from its clients for the practical programmes SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING has designed and we believe that SIKHULA is what our country with its high AGRICULTURAL failure and unemployment rate requires to make a difference to the economic needs of PDI’s in SA.
SIKHULA is a major Service Provider for various Agricultural institutions, Local and Provincial Government, Farmer associations, etc. Our professional approach towards our clients and business partners makes us passionate about Social Development as a conduit to improve the quality of life of our people.
Hence this application for SIKHULA to be the Provider of Choice to render training to the unemployed youth in this area and new ventures to be established in this Province.
Proposed project to provide youth development and training to the unemployed youth in the region.
1.1 Objective of the project
- To ensure that these youth succeed with their ventures
- To supply the markets with produce (Food Security)
- To equip unemployed youth to be able to project manage other projects of this nature where SIKHULA AGRI TRAINING becomes the service provider. (Job creation)
- For these youth to obtain skills that will enable them to be more creative.
- To increase investment in the province
- To build capacity
To transfer Critical and Scarce Skills as identified by the Department of Labour in the Skills Plan 2006 –2010.
Sikhula Training started with two staff members and small offices in Somerset-West. Since the opening of more Branches we were forced to appoint more staff. Capacity to handle this training for Municipalities will have to be increased in due course. The training and development Sector has also been developed to ensure that the sector becomes more competitive and inclusive of black people.