SA's massive skills problem

[HunterNW]

I would read this with a pinch of salt, Youtube is upskilling a large group of artisan people

I passed the how to operate an electric planer for beginners this morning. Practical at home after work.

 

[GhostSixFour]

I would read this with a pinch of salt, Youtube is upskilling a large group of artisan people

Good luck getting a job with that, umm, qualification.

 

[GhostSixFour]

I passed the how to operate an electric planer for beginners this morning. Practical at home after work.

I watched the course that explained how planers are great for smoothing things.

Wait until my wife sees the wrinkle fixer i bought her.

 

[Pegasus]

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

Yep. Most articles from The Conversation are woke.

Stephanie Matseleng Allais is Research Chair of Skills Development and Professor of Education at the Centre for Researching Education and Labour at Wits University. Her research is located in the sociology and political economy of education, focused on relationships between education and work.

And I bet she has never worked.

If she can make it a bit more woke and add in some 1652 references, this could get her on Cyril's planning commission.

 

[zoozi]

Three letters: BEE. The well-educated minority being excluded from the economy are buggering off from the lack of opportunity. Leaving 30%er race-based retard appointments. End of article.

 

[gregmcc]

You just need to read the last paragraph to know the woman should have been a politician. So many w@nk words that don't mean a thing.

South Africa will improve its chances of skill formation success if it can identify potential key policy levers, and look at how they interact with each other.

 

[EADC]

Fckit..... what a write up that says fokol.
AA, BEE - There's your problem. You can't train a rock to be a tree.

There are many rocks who think they are trees but are just planks in the end.

 

[_TrXtR_]

Maybe if we start cutting the men's peni off it could resolve the problem

 

[Grubscrew]

I missed something in the article.... What is the German or Swiss approach ?

By having a humorous approach in education.

 

[deweyzeph]

Actually one of the biggest issues is that Home Affairs is such a mess that it's almost impossible to bring skilled immigrants in on highly skilled work visas.

 

[Petec]

Zero rate data for education/info sites.
Give some decent funding to the hard working NGO's, who are seriously trying to make a difference.
Scrap import tax on books and computers.
This can all be done over a weekend, and the net positive result will be seen almost immediately.

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

Actually one of the biggest issues is that Home Affairs is such a mess that it's almost impossible to bring skilled immigrants in on highly skilled work visas.

Why will any skilled person want to live in SA? DHA is not the problem, ANC is the problem, like with everything else.

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

Zero rate data for education/info sites.
Give some decent funding to the hard working NGO's, who are seriously trying to make a difference.
Scrap import tax on books and computers.
This can all be done over a weekend, and the net positive result will be seen almost immediately.

Or how about not? Keep then stupid to keep their votes. Liberation before education!

 

[Stokstert]

 

[air]

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that inconvenient thing called the truth...

 

[hj007]

Skills are an issue, but a huge hindrance are the labour laws. If employers could hire and fire at will like the US, we'd be far more willing to take on labour. At the moment it's super risky to hire anyone since so difficult to fire/CCMA etc.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

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Ay, we must give this one some land and some Vellies

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Invading Poland seems a bit harsh.

That would be Mozambique or Madagascar, and you know our navy couldn't carry a horse across a river. So we're going to have to build a bridge first...

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

Bigger concern should be how our manufacturing sector is declining.



SA has labour - plenty of it.
SA has raw materials, plenty.

What we dont have is skills and power to drive up manufacturing.

If we could get this right - what a country we could be.

 

[PaulMurkin]

So hey I am someone with skills...
But SA doesn't want me... because I am male and white.
So its a moot point... no further comments from me