Daily Archives: July 8, 2015

NYDA to hand-over carwash equipments to N West youth co-operative

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BY OBAKENG MAJE
Schweizer Reneke- In celebrating International Cooperative Month the NYDA Executive Deputy Chairperson, Kenny Morolong will engage the youth on the mandate of the NYDA, its products and services.

“The NYDA continues to host Socio-Economic Youth Dialogues as platforms for young people to interact with the agency and its development partners.

“This platform will also assist in creating awareness about cooperative enterprises and their significant role in economic transformation,” Morolong said.  
The Mamusa Going-Green primary co-operative based will receive equipment to use at their car-wash.

The equipment includes micro label printing scale, a chest freezer, post poles, diamond mesh fences, gates, green nets, premix concrete, braai-stands, and industrial cold-water high pressure cleaner.

This sponsorship is part of the NYDA’s Entrepreneurship Grant Program.

Morolong said as part of reaching out to the youth in rural areas social dialogues play an important role in sharing reliable information.

At this platform the youth receive presentations from IDC and SEFA and other relevant stakeholders.

The youth is encouraged to heed to this call and urged to be part of the solution, about 300 young people will attend.

Details are as follows:

Date    : 10 July 2015
Time   : 10h00Venue:  Ipelegeng Community Hall, Mamusa- Schweizer Reneke 
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MADIBOGO YOUTH TO ATTEND WORLD GYMNAESTRADA FESTIVAL IN FINLAND

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BY OBAKENG MAJE
Madibogo- An 18-strong team from rural Madibogo village in the North West Province is gearing itself for the world stage as they fly off to Helsinki (Finland) on July 9 to participate in the World Gymnaestrada Festival.

The event is scheduled to run from July 12-18.

The youth will be participating in the event as part of Team South Africa at the 15th edition of the world showpiece.

Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs MEC, Tebogo Modise will be accompanying the Bokone Bophirima youth, with Bokone Bophirima Premier Supra Mahumapelo at the airport to bid the group farewell.

The World Gymnastraeda attracts around 25 000 participants from 54 countries.

This year’s theme is “Make The Earth Move”.

Gymnastraeda is a version of gymnastics that incorporates dance and music.

The same group, Madibogo Ice Entertainment Club, also took part in the last event in 2011.

The Modibogo youth qualified for the world event after a selection at a competition in Gauteng last November. The North West team is made up of 11 men and nine women.

MEC Modise said she was impressed with the achievement of the youth from Madibogo.

“This is great for our youth in the Province,” said Mme Modise.

“It goes to show that with determination and focus, one can reach one’s goals, irrespective of background.

“I am proud of the achievement of these young people as they set an example for their peers not only in the Province, but the whole country as well. The Department supports them fully.”

The event is a non-competition festival that is a flagship programme of both the South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF) and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The programme is part of Gymnastics For All’s (GFA) quest to provide physical movement and music to enhance a healthy lifestyle, as part of recreation.
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ePortal system to curb corruption

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BY OBAKENG MAJE
THE North West Provincial Supply Chain Management office and Finance, economic and enterprise department (FEED) visited Dr Ruth Segomotsi district in Pudimoe location, near Taung to teach small business owners about the news initiative the government want to put in place.

Deputy Director from Provincial Supply Chain Management under Contract Management, Goitseone Tong said the government brought this initiative forward and introduces it to business owners.

“Currently no single point of entry exists for the publication of national, provincial and local government tenders causing duplication and fragmentation of notices for government tender opportunities.

“The old method does not support easy and transparent access to businesses in South Africa to government tender opportunities. In addition, information related to the award of tenders is not consistently published with information related to the successful bidder, price awarded and the names of bidders,” Tong said.

He said the eTender publication portal aimed at simplifying, standardising and automation of the procurement process.

“It is in fact a first step towards implementing government’s eProcurement system as part of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) and will directly contribute to reducing duplication, fragmentation and inefficiency in government tender publications,” Tong said.

According to Tong, anyone can access the ePortal system from national treasury website.
Timothy Mokhonto who is a Director in Economic Empowerment Services at FEED, said his department offers outreach programmes where they alert businesses about the new method that will be put in place.

“We have supporting mechanism to all businesses in the province and we would like to encourage business owners to make use of that. There are means to digitalise interaction between South African businesses and government.

“The initiative will help us to curb corruption and make sure that transparency is there. To all those who does not have access to internet, they’re encouraged to go to any government institution and they will print ePortal forms for them,” Mokhonto concludes.

Caroline Mosiatlhaga-Moncho who runs a construction company called Keleku Construction Enterprises, said she appreciate the visit because that always highlights unsolved issues surrounding businesses.
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