The Deputy Minister for Higher Education and Training, Mr Mduduzi Manana, MP, has officially been announced as the Ambassador of the 2015/16 Good Practice Awards of the Wholesale and Retail Sector hosted by the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority(W&RSETA).
The Awards, which are aimed at recognizing companies, training providers, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET ) Colleges, Universities, learners (employed, unemployed, students and beneficiary of postgraduate programmes) and women leaders who have made remarkable contribution to the development of skills within the Wholesale and Retail Sector.
Deputy Minister Manana will also be the guest speaker at the Awards ceremony.
The Good Practice Awards boasts four categories namely:
- – Employers /Companies
- – Accredited Training providers (including TVET Colleges and Universities)
- – Beneficiaries of W&RSETA Programmes; and
- – Women in Leadership
The Awards event will be held on 28 June 2016 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
W&RSETA will award each winner with a cash prize worth thousands of Rands and other prizes from the Awards sponsors.
The Good Practice Awards ceremony promises to be a red carpet star-studded event attended by highly regarded government officials and CEOs of various retail companies.
The official host of the Awards is TV personality Minnie Dlamini who will be accompanied by a number of influential South African celebrities set to present an award to individual winners. Including Liesl Laurie (Miss South Africa 2015), Jason Goliath, Nandi Mngoma and Sophie Ndaba
About the awards
In an aim to recognize and reward the excellent work achieved in the wholesale and retail sector the W&RSETA has announced the launch of its second Good Practice Awards set to take place in June 2016.
The awards boast four categories, namely:
First category is the Employers/Companies;
- – Super
- – Large
- – Medium
- – Small
- – Registered
- – Non-Levy paying.
Second category is the Accredited Training providers / Institutions of Learning;
- – Fully Accredited Provisionally Accredited Training Providers
- – TVET Colleges and Universities
- – Sector Liaison Officers
Third category is for Learners;
- – Learnership NQF Levels 1 – 5
- – People with disabilities
- – Bursars and Alumni (International Leadership Development Programme and postgraduate)
And lastly the category for Women in Leadership, which aims to empower outstanding Woman in the sector
All companies nominated in the various categories will be judged according to criteria that will follow on each company’s business strategy, contribution to learning and development, achievements, corporate social responsibility, leadership and development of future leaders plus the company’s innovation and continuous improvement.
Each category winner will be awarded a cash prize worth thousands of Rands. This year’s awards promises to be a red carpet, star-studded event with senior officials from the Retail Sector and the Department of Higher Education and Training in attendance.
What we’re also aiming with this year’s Good Practice Awards is to make the event more accessible to the public and media. The nominated companies have demonstrated exceptional contribution in the Sector and it is benefiting that they are not only celebrated amongst fellow industry peers but by the rest of South Africa. These companies and individuals have played a tremendous role in advancing skills development in the Sector contributing to our country’s economic growth
W&RSETA Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Andile Sipengane
Previous winners of the Awards include, company category: Woolworths, Makro, Lewis Stores, Bibi Cash and Carry, AutoZone, GP Retail Operations, New Balance SA, Molly & Mason, Training Providers: Edutel, Braune Training, Retail Relate, Guest Resources,Contra-Lit, Eyethu Services. As well as learners from Boxer Superstores, Spar Gonubie, GP Retail Operations, P&L Hardware and Posistics.
About Wholesale and Retail SETA
The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) was established in 2000 in terms of the Skills Development Act (as amended). The public entity aims to facilitate the skills development needs of the Wholesale and Retail (W&R) sector through the implementation of learning programmes, disbursement of grants and monitoring of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS). SETAs are entities of the Department of Higher Education and Training. There are 21 SETAs; each servicing a specific economic sector of the Country.