Ten students of Mandeni went to China on Friday, July 17 to be trained in textile and clothing manufacturing for two months.
The training programme was established by a Chinese textile and clothing manufacturing company called Yiting Africa in partnership with Trade and Investment in KwaZulu-Natal.
Yiting Africa has invested R50 million and plans to open a manufacturing plant in Mandeni, which will see the employment of 150 women within the area.
The students were chosen from the National Youth Development Agency’s database and tertiary institutions of the Durban University of Technology and Mfolozi Tvet College, will be trained to acquire all the necessary skills needed in the textile and clothing industry, and will then return to Mandeni to practice their skills to lead in teaching the 150 newly employed women.
Mandeni Municipality mayor Sphesihle Zulu congratulated the young women for being true examples that education is the key to success.
“Education is important and the youth should at least have a matric certificate to be able to get opportunities like these. If the youth runs away from education, they are running away from their future,” said Zulu.
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