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Exxaro Belfast Coal qualifies 60 trainees through skills development programme

11th December 2020

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Senior Contributing Editor Online

     

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Diversified miner Exxaro Resources’ Belfast Coal recently completed a R1.5-million training programme that benefitted over 60 unemployed young people from Emakhazeni local municipality.

The programme mainly targeted young black women from host farming communities as part of the mine’s social licence to operate.

Exxaro says this initiative went above and beyond Belfast Coal’s social and labour plan commitments, reaffirming the mine’s desire to power resilient communities and contributing towards youth employability.

The training programme included 30 participants who were trained in the field of mining machine operation (working with machines such as excavators, front-end loaders, and graders), and a further 30 who were trained as security guards.

At the certificate handover ceremony on November 18 in the Siyathuthuka community hall, business unit manager Londolani Rampfumedzi addressed the graduates.

“Our vision as Exxaro has always been, and still is, to power possibility. We want to make sure that the livelihoods of the communities in which we operate are significantly improved and sustainable post the life of the mine.”

During his keynote address, executive mayor of Emakhazeni municipality Councillor T D Ngwenya, applauded Exxaro by saying: “During the construction of Belfast coal mine in 2018, we impressed upon Exxaro Belfast Coal to uplift the communities of Emakhazeni concerning employment, skills development, and procurement opportunities where it was going to mine.”

“We are pleased that Exxaro heeded our clarion call and has done a lot within this short space of time. Exxaro has spent R6.5-million on Siyathuthuka township to pave three streets.

"More recently, Exxaro launched a R15-million project paving the streets in Belfast town. Again, local people will be prioritised during the construction phase in the form of temporary employment and procurement opportunities,” he added.

The executive mayor further committed to prioritising the graduates for absorption, with 20 security guard and nine traffic officer job opportunities available within the municipality.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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