The Ukuhlangana Memorial Sculpture is to be Unveiled during the World Maritime Day Parallel Event
World Maritime Day was observed this year on 29 September 2022, and the yearly IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event (WMDPE) will be held in Durban, South Africa, between October 12 and October 14 at the ICC. The installation of a memorial sculpture in Durban that represents the entirety of the marine globe will be […]
EMC Aquaculture Programme Update
Members of the EMC team and those from the eThekwini Municipality went on an aquaculture site inspection in Molweni and Isitumba districts. The purpose of the site visit was to meet with various stakeholders from these districts to discuss how the youth aquaculture project would work in their regions. One of the representatives from the […]
In an effort to combat youth unemployment, TNPA engages its largest batch of interns.
Owing to Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) largest-ever recruitment effort, which was carried out across its port system to address the high rate of youth unemployment, around 288 South African graduates who are unemployed have started a two-year internship program. The young graduates, who are from a range of port cities and neighboring rural villages, […]
EMC and the Department of Basic Education Partner on Maritime Teacher Training
11 – 15 June 2022, Dokkies Teachers Training College and Wilsons Wharf, Port of Durban EThekwini Maritime Cluster (EMC) under its Training and Skills Development Programme is mandated to train and support maritime educators teaching at high schools in KZN. This is done annually by EMC in partnership with the Department of Basic Education in […]
EThekwini Maritime Cluster Youth onth campaign exposes the different careers available within the Maritime Industry
In South Africa, June is commemorated and honored as Youth Month. South Africans honor the Youth of 1976 during Youth Month by either creating youth campaigns to empower and inspire the present generation of South African youth or by raising awareness of the contributions and effects of the Youth of 1976 on South Africa’s liberation. […]