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• YOUNG WOMEN IN BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME

  August 2021. As part of Matla A Bokone Solar’s Enterprise Development efforts, a “Young Women in Business” Empowerment Initiative has been launched, in celebration of Women’s Month. The programme intends to assist 100 young women residing within the Sol Plaatje and Dikgatlong Local Municipalities, to start up small-scale enterprises,... Read more
• EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

  Matla A Bokone Solar’s Enterprise Development has launched  a “Young Women in Business” Empowerment Initiative, in celebration of Women’s Month. This initiative is intended to assist 100 young women from within our beneficiary communities to successfully register new private companies. More information Closing date for submissions: 31 August 2021 Read more
• AUGUST 2021 NEWSLETTER/NUUSBRIEF

  Please take a moment to read our latest newsletter, headlines include: Mobile Clinic Career guidance Goodwill initiatives English Afrikaans                     Read more
• MOBILE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME ADMINISTERS ESSENTIAL SERVICES

  August 2021. Matla A Bokone Solar’s School Health Programme kicked-off during November last year, with the aim to deliver health care to over 4 000 learners, via a fully equipped mobile clinic that visits and services eleven schools, within the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality. The solar project has more... Read more
• NC ELDERLY RECEIVE CARE AMIDST THE WINTER COLD

  July 2021. As winter arrives amidst the country’s third health pandemic wave, elderly citizens remain the most vulnerable. This is the impetus behind the ‘Elderly Care and Support Initiative’, which directly benefited 300 pensioners, living in Old Age Homes, in and around the Kimberley area, as well as various... Read more
• LEARNERS BENEFIT FROM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

  June 2021. Close to 1 500 high school learners, across six schools in the Northern Cape’s Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, have participated in a Youth Skills Development Programme, focused on career guidance and leadership. The programme focuses on ensuring that learners have the necessary tools and skills to enable... Read more
• MAY 2021 NEWSLETTER/NUUSBRIEF

  Read our latest newsletter:  English Lees ons nuusbrief hier:   Afrikaans     Read more
• FUNDING AND MENTORING TO HELP ACCELERATE BUSINESS SUCCESS

  May 2021. Five micro entrepreneurs, based in the Northern Cape’s Sol Plaatje Municipal area, have been selected to receive business funding and business services support, following a stringent selection process as part of an enterprise stimulation programme. Part of a cohort of twenty-two entrepreneurs, across different disciplines, these SMME’s... Read more
• STARTING BIG SCHOOL WITH A HELPING HAND

  March 2021. Over 1 000 first time learners, across 10 Primary Schools in the Sol Plaatje area, eagerly began their first term in Grade 1, with a little gift awaiting them. Each young-learner received a “surprise” School Pack, containing a school bag and lunch box set. “The learners were... Read more
• LEADERSHIP CAMP TEACHES VALUABLE LIFE SKILLS

  February 2021. Learners across 20 schools, from the Sol Plaatje municipal area, recently travelled to Soetwater Environmental Education Camp near Kommetjie, Cape Town, as part of a leadership development programme. The youth, aged between 14-16 years are members of a local Youth Leadership Camp, travelled to the Cape, to... Read more