Importance of Education and Skills
: Naledi Phalatsi
Name: Naledi Phalatsi
Province: North West
District: Bojanala
Local Municipality: Rustenburg
Township: Ikemeleng
Date: 18 September 2024
Importance of Education and Skills
The Kroondal community is well known for its platinum mines and agricultural services, but most of the people in the community are unemployed and still looking for jobs. What is the cause of unemployment in Kroondal?
Some people are unemployed because of a lack of qualifications to apply for the jobs and a problem of not having a cell phone or laptop to apply for learnership programs, I interviewed Miss Tina Masakala, a community member who said she applied to be an office cleaner then got a call from a man telling her she must pay 5000 rands to get the job and she must make sure no one knows about it. “I called my family and told them about the job I got, that’s when my brother told me that these people were scammers. They rob money from good people by making fake messages after you give them money, they block your numbers”. She said, Corruption is everywhere, and people are willing to do anything for money to the point where they create fake accounts to steal money from people looking for jobs online.
Anonymous says he came to Kroondal looking for a job but never got one then the community members introduced him to agriculture, and he started making a vegetable and fruit garden in his backyard. People around saw the beauty of his garden as the cabbages and tomatoes were attracting the neighbors. He says, “Agriculture saved my life when I was jobless and poor, but today my garden is making me money and also, I sell my vegetables at an affordable price to help people who are not working”. Agriculture is a very important thing or career to do because you deal with nature and you don’t spend a lot of money that’s why in the community of Kroondal 70% of households have small gardens, I agree with him because having a garden at your backyard can help you the time you are unemployed or if you end up not having money to buy food.
I believe people should start learning about agriculture and for people who are looking for jobs at the mines please make sure to apply at the company websites or drop your documents straight to the company. Social media is full of criminals who are stealing money and never trust anyone from Facebook who claims to give people jobs.