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Government has set a bold target to produce 30 000 artisans annually by 2023 as part of the National Development Plan. Informal traders operating around the centre will also be trained to improve their businesses and new trading stalls will be constructed as part of the project. <\/P><P><\/P><P>Limpopo Premier, Mr Stan Mathabatha will join the Minister at this event. <\/P><P><\/P><P>Source: Government of South Africa<\/P><P><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande will officiate the sod-turning ceremony to mark the commencement of the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority\u2019s (W&amp;RSETA) first-ever Skills Development Centre in Gr&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minister Blade Nzimande officiates sod-turning ceremony of Sekhukhune Skills Development Centre, 21 Oct - 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