Esethu Qalinge from Kayamandi has experienced long periods of unemployment over the years. However, she’s always been committed to following her dreams. “When I moved from Port

The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the world as we know it, pushing health care systems to the brink of collapse, forcing many countries

Many of the beneficiaries that register to study at Bergzicht Training and Development come from poor communities where gangsterism, drug abuse and violence are prevalent. Many are also unemployed

In 2017, while working as a deli assistant at the Pick n Pay Express at the BP garage in Merriman Street in Stellenbosch, 30-year old Lungelwa Booysen

The day she got the opportunity to study a health and frail care programme at Bergzicht Training and Development, 28-year old Amanda Houston from Eerste River immediately quit her

Anna Appel – that’s the woman who came to Hanneline van Wyk’s farm, Fransmanskraal in Devon Valley, Stellenbosch and first told her about the Child Care Programme

In order to improve the ability of Bergzicht Training and Development graduates to secure and retain employment in their first year after graduation, the organisation has spent the last

For the last two years the international private grantmaking organisation, the TK Foundation, has funded the training of 102 beneficiaries in health and frail care and food

Bergzicht Training and Development, a Stellenbosch-based NGO, focused on the skills development of poor, unemployed, unskilled and semi-skilled individuals, walked away with a Community Chest Impumelelo Social Innovations Award

We all know how the story goes – a mother’s unconditional belief in her children can inspire the impossible in her offspring. But in Josephine Willemse’s case,

Recently six graduates who are currently working in the hospitality and early education sectors came to visit Bergzicht Training and Development’s Stellenbosch-based campus to share their experiences since completing

Did you know that Bergzicht Training and Development's graduates are not only trained by highly qualified and experienced health and frail care personnel, but also have to complete a

A total of 12 students from Bergzicht Training and Development recently graduated from the institution's Edu Care Programme and are now available to take up positions as education assistants at

Hanns Bühler, the new Regional Representative Southern Africa for the German-based Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), recently visited Bergzicht Training and Development’s campus in Stellenbosch to learn more about the

For many older individuals who have grown up in impoverished communities and have minimal education and skills, job prospects are quite bleak. Add to that the fact

From the moment she walks into her office at Bergzicht Training and Development, Placement Bureau Officer Sinazo Gosani, immerses herself in the massive task of pairing unemployed students who

Born and raised on a farm at the foot of Stellenbosch mountain, local man Stefan Petersen grew up in a close-knit family. It was therefore no surprise

Bergzicht Training and Development alumni Lizel Jansen from Eerste River and Anneline Ockhuis of Wesbank, Delft, are no strangers to the impact that long-term unemployment can have on one’s

A generous grant from the TK Foundation has helped Bergzicht Training and Development, a Stellenbosch-based skills development NGO, to train an additional 52 students in the last year. The

In 1999, after completing a BA Honours in Human Ecology at the University of the Western Cape, Bergzicht Training and Development’s newly appointed Training Manager, Ms Monica Lekay, would

In 1975, just as political unrest was breaking out on the campus of the University of the Western Cape in Bellville, young cricketer Howard Bergins (photo) got

In 1996, Ms Carol Newman (photo) left a career as a primary school teacher after spending 25 years working as an educator. This decision, fuelled by looming

Thanks to a generous donation from the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HFS), Bergizcht Training – a non-governmental organisation situated in the Western Cape and focused on skills development

Bergzicht Training and Development has become the fourth organisation in the Western Cape to now offer Community Health Work education and training accredited by the Health and Welfare Sector

“Without donations like that received from South African Breweries and British American Tobacco, our students, most of them young women and unemployed, would not be able to