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Natassja: ‘Bergzicht is the best thing that ever happened to me’

Certified Food Service Assistant (FSA) Natassja Doko from Jonkershoek found a new purpose and empowerment by discovering her vocation through Bergzicht’s support and skills training development. “Bergzicht

Bergzicht Training & Development Frail Care Graduates Ready to Enter Workforce

Stellenbosch-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Bergzicht Training & Development recently hosted the Remgro-funded Health and Frail Care certification ceremony for Group 4 of 2022. The joyous event

Skills training aids hospitality resilience

The Cape Winelands is synonymous with beautiful vineyards, award-winning destinations and renowned for attracting world-famous restauranteurs and chefs to establish iconic cuisine experiences, contributing significantly to

Siphosethu excited to start her own bakery

Siphosethu Ngotyi is a single mother of one from Kayamandi, working part time as a waitress at the Amazink restaurant in her area. As an active community

Bergzicht Training Campus Feeding Programme ensuring study success for beneficiaries

Thanks to a generous donation from the Jannie Mouton Foundation, Bergzicht Training was able to establish a Campus Feeding Programme in March this year to provide beneficiaries

New Street Food Vendor Programme upskills former and seasonal hospitality industry employees

With the hospitality and tourism industry shedding jobs due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a number of lockdowns on the South African economy, Bergzicht

Bergzicht Training develops unique early childhood development community course

Seeing a need in communities to train individuals in early childhood development (ECD) to lay the foundation for the children they educate or take care of, Bergzicht

Bergzicht Training has much to celebrate at Alumni Celebration Day

“We can use hardships like substance abuse, unemployment and poverty as an excuse or a stepping stone to greater things. The day you stepped into Bergzicht Training,

Taryn Baadjies has dreams of opening a restaurant one day

Twenty-two year old, Simonsig-born, Taryn Bianca Baadjies is one to look out for in the hospitality industry. Raised by her grandparents, the Bergzicht Training graduate experienced loss

Bergzicht Training celebrates our COVID-19 frail care heroes

Celebrating heroes who have overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic was the theme of the day as Bergzicht Training honoured its frail care alumni who

Not all heroes wear capes

In August 2020, as part of Women’s Month, Bergzicht Training launched a Facebook campaign, called #WhoIsYourSHero to celebrate the resilience of women. According to Bergzicht Training CEO,

Bergzicht Training’s team leaves no one behind

On 23 March 2020, when President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a hard lockdown of 21 days that would start three days later, the staff at Bergzicht Training immediately

Denise succeeds despite another obstacle along the way

After overcoming many obstacles to get to where she is today, Denise Windvogel (photo) is determined to deal with another – the dangers and challenges posed by

“I love being a carer”

Zukiswa Blaai (photo) from Makhaza, Khayelitsha was unemployed and looking for a job when her sister told her about Bergzicht Training and its HWSETA-accredited Health and Frail

“There is nothing in the world that can come in my way”

In 2017, after finishing matric, Sisanda Hayizani (photo) from Kayamandi took the December holidays to mull over what she wanted to study the following year. She had

Lungelwa works as pastry chef at Jardine’s Wine and Food Bar

While lockdown in South Africa led to many restaurants having to close shop for months and others having to close shop permanently, LungelwaBooysen (photo) did not only

Not even COVID-19 can stop Lauren’s study goals

Lauren Baadties(photo) has faced many challenges. In 2013, while she was only in Grade 10, her mom passed away. Seven years later, she is having to adjust

Beneficiaries of Stellenbosch Municipality-funded hospitality programme graduate via Zoom

It was a first in the 28-year history of Bergzicht Training as 12 beneficiaries who completed the NGO’s accredited hospitality programme, along with other guests, attended an

Bergzicht Training to train more carers to assist during the COVID-19 pandemic

As the number of COVID-19 infected South Africans continue to rise daily and with the Western Cape identified as one of the provinces with the most infections

TK Foundation equips even more youth with vital skills

Eleven youth from the greater Stellenbosch area graduated from the renowned The Private Hotel School (PHS) thanks to a programme presented by Bergzicht Training and funded by

Het Jan Marais supports training of child carers

With the demanding work schedules of many parents, the need for professionally trained, trustworthy child carers have become even more important. Thanks to funding received from the

Bergzicht Training trains carers and companions for elderly and sick children

Thanks to the number of individuals that have completed Bergzicht Training’s Health and Frail Programme over the last few months, families in the Boland region are now

Remgro’s generosity sees 11 more trained in frail care

Remgro’s continued generosity in helping unemployed, unskilled and semi-skilled individuals in Stellenbosch obtain much needed skills in the job market, has led to 11 more graduates being

Municipality and Bergzicht Training empower more Stellenbosch youth

At the beginning of each year for the last five years, Bergzicht Training has partnered with the Stellenbosch Municipality to train youth in Stellenbosch in sought after

Bergzicht Training partners with George Jardine’s Tasting Stellenbosch

Bergzicht Training has partnered with Tasting Stellenbosch, a social development initiative of Stellenbosch Wine Route, to transfer much-needed skills required in the hospitality industry to the youth. Tasting

First aid course aimed at training health and safety officers for businesses

“We don’t realise how important it is to have a trained health and safety officer on site until we are faced with an accident where someone requires

Even long, winding roads can lead to your destiny

Lynn de Vries has walked a long, winding road to get the job she has always wanted. However, had it not been for that road, she may

Bergzicht Training still going strong after 27 years

Bergzicht Training, a skill development NGO in Stellenbosch, recently celebrated all it has achieved in nearly three decades of empowering unemployed, unskilled and semi-skilled individuals with market-related

Another 12 Bergzicht Training beneficiaries graduate thanks to Distell

Twelve Bergzicht Training beneficiaries recently graduated with Cathsseta accredited certificates in food service assistant and food and beverage service thanks to yet another generous donation by Distell

Teacher uses Bergzicht Training as her stepping stone

In 2015, Devon Valley resident Chrisline Thomas, signed up for an iPOWER Self-Empowering Foundation Programme at Bergzicht Training with the aim of completing the Child Care (previously

Skills development opportunities for the youth

Bergzicht Training, a Stellenbosch-based, non-governmental organisation dedicated to developing the skills of poor, unemployed, unskilled and semi-skilled individuals from the Western Cape, will once again offer three

Constructing sandwiches in a Fedics kitchen to delight customers’ palates

As Zakhona Mbelu (29) starts constructing the exact sandwich on the order slip in front of her at the Fedics-owned cafeteria at Sanlam’s headquarters in Bellville, she

Our graduates are ready to cook up a storm in the hospitality industry

Are you looking for professional waitrons, cooks, kitchen assistants or assistant chefs for the hospitality and tourism industries? Then you do not have to search further than

Joining hands to change the fate of Stellenbosch youth

For the last four years, local government and NGOs in Stellenbosch have joined hands to help change the fate of many poor, unskilled or semi-skilled, and unemployed

“I know my father is smiling down at me”

Bergzicht Training graduates share stories of how their lives have changed thanks to the internationally recognised City & Guilds’ Professional Cooking and Food and Beverage Service Programme

Bergzicht Training welcomes more visitors from Bavaria

Photo (top): Members of the Justice Portfolio Committee of the Bavarian Parliament in Germany recently visited Bergzicht Training to learn more about what the NGO is doing to

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