A German visit

To evaluate a partnership that is well in to its third year, a German delegation visited the College from Thursday to Friday, 1 June 2018.

The visit began at the Esikhawini Centre of Excellence where they interacted with students and viewed their work in plumbing, bricklaying and carpentry. The visit stems from a partnership between the College and Kreishandwerkerschaft Steinfurt Warendorf in Germany. According to the College Project Coordinator, Wimpie Britz, the first phase of the project has almost reached its completion therefore the visitors had to view the equipment which was sponsored by them, to find out how well the students were doing and to see how they can take the project forward.

Sequa Project Director, Daniel Strube said, “I’m very happy with what the College has achieved within a short period of time. I enjoyed having a chat with the students; it was visible that they are passionate about what they are doing. I am glad we had the chance to address issues and hope to improve flaws at a later stage.”

uMfolozi meets Hertford Region College

In order to improve the Hospitality Curriculum, uMfolozi welcomed visitors from Hertford Region College. This was through the ISP Foundation Project which is sponsored by the British Council.The visit began at the Central Office Boardroom where there was an exchange of practices between the Colleges which was followed by a visit to the Richtek Workshops and ended at the Esikhawini Centre of Excellence. Katrina Dougherty and Nicola Pittman from Hertford said they were excited to be part of the partnership which will change the lives of South African youth and were impressed by some of the College’s milestones. They said they were looking forward to hosting uMfolozi at their College in 2018.

College Deputy Principal Academic Services Elsie du Toit said when she visited the United Kingdom she was quite impressed by their Hospitality services. “We hope to learn a lot from Hertford and to implement what we have learnt at Eshowe and Esikhawini Campus. The aim is to have in-house training for our students so that they come out of the College with great expertise,” explained du Toit who confirmed that during the June holidays lecturers from Esikhawini and Eshowe will visit Hertford.