The Coega Development Corporation (CDC), a leader in South Africa's socio-economic growth and development, announced today that it will launch its flagship driving training programme in the Matatiele Local Municipality (MLM) on Thursday (23 October). The launch which will take place at Matatiele Local Municipality Town Hall where it's expected that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be signed between the CDC and MLM. The driver training programme is Coega's flagship Corporate Social … [Read more...] about Matatiele youth and learners to benefit from driver training programme
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MEC announces new R4.2 Million initiative at driver programme handover
The MEC of Transport, Safety and Liaison, Weziwe Tikana, announced a partnership between her department and the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) which will benefit women in transportation in the Eastern Cape. The announcement was made at the launch of the CDC's Driver training programme at the Willowmore Town Hall in the Baviaans Municipality in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday 29 July 2014, during which a state of the art driver simulator and vehicle was handed over. The department's Human … [Read more...] about MEC announces new R4.2 Million initiative at driver programme handover
Missionvale students to take to road after receiving simulator training
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has again brought its ground-breaking Driver Training Programme to an institution of higher learning, this time making in-roads at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) after a memorandum of understanding was signed between the two institutions. NMMU is the third university, after Walter Sisulu and Fort Hare, to benefit from the programme, which has been implemented across FET colleges as well. The training programme is the flagship of … [Read more...] about Missionvale students to take to road after receiving simulator training
CDC national footprint on the rise
The Coega Development Corporation's (CDC) flagship corporate social investment (CSI) driver training programme was launched for the first time on 16 April 2014 in KwaZulu-Natal at the Umfolozi FET College (Esikhawini Campus-Empangeni) as the two organisations put pen to paper on a memorandum of understanding. Coega also handed over a state-of-the-art driver simulator to the FET College - a stationary machine designed for off-road beneficiary training. The launch marks the introduction of … [Read more...] about CDC national footprint on the rise
Upskilling the Youth
The Coega Development Corporation's (CDC) corporate social investment (CSI) driver training programme was today launched at the Fort Hare University in Alice with the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the institution and the handover of a driver simulator. This is the second university to benefit from the programme after the Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha joined the programme last year. A state-of-the-art driver simulator was handed over to the university so that training of … [Read more...] about Upskilling the Youth
Eastern Cape rural areas benefit from local driver training programme
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) celebrated the tenth extension of its driver training programme to an Eastern Cape higher education institution this time in the rural area of iDutywa. State-of-the-art driver simulator was handed over to King Hinsta FET College and the Mbhashe Municipality yesterday to coincide with the country's state of the nation address by President Jacob Zuma. The CDC presented the simulator to the King Hinsta FET College and the Mbhashe Municipality for the … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape rural areas benefit from local driver training programme
No fee driver training programme yields pass rate success
October yielded the best pass rate to date for the Coega Development Corporation's (CDC) free-driver training programme, with an impressive 108 new drivers on the road after passing their driver's licence tests last month. The pass rate figures are an indication of the progress made towards the CDC's goal of assisting the youth and other vulnerable groups become more employable because they have a drivers licence. "Between April and October the CDC's driver training programme assisted 483 … [Read more...] about No fee driver training programme yields pass rate success
Lovedale to benefit from Coega driver training
Yet another Eastern Cape further education and training (FET) college will benefit from sustained moves by the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) to roll out its driver simulator programme throughout the province. Today a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the CDC and Lovedale College which sees the addition of one driver simulator to service Lovedale's 3100 students. This brings the total number of higher education institutions with Coega driver simulators to eight. The … [Read more...] about Lovedale to benefit from Coega driver training
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Coega is now taking driver training to new levela and training people with disabilities. This, of course, means that I will be out vigorously defending the right of disabled people to have their parking free at all times. Remember; "No STICKER, No PARK"! In a first for the Eastern Cape, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has broadened its driver training programme to include customised training - and driver simulators - for people with disabilities. The programme was launched today … [Read more...] about And in BAD News for the MyPE Traffic Hooligans ….
Coega forging ahead with driver training in Nelson Mandela Bay
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) is making good on its promise to roll out driver training in the Eastern Cape through state-of-the-art simulators with two big handovers planned for this week. The Eastcape Midland and Port Elizabeth Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges are the first higher education institutions in the Nelson Mandela Bay area to benefit from the programme. The latest move brings the total number of participating institutions in the Eastern Cape to … [Read more...] about Coega forging ahead with driver training in Nelson Mandela Bay
CDC driver training expands to 3rd Eastern Cape FET College
In a boost for its already successful driver training outreach across the Eastern Cape, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) signed an agreement on 3 December with Ingwe College in Bizana to facilitate the roll-out of driver simulator-based training. The training forms part of a free drivers training programme for students at Ingwe College campuses in Mount Frere, Lusikisiki, Bizana, Maluti and Mount Fletcher. The agreement gives the CDC the go-ahead to supply driver simulators to … [Read more...] about CDC driver training expands to 3rd Eastern Cape FET College
Driver Training Programme Expands
A new driving simulator at Ikhala Further Education and Training (FET) College in Queenstown is putting hundreds of students in the driving seat as part of the Coega Development Corporation's (CDC) pioneering Outreach Driver Training programme. The move comes as part of the CDC's decision to expand the reach of the driver programme by targeting higher education institutions in the Eastern Cape. The CDC located a driving simulator at Ikhala today and aims to add more of the driver training … [Read more...] about Driver Training Programme Expands
