September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 1 Labour Simangaliso Mkhwanazi – CEO Eli Kodisang – Chairperson Labour: CEPPWAWU Forest Industries Education & Training Authority (FIETA)

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 2 Our Focus Manufacture of pulp, paper & paperboard –Mostly in KZN –SAPPI & Mondi Manufacture & Tissue Converting –Mostly Gauteng & KZN –Kimberly-Clark, Nampak, SAPPI & Mondi Diaper manufacturing –Mainly Gauteng –Espin manufacturing

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 3 Wood Processing Saw doctoring, Wet milling, Lumber drying, Lumber grading, Dry milling, Charcoal, Wattle extract, Manufacture of veneer sheets & plywood, Particle board and other panels, Fireboard and chipboard products, Truss Manufacturing, Match manufacturing, Pallets and bulk bins, Sawmilling and preserving of timber Mostly in KZN & Mpumalanga

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 4 Furniture Manufacture of furniture Furnishing of ships Cane Furniture Bedding Curtaining Caravan Furniture Coffins –Mainly in Gauteng, KZN & Western Cape

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 5 Forestry Maintenance Fire Protection, fire suppression, fire prevention Forest conservation Forest management Forestry and tree nurseries Harvesting Road construction and maintenance Transport (short haul and long haul) Forest Research

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 6 Forestry Plantation Area ProvinceHectares% KZN ,2 Mpumalanga ,3 E Cape ,4 W Cape ,6 Limpopo ,5

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 7 Progress Report NSDS Highlights for 2005 – 2006 KZN KwaMbonambi -New Venture Creation Project -FIETA, Mondi & Umsobomvu Partnership -Development of small business for retrenched workers Labour

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 8 KZN Development of a skills development plan & Toolkit for small growers Training of Forestry contractors –Silviculture –Harvesting –Forest fire fighting / prevention –Management –Budgeting & Tendering

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 9 KZN Research in Solid Wood – KZN Economic Cluster ABET & life skills project for Malmoth farmers Paper recycling, Merebank Learnerships: 291 learners –Black males (191) –Black females (100) –18.2 (251) ESDLE: 116 learners

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 10 Eastern Cape Chris Hani District Municipality ( Wood Cluster ) –Training of Unemployed in Sawmilling Training of “Bush millers” in Business skills & Saw milling Support for Steinhoff at Ugie Learnerships: 74 –Black males (58) –Black females (10) –18.2 (45)

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 11 Western Cape Support for Saasveld – Black foresters Support for the Furniture Bargaining Council (Salt River) Support for FurnTech – Furniture incubators Support for Stellenbosch University – Internet portal for Small forest sector businesses Learnerships: 30 –Black males (25) –Black females (3) –18.2 (25)

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 12 Mpumalanga Training of Forestry contractors –Silviculture –Harvesting –Forest fire fighting / prevention –Management Budgeting & Tendering Paper recycling, Nelspruit Learnerships: 37 –Black males (31) –Black females (6) –18.2 (23)\ –ESDLE: 20 learners

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 13 Limpopo Training of Forestry contractors –Silviculture –Harvesting –Forest fire fighting / prevention –Management –Budgeting & Tendering Learnerships: 2 –Black males (2) –18.2 (2)

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 14 Free State Support for Furniture SME Learnerships: 9 –Black males (5) –Black females (4) –18.2 (9) –ESDLE: 40

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 15 North West Support for Furniture SME Furniture manufacturing training for Marang Women’s project, Mafikeng ESDLE: 20 learners

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 16 Northern Cape Kimberley Training of People with Disabilities –DEAFSA Training in; Cabinet making Wood machining Wood polishing

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 17 Gauteng Alexander, Tembisa & Soweto: SME support Tshwane: Paper recycling Soweto: SME support / APD Daveyton, Duduza: Furniture manufacturing –People with Disabilities (Daveyton) –Training of Abused Women in Furniture manufacturing (Usindiso Ministries)

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 18 Gauteng Learnerships: 40 –Black males (36) –Black females (3) –18.2 (21) ESDLE: 20 learners

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 19 Quality Assurance Accredited Providers KZN26 Mpumalanga11 Eastern Cape 4 Limpopo 4 Western Cape17 Gauteng32 North West 1 Northern Cape 2 Free State 3

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 20 FETs Umgungundlovu FET, PMB Goldfields FET Motheo FET Ethekwini FET Richtec FET Ingwe, Mount Frere Ikhala College, Queenstown Ekurhuleni FET Labour

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 21 Future Plans for Organisation Chris Hani District Municipality –Furniture Factory / Sawmill Project Ukhahlamba District Municipality –Ugie Project Labour

September 2006SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 22 End