Informal Traders And Micro Enterprise Development Program (ITAMED)
During the almost twenty years since the transition to democracy South Africa has adopted
and implemented market- friendly economic policies; yet the gap between rich and poor is
growing there is uneven access to informal traders and micro enterprises so programmes
like ITAMED are revitalising the townships and helping people build sustainable business in
the black community.
The purpose of this program was to equip the informal traders with the information
knowledge and skills on how to grow their business, and to revitalize the township and rural
economy by building vibrant and sustainable businesses.
The programme entails a variety of modules to make them understand their importance in
the business world such as:
Entrepreneurship
Business Plan
Purchasing skills
Merchandising
Marketing your business
Customer Care
Point of Sale
Financial management
Hygiene & food Safety
Regulatory & bylaw compliance
On completion of the day training a R3000 Seed Capital was offered to each learner to
further develop their entities .
Number of Beneficiaries Trained by Tjantjello Training Solutions
Gauteng South – 240 Informal Traders & Micro Business Enterprises
Free State – 240 Informal Traders & Micro Business Enterprises
North West – 240 Informal Traders & Micro Business Enterprises
Kwazulu-Natal – 240 Informal Traders & Micro Business Enterprises
Eastern Cape – 240 Informal Traders & Micro Business Enterprises
“Our role is to revive the township economy, to revive the Rural Economy so that these
traders are able to compete on an equal footing with established businesses” – Sindiso
Malaku, the Senior Regional Manager: Gauteng South, Free State and North West ·
W&RSETA.
“Tjantjello Training Solutions is one of our accredited training providers and they have
proven to be a very trusted training provider that seems to have a huge interest in
developing informal traders” – Jephrey Nene, The Provincial Manager: Gauteng South
“Please not use these voucher funds as some free money to use wrecklessly but rather use
these funds to grow your business” – David Maake, The Provincial Manager: NortheWest
“Today is one day to remember, just by the mere fact that we can gather all of our informal
traders to come in one room just to come and have a day of learning” – Xolile G Chaka, JB
Marks MMC
“The Content of the training is very good because they will be to manage their funds and
market their businesses and even implement the ethics required in the business” – Padney
Manzini, Office of the Premier
“The informal traders do not necessarily need a learnership program which is a 12 month
program or skills program. They need something like this ITAMED program which is
benefitial as they are only out of their businesses for one day instead of being in a classroom
for a period of 6 months” – Senzenina Moroe, Freestate W&RSeta Provincial Manager
“I would like to thank the Wholesale & Retail Seta and Tjantjello Training Solutions for
giving the opportunity to the community of Matjhabeng. – Hlobohang Makhomo,
Matjhabeng MMC
“It has been really great and exciting for us to see the informal traders excited about the
opportunity that the wholesale & retail Seta is giving them” – Khulekani Khoza, KZN
W&RSeta Provincial Office
“This is where we develop our informal traders interms of making sure that we bridge the
gap between them and other formal participants within our economy” – Goodman Ndou,
Eastern Cape W&RSeta Provincial Office.
“We are happy to have the partnership with Tjantjello Training Solutions (TTS) which has
been rolling out the training to our Informal Traders and Micro Enterprises and really
assisting the informal traders to run their businesses” – Mzamo Matyobeni, Eastern Cape
W&RSeta Provincial Manager
The informal sector is growing globally such that it can no longer be considered as a
temporary or residual phenomenon. Informal traders and micro enterprises programmes
like ITAMED are revitalising the townships and helping people build sustainable business in
the black community.
South Africa needs more initiatives such as the ITAMED program where the Wholesale and
Retail Seta impart skills in the Informal Traders sector through training providers such as
Tjantjello Training Solutions in order to capacitate the Informal Traders in and around the
country.
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