The Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) says, it appears there is a need to have more functional female driven cooperatives in the Upington area, as challenges arise to have cooperatives register for the upcoming three-day training. Sinoxolo Zweni, regional facilitator for SEDA Upington, says the current total of attendees for the training stands at ten, however the target is a total of 30 to reserve a place to attend. Zweni says that it is a real challenge to reach the total in question as SEDA’s database is exhausted. He says cooperatives, which are hundred percent female, youth and people living with disabilities owned are encouraged to engage with the SEDA office to register for this corporate governance training aimed at capacitating the mentioned groups by providing training on corporate governance and ethics in terms of companies act. The training will focus on management, business, decision - making, business strategy, the role of shareholders, corporate finance and reporting amongst others. The three-day training will be hosted by the department of economic development and tourism in partnership with the triple bee commission.

Journalist: Rene Julies
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