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Municipality acts on skills shortage.(News)
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The Mercury (South Africa)
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June 19, 2007
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BYLINE: MATTHEW SAVIDES
THE eThekwini Municipality has resorted to buying engineering graduates out of their debts to bursars and to hiring skills from abroad to combat the skills shortage that is plaguing the municipality.
A report by the housing, cleansing and solid waste, and corporate and human resources committee described as "critical" the skills shortage in the municipality. It recommended that - in addition to paying the debts of five students - to ensure their employment within the municipality, eight engineering students would have their fees paid to secure their employment, for a limited time, once they had completed their courses.
The report said this ...