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50 000 students
Housing
to creating unique skills in the use of
new technology in the green building
sector and have received a lot of sup-
port from the Department of Higher
Education and Training to do so,” says
Schooling.
“We project around 6 700 employ-
ment opportunities based on our
current work scope, which will go a
long way in addressing high unem-
ployment rates and upskilling young
job seekers with sustainable skills.”
Over the next five years STAG Afri-
can aims to roll out accommodation
for 50 000 students. “We approach
every development holistically and
take the social, physical, financial,
political and environmental impact
of our proposal into account. We
then apply our founding principal of
developing green skills, for green jobs
for a green economy,” said Schooling.
So far, expansion, outside of STAG
African’s core South African op-
erations has incorporated Mauri-
tius, Mozambique and Zambia, with
Botswana, Madagascar and Namibia
firmly in the pipeline.
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