WESSA Sishen Report for Anglo American

THE ANGLO AMERICAN KUMBA SUSTAINABLE MINING PLAN KEY TAKEAWAYS AND LINKAGES TO WESSA

3.5.1 Sishen Education

The quality of public schooling is often poor in our host communities, and often below average given that the best schools tend to be in urban rather than rural areas. Poor schooling in turn leads to unemployment and low productivity occupations and associated social ills. Low levels of educational attainment also create challenges in recruiting locally, a problem that will be exacerbated as new mining technologies are deployed, which will typically require higher skills levels than are currently required. Anglo American already invests considerable sums in education in host communities, although this has traditionally focused on infrastructure projects. There focus going forward is to focus on capacity development of schools.

WESSA Sishen Education Centre

3.5.1 Sishen Education – WESSA Services WESSA has extensive knowledge and experience in working with local previously-disadvantaged schools in the South African context. We have been based in the Northern Cape since 2009 and have worked with close to 100 schools both in the John Taolo Gaetsewe and further afield. The WESSA Sishen Education Centre has been operational since June, 2018, and has engaged with over 10 000 individuals already, through programmes ranging from curriculum-based research camps to personal development programmes in partnership with the Department of Social Development, to community clean-ups and awareness programmes in partnership with corporates, the local municipality and other NGOs. WESSA can play a key role in working alongside Anglo Sishen to role out their Education Programmes and contribute to Thriving Communities, through three key WESSA Units, as shown alongside, and described in the following slides.

WESSA Youth Programme

WESSA Schools Programme

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