{"id":127915,"date":"2016-07-14T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/127915\/local-company-encourages-the-youth\/"},"modified":"2016-07-14T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T07:29:35","slug":"local-company-encourages-the-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/07\/14\/local-company-encourages-the-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Local company encourages the youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2013, local company Interwaste Environmental Solutions made the decision to help the youth of Dukathole.<\/p>\n

They partnered with the Germiston SAPS and together they began taking young members of the community and helping them get their code 10 or 14 licences.<\/p>

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\u201cI have never seen a company with such a passion to help their local community,\u201d said Sgt Olga Masethla, from the Ekurhuleni West Cluster stations.<\/p>\n

The programme has since developed and now the company is offering six-week ABET courses to empower the community\u2019s youth.<\/p>

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The programme currently has 52 students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company plans to run the six-week course until 2017,\u201d explained Masethla.<\/p>\n