{"id":144377,"date":"2017-02-14T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/144377\/ewc-students-showcase-their-skills-to-the-world\/"},"modified":"2017-02-15T08:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T06:30:37","slug":"ewc-students-showcase-their-skills-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/14\/ewc-students-showcase-their-skills-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"EWC students showcase their skills to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight Ekurhuleni West TVET College (EWC) students are at the WorldSkills Competition, currently taking place at the Durban International Convention Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The competition started on Monday, February 13, and will run until Friday, February 17.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>EWC\u2019s students are competing against hundreds of other contestants in electrical construction, mechatronics, hairdressing, cooking services and restaurant services, among others.<\/p>\n<p>EWC Germiston campus held a ceremonial send-off on Wednesday for all EWC students heading to the competition.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur six campuses competed against each other and we then selected students to compete in the provincial stage of the competition,\u201d said the campus manager at EWC Kempton campus, Wellington Mudau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EWC students competed with students from other colleges at the provincial stage and, due to their excellent performances, they progressed to the national stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur students are not only representing EWC but they are also among those representing Gauteng.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EWC students compete at the World Skills Competition\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MunkLOTaZls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EWC Germiston campus\u2019 principal, Hellen Ntlaleng, addressed the students and their mentors at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can\u2019t imagine it, you can\u2019t do it and that is what this college believes in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that you will make it because you are fully prepared; I say to you that the sky is the limit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow them a thing or two and make all of us proud, including yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the students, Khomotso Mashego, said she is excited and nervous at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy for the opportunity because not everyone is getting it, but at the same time I am nervous because I don\u2019t know the people I am competing against,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am willing to learn and have fun; I am not going to be put down but to learn and build myself up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mudau also said that students who make it at the national stage will represent South Africa at the international competition that is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi, later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The eight students are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyle Ritchie &#8211; electrical installations.<\/li>\n<li>Khomotso Mashego &#8211; restaurant services.<\/li>\n<li>Bongani Mashego &#8211; electrical installations.<\/li>\n<li>Busisiwe Magasela &#8211; restaurant services.<\/li>\n<li>M\u00e8gan Kemp &#8211; food preparation services.<\/li>\n<li>Jonathon Hamman &#8211; restaurant services.<\/li>\n<li>Sakhe Majodina &#8211; mechatronics.<\/li>\n<li>Luyolo Lupuwana &#8211; mechatronics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-144377 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/14\/ewc-students-showcase-their-skills-to-the-world\/attachment\/06gcngeneralskilps2_78887\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/06GCNGENERALSKILPS2_78887-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-144379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/06GCNGENERALSKILPS2_78887-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/06GCNGENERALSKILPS2_78887-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/06GCNGENERALSKILPS2_78887.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-144379'>\n\t\t\t\tEWC Germiston campus\u2019 principal, Hellen Ntlaleng, motivates and wishes the students luck.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might also be interested in reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/144222\/school-nets-award\/\">Ho\u00ebrskool Goudri\u2019f 100 per cent pass rate lauded<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='51d39f7f76242ae84f5fadfb32de3476'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekurhuleni West TVET College (EWC) has representation at the World Skills competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":144378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Puleng Sekabate","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8964,8963,1106,979,969,2749,13663,13662],"class_list":["post-144377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ekurhuleni-west-tvet-college","tag-ewc","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-world-skills","tag-world-skills-competition"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Ekurhuleni West TVET College","EWC","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Puleng Sekabate","World skills","World Skills Competition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}