Position: Chief Executive Officer, Full time/Permanent Industry/Sector: NGO – Disability Reference number: DWDE – CEO Salary: Industry – Commensurate with appropriate skills and experience Eligibility: Suitably qualified candidates Closing date: 30 October 2023, 16h00 DWDE is one of the leading players in the disability...
Mr. Solly Fourie (Head of Economic Development and Tourism) Ms. Nonceba Siyobi (Winner from Ukwakana Workshop) Minister Alan Winde The social enterprise business plan competition ran for the second time in November 2010. The first competition, which took place in 2009, was a great...
When candidates walk into the DWDE office for the first time an assessment is done which includes an application form, basic maths literacy, and basic verbal reasoning. This assessment helps to see on which level the candidates are. Following this, the candidates go through an individual...
The CYDiSA programme has been able to successfully recruit candidates into learner-ship opportunities, and place others in genuine employment. The experiences show that there is a large need for the services provided by CYDiSA both from the candidates’ side as well as from the employers. The organization developed...
The Career Fairs drew youth from schools and other disability organizations in the Metro and others traveled from as far as Worcester and the Overberg. Others were drawn to the event through the publicity in both electronic and print media. This event once again...
In March 2012 DWDE partnered with the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) and organized a daylong seminar for entrepreneurs with disabilities. The Seminar boosted entrepreneurship in the disability sector by creating partnerships between the disability sector and business development service providers. Persons with disabilities...
The Cooperative was established in October 2009 by five women from Gugulethu. Some of the women have previously had their own small businesses but they came together because they thought that putting their resources together would make them stronger. They are now producing dog...
There are few things that can lay claim to being truly and uniquely South African. Wire art, the sculpting, and crafting of works of art using wire, beads, tin cans and other recycled goods as a medium is one of those things. No-one is...
The second-hand clothing store for Vukuhambe in Gugulethu was opened during November 2009 and aims to support the workshop and its members financially. This clothing store caters only for females. The workshop activities put people and their community, rather than profit, at the centre of their goal. The second-hand clothing...
The second-hand clothing store was opened during February 2010 in Khayelitsha. This clothing store is unique as it caters for both men and women. The clothing is of high quality and very cost effective. The workshop activities put people and their community, rather than...
DWDE have had a long standing relationship with the Cape Town University of Technology and this has resulted in collaboration with the Industrial Design Department this year. Industrial design students were asked to work in groups and develop a product that can be profitably...