{"id":46229,"date":"2026-05-02T02:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/partnerships-power-the-future-of-automotive-skills-development\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:56:42","slug":"partnerships-power-the-future-of-automotive-skills-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/partnerships-power-the-future-of-automotive-skills-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnerships power the future of automotive skills development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Partnership in skills development is not optional &#8211; it is essential. This was the clear message from the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) following its participation at the 5th HRDC-SA Summit 2026, held on 16 and 17 April.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Resource Development Council of South Africa (HRDC-SA), chaired by the Deputy President and administered by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, serves as a national advisory body on human resource development. Its mandate is centred on unlocking the full potential of South Africans through a coordinated skills development agenda aligned to economic growth and transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The RMI, together with key partners, welcomed high-level engagement at its exhibition stands, including a visit from Deputy President Paul Mashatile and the Honourable Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela. Both leaders, along with their respective delegations, took time to engage directly with industry representatives and gain insight into the&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77236&#038;page=partnerships-power-the-future-of-automotive-skills-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnership in skills development is not optional &#8211; it is essential. This was the clear message from the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) following its participation at the 5th HRDC-SA Summit 2026, held on 16 and 17 April. The Human Resource Development Council of South Africa (HRDC-SA), chaired by the Deputy President and administered by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Deputy%20President%20Paul%20Mashatile%20and%20Minister%20of%20Higher%20Education%20and%20Training%2c%20Buti%20Manamela%2c%20engaging%20industry%20representatives%20at%20the%20RMI%20stand%2c%20shared%20with%20me.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Deputy%20President%20Paul%20Mashatile%20and%20Minister%20of%20Higher%20Education%20and%20Training%2c%20Buti%20Manamela%2c%20engaging%20industry%20representatives%20at%20the%20RMI%20stand%2c%20shared%20with%20me.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}