FIVE CDF Skills Development bursary beneficiaries, who are among the 25 employed by their former training institute in Livingstone, have praised government for the initiative, with one, 23-year-old Blessings Wakumelo, saying that before training and eventually being employed, he was “just a home boy”. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Rhoda Malumo, a 2022 CDF Skills student at the Livingstone Institute of Business and Engineering Studies (LIBES), says being trained and certified as a tailor under Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) is a dream come true, as she has always aspired to be a fashion designer. In an interview, Wakumelo, of Livingstone’s Libuyu residential area, said that after completing school in 2021, his parents could not afford to raise money for his...

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