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By Nontobeko Mabaso
Sanlam
The Months of June and July were really fruitful in terms of the people I trained.I trained both in Colleges and the community,The 7th of July was most memorable because I went to train in a community that I once trained in,had to leave because it looked like people were finished or they were just not interested. The community of Hammarsdale,when I arrived Monday the 7th,there was a long line of people queued up to attend the sessions.If I'm not mistaken,there was over a hundred of them,I had to count 32 to enter the hall,the next 32 had to write down their names to attend on the Wednesday (I had asked my colleague Nozipho Khuzwayo to train them) and the 3rd set of 32,were to attend the following week (Had asked my colleague Pamela Myeni to train them) as Nozipho and I had depleted our targets.
When I trained my 32 participants,I discovered that I had the EA's in my session,Assistant Teachers.The way they were so interested in topics such as UIF,Tax,Pension fund,Retirement Anuities.it was my first time having people whom we spend more time on the UIF activity (calculating Nobantu's UIF)I could also judge from the questions they asked that they were asking so that they know and understand,not just asking to pass the day.I really enjoyed the last 3 days at Hammarsdale,it's so rewarding to us trainers to get people who actually connect to the topics and find it relevant and beneficial to them to be a part of the training.
We also had a few Teachers in the traing,permanent teachers.