‘We are ready and hopeful’: Graduates react to the PowerX² launch

By Boitumelo Tshehle

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  • Services Seta launched the PowerX² – 20 000 Internships Programme to provide workplace experience for South African graduates.
  • Mothibi Bantjies, an ICT graduate from Sol Plaatje University, remains unemployed seven months after finishing his degree but values the internship opportunity.
  • Bantjies chose his IT career due to the digital transformation era associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
  • Bantjies aims to one day own a company and employ youth, seeing IT as a field with significant opportunities.
  • Kagiso Tlhagale, a 2024 political science graduate, expressed excitement and hope for employment through the PowerX² programme.

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