The rehabilitation centre, the Charlotte Maxeke Treatment Centre, was represented by the centre’s manager, Dithuso Monare, and the social worker supervisor, Minah Kgosana.

According to a media statement, after the presentation of how the centre has been doing since its opening in 2020, those admitted at the centre were given an opportunity to learn computer programming from the digital hub.

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The Matshediso Choir from C section in Botshabelo joined the celebration to entertain the centre’s service users.

The Botshabelo Digital Hub works as an incubator that identifies innovators, whether existing or new, that have ideas that can solve challenges in society or take their ideas to a commercial stage in the process of empowering the youth. It was explained that the center has helped 93 users: 81 adult males, 9 male adolescents, and 3 adult females since it opened in April 2020. The center has the capacity to house 22 adult males, 10 adult females, and 5 adolescent males and females.

The process of how they get admitted to the centre starts after being admitted to local hospitals for detoxification. Referrals to the rehabilitation centre are done after three days. The center’s staff members then start with counselling, life skills workshops, social work interventions, and medical services.

The purposes of the Botshabelo Digital Hub were to bridge the digital divide amongst the township residents and equip young people with skills and knowledge to prepare themselves for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The key objective of the initiative is also to provide the youth and unemployed population with access to information and communication technologies, and other facilities that will move them closer to business and job opportunities.

“This programme ensures that the participants are able to tap into the market that currently exists in this park and beyond,” the statement reads.

This could result in the ability to develop solutions that will help the factories improve their production lines and operations, having a positive impact on competitiveness and business growth.

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