Go for Gold is an award-winning ‘education-to-employment’ public-private initiative, founded in 1999 and is a fully integrated, four-phased programme initiated by the construction sector. It was established in response to the critical shortage of candidates from disadvantaged communities entering the industry.

The Go for Gold programme is demand driven and depicts the efficacy and importance of multiple stakeholder engagement who share a common goal in youth development and economic transformation. We are endorsed by the Department of Education (secondary and tertiary institutions); 24 built environment companies; statutory bodies such as CETA, MBA, SAFCEC, SAICE, ECSA, SANRAL; and industry training bodies.

Go for Gold provides scorecard strengthening opportunities because we are a registered NPO and PBO, offering SED and tax benefits by supporting students on our programme and aiding tangible transformation for the industry.

The Go for Gold programme is Structured Programme recognised by DTI BBBEE Codes and is designed as a skills development pipeline supporting academic advancement in STEM educations, assisting talented youth from disadvantaged communities who wish to pursue technical vocations in the built environment.  

As of 2022, Go for Gold is inviting manufacturing concerns into the fold of participating partner companies to support and benefit from our skills development programme. We are excited about broadening our partnerships and sector focus due to the exciting and varied technical professions prevalent in the manufacturing sector to expose our students to and catalyse bringing black technical graduates to your industry.

Our programme in its entirety is centred on the premise that in order to create future skilled graduate professionals, who also possess the self-belief to succeed, requires long term investment where the whole child is developed – i.e. both academically and emotionally.

Our vision

Go for Gold creates hope through the development of our youth who progress through an education to employment model and continue to impact positively on the morale, competence, infrastructure and employment rates of our country.  

Mission

Go for Gold, together with our partners, provides a gateway for disadvantaged learners to realise their full potential. They are transitioned through a values-based academic and life-skills programme, which enables them to gather work experience, to access a tertiary education and fully prepares them to play a constructive role in society as industrious graduate professionals in the built environment and related industries.

Contact

Visit www.goforgold.org.za or contact Karen(at)goforgold.org.za