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Gauteng Premier Launches Manufacturing Centre Of Excellence To Prepare Workforce For The Future Of Industry
Automotive Industry Development CentreRef: https://aidc.co.za/gauteng-premier-launches-manufacturing-centre-of-excellence-to-prepare-workforce-for-the-future-of-industry/
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Collected on 28 July 2026
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What this means
This is a media/news article stating that the Gauteng Provincial Government, via the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC), relaunched the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre as the Manufacturing Centre of Excellence. The centre was officially launched by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi on 16 July 2026 at the Automotive Supplier Park in Rosslyn, and is intended to train artisans, technicians, unemployed youth and industry professionals in advanced manufacturing skills. Training areas include automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, and New Energy Vehicle (NEV) technologies, and the relaunch includes a donation of an EV charging station by Volt-Hi.
Facts
Places
Gauteng
Reference
https://aidc.co.za/gauteng-premier-launches-manufacturing-centre-of-excellence-to-prepare-workforce-for-the-future-of-industry/
Key Takeaways
- Gauteng Provincial Government relaunched Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre as Manufacturing Centre of Excellence
- Official launch date: 16 July 2026
- Launched by: Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi
- Launch location: Automotive Supplier Park, Rosslyn
- Target trainees: artisans, technicians, unemployed youth, industry professionals
- Training focus: automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, NEV technologies
- Expanded mandate: beyond automotive to broader advanced manufacturing industry
- More than 24,631 learners trained since GALC opened (over a decade)
- EV charging station donation by Volt-Hi
- Media enquiries: Lerato Mphahlele (AIDC), Lmphahlele@aidc.co.za, 081 734 4055
- Gauteng Provincial Government
- Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC)
- Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)
- Gauteng Department of Economic Development
- Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi
- Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre (GALC)
- Manufacturing Centre of Excellence
- Automotive Supplier Park (Rosslyn)
- Volt-Hi
- Cathy Shilubana
- Lerato Mphahlele
Dates
Closing Date
16 July 2026