Peter van Binsbergen, Chief Executive Officer: BMW Group South Africa
South Africa has no shortage of graduates. It does, however, have a shortage of technicians, artisans, engineers, coders and other skilled workers.
That contradiction lies at the heart of what BMW South Africa chief executive Peter van Binsbergen sees as one of the country’s biggest economic challenges.
“There is a need for technical skills In SA and we need to educate people on what technical skills are needed in order to secure futures”” he said during an interview at Soshanguve School of Specialisation in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria.
“There’s no question about it.” At the same time, he added, many graduates continue to struggle to find work. “There’s actually plenty of people with degrees who can’t find jobs.”
