By OUPA KEKANA
THE Gauteng Tourism is supporting digital hubs found in different cities across the province.
One they recently visited was at a Busy Corner in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni.
The aim is to see these hubs attract investments, create jobs and develop the township economy.
In 2016, the first Box Shop was officially opened at the famous Vilakazi street in Orlando West, Soweto.
Sifiso Moyo, as a founding director of the Box Shop, ensured that more and more digital hubs were rolled out across the country to serve as centres of excellence aimed at connecting communities through digital, information and communication technology related skills training and business development support services.
Moyo said the focus of the digital hubs was on creating a central meeting point for business, technology, innovation, and creative businesses in the respective regions. He said through these hubs tourists are now able to understand the township better without them having to travel there in a car, on foot or by cycling.
All information they need about the township is found right in the hub and it really makes life more easier for tourists and everyone who wants to know the township. He said coming from Vilakazi street in Soweto to Vosloorus was to ensure that they target places where there’s tourism potential.
Moyo said Vosloorus has a strong heritage and all businesses in the area would benefit greatly from this.
“We’re here today to celebrate the transition of the Box Shop from being a lifestyle to digital. And also to acknowledge our stalwarts like Chris Hani,” he said.
The media were taken on a tour where they got to see the house of the late Chris Hani and many other interesting places in the township that can attract tourists in the area.
There’s a lot that needs to be done to develop tour guards in all the townships across the country. This on its own will help create employment for the young people of this country.
People know that every Thursday is a Phuza Thursday, and such places are always supported, but if they can be turned into Tourism Thursday, the better.
Looking at Mzansi’s unemployment crisis, the need for change is undeniable.
So turning Phuza Thursday to Tourism Thursday has to be a practice from now on, isn’t it?
Moyo pointed out the necessity of creating pathways to employability. This requires a change in thinking and the building of skills development ecosystems.
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