YOUNG South Africans have been urged to consider careers in the chemicals sector by their peers in the sector, who believe the opportunities are vast. As we mark Youth Month, several young people who’ve been assisted by CHIETA, the chemical industries’ Seta, say they believe the chemicals sector can help South Africa position itself as an industrial powerhouse on the continent.
Citing the American Chemistry Council, Camagwini Faleni who studied a Diploma in Analytical Chemistry at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology says, “More than 96% of all manufactured goods are directly touched by the chemicals sector. Through chemicals we can make the world…