2.2.1 Job creation and skills development The Transnet Port Terminal employs approximately 1 009 employees, and the number was expected to rise to 1 232 by 2016. Women make up 30% of the workforce, and there are two women who are being trained in operations as part of succession planning. The focus of the bursary programme was mainly aimed at up-skilling entry level employees to enable them to take up opportunities when they arise. A skills development initiative for the external youth has been in the form of learnerships, apprenticeships but no bursary programme for external youth. The port has a partnership with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology on relevant training and skills development programmes.