4.2.1 Job creation and skills development Saldanha Ports Terminal has a workforce of 471 and women accounted for 22% of the total workforce. There are three women in the "women in operations" training programme, two of whom have been appointed in supervisory positions. There were 12 apprenticeship trainees in 2011 and only 6 in 2012, and of the 18 only 5 were women. The training is mainly for employees and there is an internship programme for graduates to gain experience in the workplace. There are only seven employees who received part-time bursaries to address business needs. There are no bursaries and skills development initiatives for young people from the community. The challenge of the port was the lack of training facilities in the Saldanha Bay Municipality, which forced the port to send employees to Cape Town for training. 4.2.2 Community involvement and development The Port of Saldanha did not have a comprehensive corporate social investment plan and the contributions to the community were done on an ad- hoc basis. The contributions related to donations to social events such as potjiekos functions and there was no contribution towards advancing the developmental objectives of government. However the port management vowed to improve its contribution through improving its investment on education and training, and had developed a plan for the coming years. The port has not improved the socio-economic conditions of the community of Saldanha Bay.