{"id":1090,"date":"2024-01-09T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:32:48","slug":"why-local-instructors-teach-local-skills-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/marketplace\/why-local-instructors-teach-local-skills-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Local Instructors Teach Local Skills Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1090\" class=\"elementor elementor-1090\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA lesson about running a spaza shop, baking for a market or writing a CV is different when it comes from someone who has done it in South Africa. Local instructors know our prices, our laws and the way customers here really behave.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">I teach what I wish someone had shown me when I started in Joburg.\n\n<cite>Thandiwe Mokoena, UX Design Instructor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nThat is why Kursusmark focuses on experts from our own towns. Examples are in Rand, tools are ones people here can afford, and topics such as POPIA are covered properly. 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Learners can copy the steps straight into their own small business the next day.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support in your own time zone<\/h4>\n\n<p>Local instructors answer questions during South African hours and understand load shedding delays. Many also meet learners at events in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, which helps people keep going.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lesson about running a spaza shop, baking for a market or writing a CV is different when it comes from someone who has done it in South Africa. Local instructors know our prices, our laws and the way customers here really behave. 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