In addition to the goals in terms of its student and academic profile and these groups’ development, the University has also set development targets and achievements for local and black skills development and participation in construction work.  The reason for the growth in the targets is the increasing availability of organisations with the required skills and profiles in Kimberley and the Northern Cape. In significant measure, this increasing availability is the result of SPU’s incubation and contribution to the development of local capacity for this type of work.