The advancement of staff in terms of education or in terms of fighting illiteracy has a positive effect on staff morale and has been shown in numerous studies to increase staff loyalty. Nowhere is this more true than when staff are exposed to training in ABET fundamentals. This foundation phase of ABET training will give employees who have been functionally illiterate the tools to ensure that they can both better their lives and become more productive members of the workforce as well as contributing more to their communities and the greater south African society and propelling South Africa into a more prosperous future.