INBRIEF
MAGAZINE
Issue (21) December 2016
When you learn,
teach. When you get,
give.
– Maya Angelou
MADONSELA’S
LEGACY
ERIC MOLOBI
MEMORIAL
LECTURE
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KTH is proud of our association with Kagiso
Trust’s Bold Step Programme. Giving talented
individuals the chance to further their studies
and making a difference in the communities
from which they come. Education in the hands
of our youth is a powerful tool for success.
www.kth.co.za
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MADONSELA’S LEGACY
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EDUCATION CONVERSATIONS
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KST INFRASTRUCTURE
LAUNCH
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BOLDSTEP BREAKFAST
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MASECHABA ON EDUCATION
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BNSDP INFRASTRUCTURE
LAUNCH
04 Word from Communications & Marketing
07 Eric Molobi Memorial Lecture
09 Driving Socioeconomic Development
11 Looking Back at The JHC
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WORD FROM
COMMUNICATIONS
AND MARKETING
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s we wrap up 2016, we are excited to look back on
the journey that we have travelled and pursued as an
organisation. We are proud of the path we have travelled
and the achievements we have witnessed to date. Our
Beyers Naudé Schools Programme has seen over 200, 000 learners
benefit, 430 schools participating and an average matric pass rate
of over 85%, as well as an investment of over R250 million into the
programme.
The Kagiso Enterprises Rural Private Equity Fund has invested
over R50 million in small to medium sized businesses, in pursuit of
encouraging entrepreneurship in the fight against unemployment
and youth poverty. 11 companies have been funded with over 3
100 jobs created. Our Eric Molobi Scholarship Programme has
invested over R17 million as part of supporting deserving students
to pursue tertiary studies, with over 130 students supported by
the programme.
We have 30 years’ of experience as well as results in development
as part of overcoming poverty. Our Board of Trustees moral
leadership quality drives our organisation. We pride ourselves
on transparent reporting, clean audits and mechanisms in place
to ensure funds are channelled without corruption. We can
demonstrate impact through our measurement and evaluation
processes.
We have the know how to work with government partners and are
constantly innovating as we develop and use our own investment
dividends to fund our programmes, which means we have a vested
interest in the outcome. As we take the organisation forward, KT’s
new journey has seen the formation of five strategic pillars in the
fight to overcome poverty and create a prosperous, peaceful and
equitable society. That is Education, Socio-Economic Development,
Institutional Capacity Building, Sustainable Funding and Special
Projects. 2016 has also seen the organisation revitalise its brand
identity which will take us forward into the next 30 years.
Nontando Mthethwa
Head of Communications and Marketing
Going forward, we want to scale and increase our impact and
programmes. We cannot do this alone and are actively seeking out
new partnerships with the private, NGO and public sectors. We
know partnerships in development take work and time but we are
looking for partnerships that have development objectives which
are aligned and specific. We are looking for partners that share our
values and vision. We are looking for partners where performance
management is a key focus to delivery in that each party
demonstrates accountability for their actions and takes ownership
of the delivery of objectives and targets. More importantly, we are
looking for partners who take a long-term view on development.
As we set our sight on 2017, we will continue to aim to be leaders in
the NGO sector – setting professional standards. We are a family,
and in the face of poverty we will make sure we seek out the light
and enjoyment of working in this sector. We love what we do and
promise transparency, action, delivery and measurable results for
our programmes and would like to invite you to join us in the fight
to overcome poverty.
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Wishing you a joyous festive season
and prosperous new year
MADONSELA’S
LEGACY OF INTEGRITY
image credit: Newsweek
On 5 October 2016, South Africa’s political parties, business and civil society
leaders gathered at Gallagher Estate to bid farewell to a woman whose refusal to
be ‘a walkover’ gained her the respect of South Africans and the world. A hard road
to walk, Amandla Kwinana looks at how Thuli Madonsela’s journey reemphasized
the value of integrity in government institutions and society at large.
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image credit: Marie Claire
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s I watched the ANC Secretary
General take to the stage I could
not have been better prepared
for the words he delivered to
Thuli Madonsela. “I agree with premier
David Makhura when he said you saved
us from ourselves” said Gwede Mantashe.
“You did and we never acknowledged that.
You leave the ANC wiser as you go.”
At that moment it dawned on me that
regardless of which end one sat from
the former Public Protector, she was
regarded in high esteem and respected
for possessing one of the hardest values
to relentlessly uphold: integrity. This she
successfully accomplished through her
eight-year term.
As one of Kagiso Trust’s values, integrity
plays a crucial role in how we engage with
stakeholders and implement and deliver our
development work in communities. Integrity
goes far beyond the box-confinements
of business interactions and governance.
Integrity is tested in how we relate with
those who are most disadvantaged and
underprivileged. It challenges the lengths
we are willing to go to ensure that those
who are unjustly compromised are
empowered and their dignity restored.
Thuli Madonsela’s incognito, Gogo Dlamini
touched thousands, if not millions of lives
throughout the country. As David Makhura
stated, when Madonsela embodied the
persona of Gogo Dlamini, going into
the most rural areas in the country and
speaking to ordinary people, her office
proved to be a “public institution that
works for the Constitution”.
The impact of this bottom up approach,
another of Kagiso Trust’s values, was
recalled by the NFP’s Themba Godi, where
a gogo threatened government officials
she would call “intombi yakwa Madonsela
(daughter of the Madonsela’s)” if her Sassa
money went missing. Educating the poor,
those in remote areas and those who
have been victims of corruption, Gogo
Dlamini opened up the doors to the Public
Protector’s office to all South Africans.
Most of us will remember Madonsela as
being soft spoken. This quality however,
did not mean she was silent to the truth
but discernibly spoke or, in the words of
the DA’s John Moody, “whispered truth
to silence”. The long list of political party
representatives reiterated this sentiment,
noting that Madonsela affirmed the rule
of law and compassion in public service;
she taught South Africans they should not
fear the government; she was an ally of the
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common citizen. In her Kagiso Trust Pearls
of Wisdom editorial Madonsela wrote,
“Part of the onslaught against corruption
should target the institutionalization of
values that promote integrity, fairness and
human solidarity”.
True to her words, she and her office will
go down in the history books as having
achieved the noble duty to serve without
fear, favour or prejudice. Kagiso Trust
encourages all South African institutions,
government and private, to continue her
legacy of integrity. We certainly will.
Kagiso Trust holds its values as critical to
the organisation’s culture and existence. In
ensuring that we deliver on our development
work in the most ethical manner, all our
employees have pledged to uphold our
values:
•Integrity
•Accountability
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Hands on, bottom up approach
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Passion for development
INAUGURAL
ERIC MOLOBI
LECTURE
Former Kagiso Trust CEO, the late Eric Molobi was honoured with the first ever Eric Molobi
Memorial Lecture that was held on the 15th of October at the Resolution Circle Towers,
Johannesburg. The lecture was hosted by the University of Johannesburg.
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Mrs Martha Molobi with Popo Molefe and UJ Vice Chancellor Ihron Lester Rensburg
he memorial lecture came exactly ten years
after
the
activist-turned-businessman’s
passing back in June 2006, a mere day before
his 61st birthday. Numerous prestigious guests were
in attendance, including Finance Minister Mr Pravin
Gordon, Former Premier of the North West Province
Mr Popo Molefe, and former Chief of the South African
Defence Force General Simphiwe Nyanda.
The memorial lecture was held to honour the legacy of
Eric Molobi, who also believed in the development of
the education policy in a post-apartheid South Africa.
Molobi was described as an outstanding leader by
those who had the privilege of knowing him. Professor
Tiyambe Zeleza, Vice-Chancellor and President of the
United States International University-Africa, gave
the keynote address saying Eric Molobi remained a
democrat until his last day.
Eric Molobi’s daughters: Naomi ‘Lele’ Rathseko and Tiisetso Molobi
“He [Mr Molobi] modelled for all of us the unrelenting
struggle for emancipation and empowerment through
his political activism in the dark days of apartheid, and
his commitment to inclusive and innovative economic
and social development” said Zeleza.
Tiisetso Molobi, Eric Molobi’s youngest daughter,
spoke on behalf of the family. She said despite various
hiccups facing the country, she believes that her
father’s diligence, good governance and accountability
and ethics will contribute greatly in shaping the
country’s future.
Mrs Martha Molobi with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
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DRIVING
SOCIOECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
The growth of black entrepreneurs in South Africa in the past few years is
signalling a welcomed change in mindset regarding the traditional ways in which
the youth is tackling the issue of unemployment. Kagiso Trust explores this exciting
yet challenging terrain.
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ntrepreneurship has probably
existed
longer
than
the
conventional work industry. People
have started their own businesses
and for decades, some for centuries,
managed to keep these businesses alive
and thriving.
socioeconomic development is imperative;
it promotes innovation which brings
solutions to the community. It is therefore
critical that sufficient support is given
to SMEs and entrepreneurs to establish
themselves, grow and ultimately become
sustainable businesses.
Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are
important and indispensable elements
of any economic system. According to
The Banking Association South Africa,
it is estimated that SMEs make up
91% of formalised businesses, provide
employment to about 60% of the labour
force and their total economic output
accounts for roughly 34% of the country’s
GDP.
Kagiso Trust’s Kagiso Enterprise Rural
Private Equity Fund (KERPEF) has been
playing an active role in transformation by
providing financial and technical support to
small businesses since 2002.
The importance of entrepreneurship in
our economy is therefore discernible. In
addition, entrepreneurial contribution to
Given the important role played by SMEs,
Kagiso Trust is developing models in
order to intensify interventions in SMEs
development. Similarly, Shanduka Black
Umbrellas incubates start-up blackowned businesses, proving them with
administrative and technical support.
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Research shows that youth development
depends very much on employment. South
Africa’s unemployment rate of 26.7% is the
highest reading since September 2005’s
rate. This means that one in four South
Africans in the labour force failed to find
work, with youth unemployment at an
alarming rate of more than 30%.
Other than loss of income, prolonged
unemployment
has
long
term
costs especially to the youth with
multidimensional consequences of high
pyschological and social costs, among
others: weakening of social values,
motivational impairment and ill health.
However, according to the Global
Entrepreneurship Monitor, in spite of high
unemployment, South Africa has the lowest
levels of entrepreneurial activity compared
to its peers.
Entrepreneurship and SME development
has been identified by the National
Development Plan (NDP) as a strategy for
economic development and as a solution
for taming unemployment. However the
mortality rate of small businesses is high
in South Africa with as many as 70% of
businesses failing in their first year.
from failed businesses and rejecting failed
entrepreneurs, a wealth of knowledge is
waisted. Ratan Tata, CEO of Tata Group
regarded “failure as a goldenmine.”
Muhammed Ali once knocked down, in his
words, “flat in my butt” and he said “And I
thought, OK. What next?” he however got
up and won the fight.
In addition to insufficient resources
and appropriate support, fear of failure
is one of the reasons for low levels of
entrepreneurship. Entreprenurship is
being discouraged by the punishing of
bankruptcy. Failed entrepreneurs are
prevented from conducting future business
and denied access to funding and other
resources by funding institutions. Failure
should however be impeded in the policy
making and be accepted as a natural part
of doing business. According to Professor
Baba Shiv, “Failure is a dread concept
for most business people. But failure can
actually be a huge engine of innovation. The
trick lies in approaching it with the right
attitute and harnessing it as a blessing.”
By not harnessing the lessons learned
In order to curb unemployment through
entrepreneurship and to give black youth
opportunity of succeding as entrepreneurs,
organisations addressing socio-economic
development should embrace failure,
responsibly of course, and seek to support
those who have failed in the past.
The attitude of entrepreneurs and fund
managers should be: “I think of my failures
as a gift” as A.G. Lafley- former Procter and
Gamble CEO said.
Head of Socioeconomic Development,
Mohlolo Selala elaborates on Kagiso
Trust’s SME support approach: “We
believe that black entrepreneurs should
be afforded fair opportunities to access
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entrepreneurship opportunities with
holistic business support and it is our role
to help open some of those doors which
they can’t unlock in their capacities”.
As South Africa implements the 2030
National Development Plan (NDP),
businesses are identified as vital players
with the meaningful role of supporting
the NDP and socioeconomic development
in the country. With less than 15 years
remaining to reach the NDP goals, each
contribution to the empowerment of SMEs
and entrepreneurs gets us that much closer
to realising the NDP objectives.
Kagiso Trust’s socioeconomic development
pillar seeks to fund sustainable high
growth businesses and facilitates economic
participation in previously disadvantaged
communities. Our socioeconomic development
approach is to continue to impact economic
transformation through supporting small
businesses and black entrepreneurs.
LOOKING BACK AT THE
JHC
Chulekazi Charlie takes us through a brief history of one of the
Johannesburg inner city’s social housing leaders.
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s one of the organisations that
was funded by Kagiso Trust, this
reflection on self-sustainability
looks at the growth and success
of the Johannesburg Housing Company
(JHC) since its inception.
The JHC was established in 1995 at the
inception of South Africa’s democracy. The
urban property development company
is now a pioneer in social housing. JHC
is unique in that it is driven by a social
mission, managed with skills, efficiency and
discipline.
Sound business practice and good
governance further ensure its long-term
sustainability. To date JHC owns and
manages 12% of all residential units in
Johannesburg’s inner city: 34 buildings and
just over 4300 units, providing housing to
over 12 000 men, women and children.
The first “new build” of the JHC was the
Jeppe Oval in 1996. This was the first
new rental residential accommodation to
be built in Johannesburg in over 30 years.
It comprised 240 units in a three storey
walk up configuration. The name of the
development was taken from the historic
oval around which the complex is built.
In 2000 the JHC undertook its most
ambitious project; the conversion of the
Landrost Hotel was the most impressive
refurbishment undertaking by the JHC.
Once a five star hotel which hosted the rich
and famous from South Africa and abroad,
it had lost its shine as the area become
neglected and run down, and served as a
police barracks.
The conversion of the 18 storey block’s
400 bedrooms into 241 units was a high
risk undertaking due to the high rise nature
of the property and its location next to
the bustling and sometimes anarchic Jack
Mincer Taxi Rank. The project was the
first conversion from a hotel into rental
accommodation
The JHC is the first residential landlord to
introduce a Hardship Assistance Scheme.
What Is The JHC Hardship Assistance
Scheme?
If a leaseholder dies, it usually causes
financial hardship for the family members
left behind. In 2003 JHC decide to come
to the assistance of such families, and this
scheme is free to all tenants.
The JHC does not only provide homes to
many South Africans, but it also has other
initiatives under its belt to help better its
communities, these include:
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Engaging tenants on social issues,
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Rights and responsibilities,
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Facilitating training to build tenants’ life skills and income-
earning opportunities.
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Promoting greening concept
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Contribution to the reduction of poverty
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Job creation
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Promotion of the use of grey water
The JHC has been a front runner is social
enrichment which makes it only fitting
that in 2006 it was the first South African
company to be awarded with the UN
Habitat Award. Kagiso Trust wishes the
JHC greater success moving forward in
uplifting the lives of South Africans.
Kagiso Trust’s Leverage Fund supports
strategic capacity development to
support non-government organisations in
alignment with the organisation’s objective
to overcome poverty in South Africa.
MASECHABA
ON EDUCATION
Best known for her popular current affairs show The Big Debate on eTV and PowerLife
radio show on PowerFM, Masechaba Ndlovu has graciously stepped into the education
space as facilitator of Kagiso Trust’s Education Conversations, hosted in partnership with
the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Education. Amandla Kwinana probes her
views on education in South Africa.
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Your thoughts on SA’s current education
system?
South Africa’s education system is in crisis.
For as long as there is no equal access to
quality education, we’re failing our children.
Our curriculum needs to be revised to
reflect our people. The current Eurocentric
systems need to be replaced with
Afrocentric policy models that encourage
our languages and our cultures. Afrikaans
needs to be done away with. Every single
school should offer a bouquet of African
languages and at least one international
language like French or Mandarin.
What role do you believe you play in our
education system?
I believe that my role is to facilitate
dialogues that will inspire change in the
world and within our education system. I
also believe that my role is to inspire young
people to aspire to more than what their
background or circumstances dictate.
Your belief in ‘it starts with you. It starts
with me’ – how do you translate this in
your professional and personal life?
Michael Jackson once said if you want to
change the world, you have to start with
the man in the mirror. At a personal level,
I had to become the person I want to raise.
Because it’s about what children learn when
we are not teaching them. At a professional
level, I bring 300% to everything I do and it
shows. I don’t work on anything that I am
not emotionally invested in.
Your message to South Africans?
How did your relationship with Kagiso
Trust begin and how has it been so far?
A Kagiso Trust initiative, the Education
Conversations is hosted in partnership with
the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of
Education. The Conversations are aimed at
encouraging the society to engage and create
a space for debates and discussions through
which diverse voices can be heard focusing on
what works and how to collectively advance
the agenda for an improved and performing
public education system.
My relationship with Kagiso Trust began
when they approached me, through my
team, to host an education dialogue. It
was an immediate yes from me due to our
shared vision for a more empowered world.
The dialogue was a huge success and we’ve
since grown together from there.
Education doesn’t begin in the classroom,
it begins in the womb. Early childhood
development ultimately determines how
you relate to yourself and how you will view
the world.
What have you learnt in the time you have
hosted the Education Conversations?
I’ve learnt the importance of language in
preserving our identity as a nation. I’ve
also learned that education is a collective
investment and that without education, we
cannot eradicate poverty.
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The next Education Conversations will take
place early in 2017.
KST
INFRASTRUCTURE LAUNCH
MOTHEO DISTRICT
Together with the Free State Department of Education, Kagiso Shanduka Trust
(KST) awarded performing schools with infrastructure on Friday, 30 September
2016. The infrastructure launch, which was hosted by Free State Education MEC
Tate Makgoe, representatives of KST, and relevant stakeholders, saw nine schools
receiving infrastructure, from media centres, libraries and Grade R classrooms.
I
nfrastructure
launches
were
undertaken
in
Botshabelo
and Thaba Nchu where Grade
R
classrooms
and
further
infrastructure facilities were unveiled
at Phano Primary, Ditholwana Primary,
Refentse Primary and Nteboheng Primary
School.
Seemahale Secondary, Lenyora La Thuto
Secondary and Phetogane Secondary
schools received media centres, while
Lefikeng Secondary School received 4
classrooms and a staff room and Mabela
Primary School received a library.
KST Operations Manager Kaya Nyati
said: “Education is a priority and we need
to ensure that we make the learning
environment friendly and accessible
for both teachers and learners. This
infrastructure will be of good use, not only
for learners, but for educators too, as it
will assist them in their quest of educating
our children in conducive learning
environments.”
KST continues to celebrate its partnership
with the Free State Department of
Education as the relationship proves that
through collaboration quantified results
can be achieved.
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2016
A YEAR
YEAR IN REVIEW
This year has proved to be one of the most interesting and exciting Kagiso trust has
seen in a while. From ending off our 30th Anniversary celebrations with a bang to
unveiling our new logo and corporate identity, we picked out a few key highlights to
share with you.
PEARLS OF WISDOM EDITORIAL CAMPAIGN
Date: July 2015 – June 2016
Highlight: We are delighted and humbled to have had amazing contributors such as Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Former
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, FirstRand’s Johan Burger and IDC CEO Geoffrey Qhena among others. Their Pearls of Wisdom are
appreciated as we look foreword to the next 30 years of overcoming poverty.
EDUCATION CONVERSATIONS
Date: 19 May and 13 September
Highlight: After a year-long break, the
Education Conversations kicked off again
this year with a new vibrant and engaging
facilitator, Masechaba Ndlovu (TV and
Radio presenter). The significant growth
in the number of people who attended the
Conversations, we are looking forward to even
greater numbers and youth participation in the
year ahead.
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KAGISO TRUST YOUTH COLLAB
Date: 14 July 2016
Highlight: Youth from across the country joined Kagiso Trust in Johannesburg to collaborate in coming up with realistic and impactful
solutions to education, financial sustainability, capacity building and socioeconomic issues. Addressed by Dr. Dambisa Moyo, the youth
were encouraged to continue growing the bright minds in pursuit of a overcoming poverty in South Africa.
KAGISO TRUST LOGO AND
STRATEGY REVEAL
Date: Date:14 July 2016
Highlight: When we revealed our new
logo we coincided it with the launch of our
new strategy going forward. In furthering
our undertaking to overcome poverty, we
introduced pillars within the organization
that will help us tackle the key needs of our
country:
1. Education Development
2. Socioeconomic Development
3. Institutional Capacity Building
4. Financial Sustainability
In line with the logo reveal and celebration
of our 30th anniversary, KT staff
recommitted themselves to upholding the
KT values through a values workshop and
the signing of the KT values pledge
New Kagiso Trust logo
Old Kagiso Trust logo
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BOLD STEP BREAKFAST AND GOLF CHALLENGE
Date: 18 August and 4 October
Highlight: NSFAS Chairman Sizwe Nxasana delighted education specialists and CSI heads at the annual Bold Step Breakfast in August. He
took he guests through the detailed plans of NSFAS to address #FeesMustFall and the way funding can be more sustainable.
2 months later Kagiso Trust hosted coprorates and strategic stakeholders at Steyn City for a day of golf. The fundraising event saw heated
competition amongst the players, hilarious jokes from comedian Mpho Popps and a delectable spit braai to end off the day.
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BNSDP INFRASTRUCTURE LAUNCH
Date: 6-7 October
Highlight: The final BNSDP infrastructure to be held in QwaQwa, the emotional 2-day launch saw infrastructure being handed over in
11 schools. To commemorate the exit of the BNSDP in the Thabo Mofutsanyana, the Free State Department of Education, in partnership
with Kagiso Trust, were joined by key stakeholders such as KTH, Kagiso Media and Kagiso Asset Management, in addition to parents and
communities at large.
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KT
GALLERY
8 September 2016 | Waterkloof
To celebrate and recognise the contributions made
by the European Union and Japanese government to
Kagiso Trust during the early years and showcase the
success the Mvula Trust and Johannesburg Housing
Company, two of the thousands of organisations which
benefited from Kagiso Trust’s disbursement of funds.
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Adopt-A-School
BACK TO SCHOOL
PARTY
Kagiso Trust joined Adopt-A-School in cekebrating their 10th Back to School
Party. As always, the Deputy President braved the selfies and child MCs
impressed all guests with how articulate and confident they were. Kagiso Trust
was mentioned for its impact in education delivery in the Free State through the
Kagiso Shanduka Trust partnership.
KAGISO TRUST
HERITAGE DAY
The Kagiso Trust and Kagiso Capital ladies celebrated Heritage Day with
African food and traditional attire.
WELCOME
TO THE FAMILY
Kagiso Trust welcomes Matsobane Sexwale to the KT family. Matsobane
joined Kagiso Trust on 1 November 2016 as the Programme Management and
Research Head.
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