IDC CSI Report 2020

1 2020 CSI REPORT

2020CSI REPORT

CONTENTS

1 Foreword
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Corporate Social Investment Report
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Highlights of the 2019/20 FY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Focus Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Partnership/ Funds Leveraged . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SOE/CSI Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CSI Trends and Expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Conclusion and Way Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25


3 Case Studies

1: Mindworx Academy’s Scarce Digital Skills Training . . . 31
2: ICT Programme in IDC Adopted Schools . . . . . . . 34
3: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking . . . . . . . . . 37
4: Gift of the Givers Foundation – Covid-19 Support . . 41
5: Koppies Greenhouse Primary Cooperative . . . . . . 45
6: LEAP Entrepreneurial Development . . . . . . . . . 50
7: Food Forward SA Youth Internship Programme . . . . 53

4 The Team
The Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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1 Foreword

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Foreword

The Industrial Development
Corporation introduced its
Corporate Social Investment
(CSI) initiative in 2002 as a way
of contributing to the well being
and upliftment of society. In the
past 18 years, the corporation
has supported social causes
through grant funding, Employee
Volunteering and Giving (EVG), as
well as in-kind donations.
Our CSI efforts have evolved
through the years and have
become even more strategically
focussed and aligned to our
broader business strategy and
objectives. More recently, we
have placed greater emphasis on
not only uplifting communities
but increasingly creating jobs
through the organisations that
we support and those we partner
with. The introduction of our
Entrepreneurship Development
portfolio has seen the support
of small businesses within the
CSI context with the aim of
these businesses benefitting
from relevant skills transfer and
becoming self-sustainable in the
future.

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As one of the leading Revolution (4IR), we introduced
development finance entities information communications
in Africa, we believe we have a technology (ICT) based elements
fundamental responsibility to to our CSI projects , especially
play in improving the lives of where schools are concerned.
disadvantaged communities,
especially those in South In this financial year, we are proud
Africa’s deep rural areas. An to have created 277 permanent
essential guide to our activities, jobs through our entrepreneurship
our CSI policy emphasises the development portfolio projects
support of areas aligned to and combination of a further
government’s developmental 331 permanent, temporary
priorities and selected Sustainable and seasonal employment
Developmental Goals. opportunities through projects
With an increasing shift to more under our other portfolios.
advanced technology and the
dawn of the Fourth Industrial We appreciate all our partners
for social good, especially the
Nelson Mandela Foundation,
Wipro Technologies, the Adopt-
a-School Foundation, as well as
our IDC colleagues for playing a
key role in helping us achieve our
set objectives and contributing
towards making a lasting
difference in our communities.

Tshepo Ramodibe
Head: Corporate Affairs

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2 CInovrepsotmraetentSocial
Report

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1 Background

The IDC’s CSI initiatives
comprises of the corporation’s
non-commercial contribution
to society for the purpose of
social upliftment and wellbeing.
This includes the corporation’s
investment in social causes
through grant funding, in-
kind donations and Employee
Volunteering and Giving (EVG)
initiatives. With the CSI sector
becoming ever more strategically
focused, it makes business
sense for the IDC to align its CSI
spend with its core business
strategy and requirements.
CSI activities therefore align
with the corporation’s values,
objectives, policies and codes to
fit into the IDC’s broader drive
for sustainability, demonstration
of social responsibility and
commitment to the local
communities in which it does
business.
The CSI policy further places
emphasis on supporting areas
that are aligned to government
development priorities, as well as
selected Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and Socio-economic
Development (SED) elements of
the Broad-Based Black Economic
Empowerment (B-BBEE) scorecard.

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35 initiatives Exhibition of
artwork by IDC Gallery
were supported, reaching
artists at the opening
over 78 806 beneficiaries ceremony of the 2019
South African Investment
and creating permanent,
temporary and seasonal Conference (SAIC).
employment opportunities, 319
collectively amounting
employees
to 608 jobs.
volunteered their time
Highlights during the 2019 Nelson
2019/20 Mandela Day initiative,
Financial
supporting a total of
Year
27 organisations
Responded to with more than 3 657

Covid-19 pandemic beneficiaries

through supporting Gift of the nationwide.
Givers Foundation’s initiatives
with grant funding to the value Development

of R5 million (R3.5 million of the CSI SAP
platform to enable
contribution from CSI and
online reporting and
R1.5 million from enhance overall project

Development Impact Support management
Department). processes.

Continuation

of the SOE/ CSI
forum, with plans

for formalisation
of the forum currently

underway.

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2 Focus Areas

The IDC supports socio-economic • Education and Skills
initiatives based on where Development
the corporation is best able to
apply its skills, influence and • Entrepreneurship Development

resources to achieve meaningful • Employee Volunteering and
developmental impact, especially Giving (EVG)
within communities where the
corporation’s business activities • Consumer Education
take place. Programmes are • Strategic Special Initiatives

focussed and deliberate in order
to maximize resources and have
a greater impact. CSI’s strategic
thrust is aimed at embracing
selected SDGs and specifically
target programmes
directed at the upliftment
of underprivileged
communities. This adheres 77,60% 2,033,%06%
to universal principles
of sustainability and 6,52%

contributes towards 10,79%
the IDC’s reputation as
a responsible corporate
citizen.

The department focusses Education and Skills Development
on coherent and progressive Entrepreneurship Development
programmes that are guided by a Employee Volunteering and Giving
common policy framework, have Consumer Education
clear developmental objectives, Strategic Special Interventions
and are mutually beneficial. These
focus areas are supported through
the following five portfolios:

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Support towards Relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Budget Performance
An amount of R46 590 635.95 (91% of the total budget) was disbursed
in support of 35 initiatives. In addition, seven of the 35 initiatives that
were approved within the 2019/20 financial year, had not received
full disbursements and an amount of R4 033 759.61 was subsequently
accrued in order to complete the projects.

IDC CSI Spend (Rm)

Strategic Special
Interventions

Consumer Education
Employee Volunteering

and Giving
Entrepreneurship

Development
Education and skills

Development

millions 0 10 20 30 40

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CSI Budget Performance Summary

Portfolio Approved B-BBEE Value
R34 403 234.41
Education and Skills R37 147 408.00
Development R2 930 367.66

Entrepreneurship Develop- R6 205 585.00 R1 500 420.63
ment
R944 840.00
Employee Volunteering and R1 671 713.00 R3 556 339.38
Giving R43 335 202.07

Consumer Education R1 371 770.00

Strategic Special Interventions R5 028 639.48

Total R51 425 115.48

Education and Skills Development on support towards various
South African statistics on socio- education and skills development
economic development trends programmes, constituting 77% of
indicated that government’s spend the total spent during the financial
on education increased from R351 year.
billion in 2018 to R375 billion in Basic Education: Whole School
2019. With education being a key Development Programme
enabler to build skills required to IDC’s Whole School Development
grow the country’s economy, there (WSD) programme, in partnership
is undoubtedly a need for both with Adopt-a-School Foundation
public and private sectors to aid (AASF), embraces fruitful
government’s efforts in addressing collaboration opportunities,
challenges and inequalities that while strategically focusing
exist within the educational on initiatives to improve the
sphere. functionality of all 30 adopted
The IDC’s flagship programme schools that form part of the
places strategic emphasis programme. In the year under

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review, the programme focused much-needed infrastructure is
on three main objectives, namely a crucial element of learning
infrastructure development, environments in schools. There
primary school interventions and is strong evidence that quality
continuation of the Information infrastructure facilitates better
and Communication Technology instruction, improves learner
(ICT) project. outcomes, and reduces dropout
With the programme being in its rates, among other benefits.
second year of implementation, In addition to benefitting the
nine new projects were supported IDC-adopted schools, project
in six schools. The provision of implementation also had an
indirect benefit on communities

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surrounding each respective Support towards ICT curriculum
school. These benefits included is aimed at integrating
temporary jobs, skills transfer, technology into the teaching
community upliftment and and learning environment to
training and development support enhance education outcomes.
through making use of local Implementation of the project’s
community members to build, third phase extended the
renovate and upgrade school programme to eight new schools;
facilities. Infrastructure projects resulting in 24 of the 30 adopted
collectively created 45 temporary schools being supported with fully
employment opportunities for resourced computer centres and
unemployed youth, skilled and relevant educator development
unskilled labourers, artisans in and ICT training, since inception
training at local colleges and of the programme in the 2015/16
unemployed parents of learners. financial year. To date, the
Primary school interventions programme has benefitted 22
included teacher development 305 learners, 748 educators and
and learner support programmes created 26 job opportunities for
of the early childhood ICT Entrepreneurs.
development programme
(Grade R - 3), numeracy and Higher Education: TVET College
literacy programme (Grades 4 Support
– 7), and construction of Grade TVET Colleges are at the centre
R classrooms at the Mapaleni of government’s efforts to
Primary School in Mpumalanga. expand post-school education
Grant funding was approved and training to accommodate
towards six programmes in all the growing number of young
10 adopted primary schools, people seeking education and
benefitting 4 515 learners and training outside of the system.
87 educators, while creating 15 Through it’s CSI initiatives, the
employment opportunities for IDC has been supporting the
tutors. TVET sector since the 2013/14
financial year. Working in

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collaboration with the colleges, (within the CSI context) that
the portfolio aims to provide provide income generating,
support in terms of equipment, entrepreneurship and skills
renovations of workshops and development opportunities and
the improvement of curriculum to have the potential to become
enhance the colleges’ adherence self-sustainable. This fits well
to industry requirements and with the IDC’s developmental
improve the quality of training mandate, while remaining
offered, ultimately increasing distinct from other commercial
the employment prospects of enterprise activities of the
students. corporation. Projects supported
Three public TVET colleges that under this portfolio are biased
operate under the authority of the towards women and youth-led
Department of Higher Education initiatives, with a specific focus on
and Training (DHET) received marginalised communities. The
assistance from the IDC during development of entrepreneurial
the year under review. Projects at skills helps to alleviate poverty and
these institutions are strategically is viewed as a critical component
linked to development areas that to addressing the country’s rising
have been identified as priority to unemployment rate, especially
help address scarce skills required amongst the youth.
to grow the economy and create In the year under review, eight
jobs. Entrepreneurship projects were
supported in 5 provinces, creating
Entrepreneurship Development 277 permanent jobs. Alignment
Entrepreneurship and SME growth of departmental plans to trends,
is a development outcome for requirements, developments and
the corporation and CSI plays a changing priorities, led to an ICT/
significant role in this area. technology-based element being
The entrepreneurship added to the entrepreneurship
development ambit of CSI, aims development portfolio’s theme for
to support small businesses the year.

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This element directed the team’s brand that reflects responsible
attention to projects that focus on corporate citizenship. Volunteer
the use of technology in driving opportunities and community
community development and events provided employees
change. The role of the Fourth with an enhanced sense of
Industrial Revolution (4IR) is a pride through being associated
relatively new discussion within with a socially responsible
the CSI sphere, but is anticipated employer. Through partnerships,
to continue evolving and aligning associations and collaborative
to the broader IDC objectives over efforts, the corporation identified
time. six volunteering initiatives
Two of the entrepreneurship for employees’ participation
development projects identified throughout the year. These
during the 2019/20 financial initiatives collectively supported
year, focused on technology- a total of 47 organisations
based community interventions, nationwide, reaching more than
embracing technological 20 295 individual beneficiaries.
advancements brought about A total of 319 employees also
by 4IR. volunteered their time in support
of the 2019 Nelson Mandela
Employee Volunteering and Day programme which included
Giving (EVG) support towards Rise Against
IDC’s EVG programme offers Hunger meal packaging event,
various volunteering opportunities Food and Trees for Africa’s food
to staff, promoting a culture garden project at the Sterkfontein
of volunteerism, aiding social Psychiatric Hospital, Habitat for
development, encouraging Humanity build project, IDC Knit-
community involvement, Wits’ blankets for Mandela Day,
enhancing employee morale and 21 Mandela Day community
and creating a corporate projects with organisations
identified for support through
IDC’s regional offices.

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47
organisations
20 295
beneficiaries
319
employees

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2019/20 EVG Initiative

I Do Care
Fund

Nelson
Mandela

Day

Reach for a
Dream

6 EVG CelIC: Take
initiatives a Girl Child to
supported
Work Day

Casual
Day

CANSA
Shavathon

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Payroll Giving Fund

- IDC matches employee contributions 3:1
- Over 16 595 beneficiaries
- 17 organisations supported
- National footprint

Community involvement Slipper Day

- Various philanthropic initiatives - National footprint
- Over 3 657 beneficiaries reached - Fundraising and awareness
- 26 organisations supported campaign for terminally ill children
- IDC’s biggest annual EVG - 13% employee participation rate
programme
- National footprint

Workplace exposure for underprivileged girls

- 49 Female leamers supported from various secondary schools
- Gauteng, Western Cape, North West, Eastern Cape
- Head office and regional offices’ employees volunteered their
time to host a learner

Colour-spray your hair Dress up to show support

- National footprint - National footprint
- Fundraising and awareness - Fundrasing and awareness
campaign in support of campaign in support of persons
cancer patients with disabilities

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Consumer Education consideration of exceptional
Entrepreneurial activity in requests addressing a major issue
South Africa is lagging behind of importance such as natural or
other developing countries humanitarian disasters. A total of
and is therefore in dire need of 11 interventions received strategic
intervention. IDC recognises support during the 2019/20
this challenge and realizes that financial year.
the small business sector is
fundamental to the achievement Nelson Mandela Foundation:
of a healthy economy. In 2019, Leadership Development
the CSI department focused on Programme
formalizing a new consumer Nelson Mandela Foundation’s
education strategy with the Leadership Development
intended outcome of developing Programme was amongst those
individual and small business projects considered under
consumers’ knowledge and exceptional requests. In November
understanding of the financial 2019, the IDC approved an
sector as well as its products amount of R1.5 million towards
and services. Development of the programme, with payment
a new strategy was aimed at being made in two tranches and
alignment to the IDC mandate spread over two financial years
of entrepreneurship and SMME (first tranche: 2019/20 and second
development. tranche: 2020/21). IDC’s funding
is committed to one-day sessions
Strategic Special Interventions of the programme, benefitting 10
The department’s strategic 000 individuals as well as printing
special interventions portfolio of 10 000 copies of the book: “I
is guided by the department’s Know This to be True about Nelson
policy, availing funding in support Mandela” written by Sello Hatang,
of unexpected cases such as the current CEO of the Foundation,
natural or humanitarian disasters. and Verne Harris, the Nelson
The policy further permits Mandela Foundation archivist and
director of the Programme.

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Covid-19 Support humanitarian support. Since the
The Covid-19 outbreak in pandemic is a growing concern
South Africa at the beginning with devastating and destructive
of March 2020 indicated a fast consequences for any country
and alarming rate at which the and/or community affected, the
virus was spreading, causing CSI department committed its
nationwide disruption in the support towards the IDC’s role
country’s operations. The rapid in aiding Governmental efforts
increase in the virus’ infection throughout these challenging
rate led to President Cyril times. Future departmental plans
Ramaphosa declaring a state of will thus be amended to prioritize
disaster on Sunday, 15 March. a more strategic, collaborative and
In response to the President’s cohesive approach to combatting
call to action in containing and Covid-19 and ensure that curbing-
preventing the spread of the initiatives also reach communities
virus, the IDC partnered with the that are in deep rural areas, with
Gift of the Givers Foundation by limited access to proper sanitation
investing R5 million towards the and healthcare facilities.
Foundation’s social and basic

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3 Partnership/ Funds Leveraged

In the 2019/20 financial year impact. The partnership between
a partnership approach was the IDC and Wipro Technologies is
followed in identifying the projects indicative of such collaborations
that the IDC will get involved through their support of the
in and as a result, just under R7 ICT programme within IDC’s
million in funding was leveraged adopted schools. While the
from other funders within our IDC and AAS were responsible
entrepreneurship development for the project’s infrastructure,
projects. Wipro Technologies committed
In addition to leveraging funds, to providing all necessary IT
resources were also pooled equipment and accredited training
together, resulting in maximized for the educators, focusing on the
technical use of the equipment.

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4 SOE/CSI Forum • sharing of information of mutual
interest, such as the state and
In 2018, the IDC convened a progress of Broad-Based Black
meeting with CSI representatives Economic Empowerment
from nine state-owned (B-BBEE), CSI programmes, and
enterprises and development the latest developments in the
finance institutions to explore world of CSI;
the possibility of establishing • partnering and collaborating in
a CSI Partnership Forum aimed identified initiatives to maximise
at collaborative and collective impact and avoid duplication of
greater impact in terms of efforts;
socio-economic development. • leveraging skills and resources;
Plans to formalise the forum are • jointly identifying and co-funding
currently underway, with the IDC initiatives;
as champion. Objectives of the • support to enhance
forum; developmental initiatives;
• spearheading good governance;
• sharing lessons learned and best
practice;
• identifying and discussing
regulatory issues of common
concern;
• supporting government’s socio-
economic development priorities,
and
• strengthening SOE reputation
management and community
engagement.

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5 CSI Trends and Expenditure

A study was done by Trialogue (a community development as the
specialist CSI research company) second most supported sector,
on CSI trends and expenditure with health being the third, with
amongst listed South African 77% and 51% of corporates
companies, multinationals funding these sectors respectively.
operating in South Africa Food security and agriculture was
and state-owned enterprises another commonly supported
throughout the 2019 calendar sector and is anticipated to
year. This analysis indicated continue gaining priority in
that company-organised years to come. There has also
volunteering initiatives (EVG been a significant increase in
programmes) were the most the proportion of companies
popular among companies, with supporting disaster relief (from
81% of companies participating 28% in 2018 to 41% in 2019) and
in volunteering initiatives in environmental causes (from 30%
2019. It was further indicated that to 38%) also saw a significant
corporates’ CSI expenditure was increase.
collectively estimated at R10.2 The analysis showed that 65%
billion over the year, with non- of companies manage their CSI
cash donations constituting 6% of activities as an internal function, as
the overall value. opposed to 35% of companies that
Education was revealed to be the manage CSI through a separate
most popular corporate cause, legal entity (trust/ foundation or
supported by 94% of companies, non-profit company).
and accounting for an average of
50% of companies’ CSI budgets.
Research also showed social and

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Finally, most companies (80%) by strategic relationships with
reported to factor shared value business stakeholders. The IDC is
thinking into their CSI strategies. aligned with the CSI trends and
Reports indicated that brand and compares favourably in respect of
business reputation is the most the average expenditure.
cited business benefit, followed

Total social investment of corporate sample

R20M

2019 Median

35
31

20

15 14 14 12 12 12
7 10
8

6
4

% Corporate Respondents
2018n=69 | 2019 n=74

Source: Trialogue Business in Society Handbook

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6 Conclusion and Way Forward

The developmental role of the CSI plans for the new financial
IDC is central to its mandate and year will be aimed towards
operations. CSI programmes supporting government initiatives
deliberately support innovative in curbing the spread of and
and effective activities that ultimately combating the Covid-19
focus strategically on aiding pandemic. The department’s
economic growth; resolving portfolios will largely remain
social inequalities; creating unchanged while the strategic
new opportunities to add social special intervention portfolio
value; maximizing social impact will be amended to strictly focus
and bringing about positive on humanitarian and curbing-
and lasting change. CSI activity initiatives (such as food and
outcomes are closely aligned healthcare support) in support of
to the government’s changing the pandemic.
priorities as well as relevant
SDGs. Project achievements and
developmental outcomes from the
period under review are indicative
of the department’s goal to target
important opportunities for
economic development, poverty
reduction, education and skills
development, job-creation and
sustainable livelihoods.

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Whole School Development Programme Summary of
Infrastructure Projects

Northern Construction of a dining
Cape and nutrition centre
Palisade fencing
Monwabisi
Secondary

North West Boithaopo Construction of a dining
Secondary and nutrition centre
Renovation of library and
Setswa- resourcing
kgosing
Secondary

Limpopo Tshivhase Furniture for
Secondary 12 classrooms
Phagamang Construction of the science
Secondary laboratory with resources
Glen Cowie
Secondary Construction of a
media centre
Construction of a feeding
scheme kitchen

Furniture for the 5 newly
constructed classrooms

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Higher Education TVET College Support

Eastern R422 654.00
Cape Construction of
simulation room for the
Ingwe college’s Maluti campus,
TVET College located in Matatiele. The
objective of the simulation
room is to facilitate
experiential learning
through integrating
theoretical and practical
learning for students

North West Taletso R1 350 499.00
Northen TVET College Construction of a chicken
Cape broiler house, aiming
to address the college’s
shortage of appropriate
training facilities
required to host practical
workshops. The project
will benefit agricultural
students by enabling the
college to provide industry-
standard experiential and
workplace-training

Northern R1 700 000.00
Cape Rural Upgrading of ICT
TVET College infrastructure at 3 of
the 5 college campuses:
Upington campus,
Kathu campus and De
Aar campus. The project
strives to address the lack
of adequate and updated
ICT infrastructure and
equipment to support the
college’s requirements
for efficient teaching and
learning

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3 Case Studies

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PROJECT 31 2020 CSI REPORT

1 Mindworx Academy’s
Scarce Digital Skills
Training

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Mindworx

Mindworx is a people-focused, 27 unemployed graduates from
niche academy that was launched across the North West province.
in 2002 to provide unemployed Mindworx works closely with
graduates with scarce skills companies that absorb the
training to secure digital job students after training and provide
opportunities. As a Media them with work opportunities
Information Communication that eventually lead to permanent
and Technology (MICT) SETA employment.
accredited training provider, The project is well suited to the
Mindworx turns inexperienced IDC’s CSI strategy, which focusses
graduates into confident and on supporting innovative models
appropriately skilled professionals, for grassroots initiatives that serve
capable of fulfilling most entry- to sustain livelihoods through
level roles. job creation. The graduates
This is done through providing received a National Certificate in
intensive training and work Business Analysis Support Practice,
experience that sets them on a which incorporates Introduction
path to long-term employment. to Business Intelligence and
In addition to the graduate Introduction to Robotic Process
training programme, the academy Automation.
provides ongoing development As a level 1 B-BBEE contributor,
of new critical skills for the 21st Mindworx also offers significant
century workplace. To date, over enhancement to their client’s
547 graduates have been trained B-BBEE scorecards in the
and 83% successfully placed into areas of transformation,
employment. skills development, supplier
The IDC partnered with Mindworx development and preferential
and contributed grant funding of procurement. The training
close to R1.4 million towards the takes place over two months
Mindworx Academy’s Scare Skills and is followed by a 12-month
Programme for the up-skilling of internship.

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Mindworx Academy’s Scarce Digital Skills Training Highlights

Upskilling
27 unemployed
12-month
internship
2 months
training
R1.4million
investment

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PROJECT 2 Adopted Schools
ICT Programme

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ICT Programme

The IDC, in partnership with The programme has successfully
Adopt a School Foundation, been implemented in the 22
adopted 30 schools across the schools where educators are
country to implement the Whole now able to use technology in
School Development programme the preparation of lessons and in
(WSD) to support Quintile 1 to writing reports. In the 2019/20
3 schools over a five year period financial year, the final phase of
as part of efforts to transform the programme was introduced,
them into flourishing, fully with implementation currently
functional schools. In the 2015/16 underway in the remaining eight
financial year, ICT learning, which IDC-adopted schools, benefitting
incorporates the use of technology more than 22 000 learners and
into the teaching and learning close to 750 educators. As a
environment, was introduced to result of this project, 26 job
these schools to further enhance opportunities were created
education outcomes. for local small business ICT
This project is being implemented entrepreneurs, with the view of
in partnership with Wipro them gradually being absorbed by
Technologies, who provide all the the schools in the long term.
necessary IT equipment, coupled This ICT programme perfectly fits
with accredited technical training into the IDC’s CSI department’s
for the educators. Part of the holistic approach to projects
programme includes ensuring and complements the WSD’s
schools have facilities such as a curriculum and leadership
functional computer lab, adequate programme which aims to use
security, electrical infrastructure technology to empower both the
and the required furniture. school’s staff and learners alike.
The first phase of the project Through this fusion of blended
benefited six schools in 2016 and learning and introduction of state-
2017 in Mpumalanga, Limpopo of-the-art technology into these
and the Eastern Cape, while the schools, learners and educators
second and third phases benefited alike have been motivated and
a further 16 schools based in Kwa- inspired to achieve more in their
Zulu Natal, North West, Free State schooling and teaching careers
and the Northern Cape. respectively.

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Adopted Schools ICT Programme Highlights

26 jobs for ICT 22 000 learners
entrepreneurs 30 schools
750 educators

R6.3 million
investment

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3 Big Fish School
of Digital
Filmmaking

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Big Fish School

The IDC partnered with the Big Many people have commented
Fish School of Digital Flimmaking on South Africa’s drought and
to the value of R674 015.00, how rapidly food prices have
benefitting a total of 50 student been rising. According to Statistics
filmmakers to receive training South Africa (STATSA) the number
and create 17 ten-minute films of people who are living in
aimed at addressing issues faced extreme poverty in South Africa
by emerging small scale farmers. were 13.8 million in 2051. In the
The film students were given same report, it shows that the
the opportunity to design and most vulnerable to poverty in our
package the look and feel for the society are children (aged 17 or
project’s films. The films were younger), females, black africans,
created in a series, where all the people living in rural areas, those
films speak to the importance residing in Eastern Cape and
of food security and create the Limpopo, and persons with little or
understanding that it is within no education.
reach of every person to grow When the rise in food prices is
food in a variety of circumstances. evaluated the most important
Big Fish’s objective as a public items for a healthy life are the ones
benefit organisation (founded which had the greatest increase,
in 2007) is to train unemployed, namely vegetables and fruit.
previously disadvantaged This project seeks to create
individuals in preparation for materials which will help to
future employment in the film address the issues raised above.
and television industry. The Working with successful small
organisation and the training it scale farmers who are producing
presents are accredited by MICT the vegetables, pulses and fruit
SETA and has been recognized required by their families and
as one of the country’s leaders in others in a variety of places
audiovisual training as attested ranging from the rooftops
to by the awards and accolades
received over the years.

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of Johannesburg to plots in created using character-driven
Khayelitsha and small holdings in stories of role models, often young
rural areas, the young filmmakers women, who have already created
created lively, character-driven their own gardens and small
films to assist those in rural, peri- businesses as suppliers to others
urban and metropolitan areas to who takes us through a “how-to”
become self-sufficient, small scale approach so that those wanting
farmers. The films focus on items to begin or struggling can watch
such as: the short films and learn. The
project aims to distribute the films
• Starting your own food garden to regional and local TV stations,
• What to produce and when to plant made available on DVD for the
• Distribution, packaging and farmers involved to share with
pricing others as a training tool. The films
• Sustainability and affordability are also offered to the Department
of Agriculture and the Department
A total of 17 ten-minute films were of Rural Development and Land
Reform and shown on YouTube
to maximize the target audience
reached.

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Big Fish School Highlights

R674 000
invested

17 9-month
10 minute course

films

NQF 50 student
level 4 filmmakers

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4 Gift of the
Givers
Foundation

42

Gift of the Givers
Foundation – Covid-19
Support

Gift of the Givers Foundation is Since the pandemic is a growing
the largest and respected non- concern with devastating and
governmental disaster response destructive consequences for any
organisation in Africa and it country, the IDC’s CSI department
originates from South Africa. It committed its support towards
operates in more than 43 countries the corporation’s role in aiding
across the globe. governmental efforts throughout
The Foundation is currently the these challenging times. The
fastest in responding to disasters department’s plans have been
around the world. The South adjusted to prioritize a more
African Covid-19 outbreak at the strategic, collaborative and
beginning of March 2020 caused cohesive approach to combatting
nationwide disruption to the the effects of Covid-19 and
country’s operations. The IDC ensure that initiatives also reach
partnered with the Gift of the communities that are in extremely
Givers Foundation in response to rural areas, which have limited
the President’s call to contain and access to proper sanitation and
prevent the spread of the virus, healthcare facilities.
by investing R5 million towards
the foundation’s social and basic
humanitarian support.
Funding was put towards setting
up triage tents and purchasing
much-needed medical equipment
required at state hospitals to aid
the country’s emergency response
in fighting and overcoming the
global pandemic.

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1 Disaster Response and Management
2 Primary Health Care Containerized Units
3 Medical Support to Hospitals
4 Wheelchair Distribution
5 Institutional Support
6 Mandela Day
7 Counselling and Lifeskills Services
8 Winter Warmth
9 Housing Development
10 Food Parcels
11 Feeding Centres
12 Nutrition Supplementation
13 Meat Distribution
14 Education
15 Agricultural Sustainability
16 Water Provision
17 Adult Entrepreneurship
18 Jumpstart School Entrepreneurship
19 Sports Development
20 Hygiene Pack Distribution
21 Recycling

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Gift of the Givers Covid-19 Support Highlights

R5 million Medical
invested Equipment

Triage tents
at public hospitals

Western Limpopo
Cape

Eastern Gauteng
Cape

KwaZulu
Natal

PROJECT 45 2020 CSI REPORT

5Koppies Greenhouse
Primary Cooperative

46

Koppies Greenhouse Primary Cooperative

Koppies Greenhouse Primary
Cooperative is a registered NPO,
situated in the northern part of
the Free State, under the Ngwathe
Local Municipality. Registered
in July 2016, the cooperative
was established with the aim of
addressing food security issues
and to create employment for the
unemployed youth and women in
the area.
A partnership was established
between the IDC and the Rand
Water Foundation in support of
the cooperative’s expansion project
(phase 1 of the overall project)
to fund the construction of an
administration block and guard
house.
The project was successfully
implemented and is currently
benefitting the project members
who now have a holistic
administration set-up which
includes a reception area, 3 offices,
a boardroom, storeroom and
kitchen.
During the building project, the
cooperative created 36 temporary
jobs which consisted of 25 unskilled
workers from the local community
as well as 11 skilled workers,
employed by the contractor
appointed for construction.

A47 2020 CSI REPORT Community

2 old age
homes

As a result of the IDC and Rand sessions, as well as building a pack
Water Foundation’s support, house, ablution blocks, tea house,
the cooperative was able to mechanisation centre, manager’s
employ more than seven people house, technician’s house,
in addition to increasing its compost plant and mini-market.
productivity and efficiency. This will enable the cooperative
The cooperative’s plans for the to act as a one-stop-shop
second phase of the project servicing centre to surrounding
includes building a training communities, creating additional
hall in order to accommodate employment opportunities and
more beneficiaries and training aiding in food security.