Kagiso Capital: Supporting our matriculants to ace the 2020 final exams during COVID-19

BACKGROUND

The final school exams are extremely significant in the lives of school learners and this is always a stressful time where extra support is needed. The Class of 2020 matriculants will be sitting for their first final exam on 19 October, when all candidates will write Life Orientation, and then the final exams start officially on 5 November and run until 15 December 2020.

This year, amid the health crisis and national lockdown brought on by COVID-19, many school days were lost and matriculants spent a large part of the year at home. Many homes are not ideal for learning, with families struggling to provide basics like food, electricity, and, in many cases, safety. Educators and the government are doing the best they can to prepare candidates, but focus on academics is not possible without a healthy diet and support at home, leaving the poor at a huge disadvantage.

With this in mind, Kagiso Capital and Growthpoint Properties will be investing R1,000,000 to assist matriculants who are most in need of these basics while preparing and writing the most important exams of their lives. Ultra-Link, the IT and Tech supply company for home and business, will sponsor high quality, comfortable masks to each learner assisted, as well as thermometers and masks to their schools, to the value of R1.25-million. 

RECIPIENTS

Featured Sponsor: Rose Mahlope, representing Kagiso Capital

Kagiso Capital (Pty) Ltd is an investment holding company, wholly owned by Kagiso Trust. The primary purpose of Kagiso Capital is to ensure the longevity of the Kagiso Trust and to diversify the investment asset base of the Trust beyond its current investments. The Kagiso Trust was established in 1986 to empower communities. Post 1994, the Trust’s focus was to secure a sustainable source of funding. It formed its own investment company – Kagiso Trust Investments (now known as KTH after the merger with Tiso Group in 2011). Kagiso Capital was subsequently established in 2014 as the Trust’s 100% owned new investment company.

The Recipients

A total of 375 matriculants will each receive:

* Monthly grocery hamper to take home for October, November and December: Sponsored by Growthpoint Properties and Kagiso Capital - delivered by OneCart

* Enough masks to wear at school and home for three months: Sponsored by Ultra-Link

* Additional masks and thermometers for each of the schools represented: Sponsored by Ultra-Link

* Access to 33 online tutoring workshops in different subjects presented by Goodie Tutors: Sponsored by Growthpoint Properties and Kagiso Capital