DONOR IMPACT REPORT 2022
DONOR IMPACT REPORT
Message from the VICE-CHANCELLOR 1
In the three years before COVID-19 (2017 to 2019), the total donor income that CPUT received was R476 million. During the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020 to 2022), income was reduced to R381 million. This clearly signalled the impact of COVID-19.
Even though COVID-19 was detrimental to the income of the University, there is hope for recovery and, as a leader of CPUT, I am humbled by the growing trust the funding community has placed in our University and their appreciation of the good that we are doing. The total donations income received in 2022 increased to R136 million, from R124 million in 2021.
In 2021, I launched the Vice-Chancellor’s STEM Committee. This committee encourages the University to implement Maths, Science, digital literacy and robotics interventions, as a way of giving back to the schools that provide our students. I am pleased to note that over 300 matriculants benefited from our interventions in the 2022 academic year. We are indebted to the donors who provided the funding that enabled us to
reach out to the schools.
I hosted the principals of our feeder schools in a meet-and-greet meeting in 2023. It is interesting to note that schools are facing the same challenges that we do as a university. I am impressed by the solutions we explored and the richness of our discussions. We have now established interpersonal relations that will see us working in unison towards improving education in the Western Cape. I invited the principals to our graduations and they were very impressed to see their past students getting qualifications from CPUT.
The impact of these types of engagements can be seen in the 300 000 applicants that we received from the matric class of 2022.
In October 2018, I launched the ViceChancellor’s Prestigious Achievers Awards. The Awards are bestowed on top performers who demonstrate the embodiment of the CPUT graduate attributes. I am happy to report that we celebrated our first cohort of two doctoral and master’s graduates in 2022. We are building a pipeline of future researchers
and academics who will be pivotal in the education project of our University and the developmental agenda of the continent. I thank the Mauerberger Foundation as the anchor sponsor of the Prestigious Awards. It is humbling to note that the Awards Programme has gained popularity, with over 30 postgraduate students applying to receive the Award each year.
I would like to express my appreciation of our inaugural Convocation Executive
whose term ended in 2022, especially for their efforts in raising funds for our needy students. I welcome the new Convocation Executive under the leadership of Mr Lwandile Socikwa, a proud product of CPUT. I have no doubt that we will work well as a team in building a university of choice for this country and beyond.
We are honoured to have entered into a partnership with Eskom on the reskilling and upskilling of Eskom workers and communities on renewable energy. Such long-term partnerships reflect the commitment to quality, sustainability and social transformation embodied in Vision 2030 One Smart CPUT. I invite the funding community to continue supporting our journey.
PROF CHRIS NHLAPO Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Message from the ADVANCEMENT DIRECTOR 2
The year 2022 was very good to us in terms of funding income. I am very proud of the R100 million that was raised by Advancement Department. The funding was for bursaries, work-integrated learning, internships and community engagement projects, and benefited over 2 500 financially needy students.
Some of the funding raised directly benefited over 300 high school learners from the feeder schools of CPUT. CPUT provides Maths, Science and digital literacy support to these learners as part of community engagement.
The 2020 and 2021 years were very difficult for us due to COVID-19, over and above our ailing economy. Thousands of CPUT students are struggling to pay their study fees. We are grateful to donors who heeded our requests for funding and helped realise the dreams of our underprivileged students. The extra working hours that the Department’s staff put in paid off. We also appreciate staff members from other departments who enabled this success. They did us proud.
While we are slowly getting to post-COVID times, over 900 students are affected by outstanding payments by 30 of our donors, who collectively owe R138 million. We extend our gratitude to the students who have been patiently waiting for their bursary payments and are resolutely following up.
I have spoken with several donors who indicated that they were happy with the quality of our work. I am hoping they will continue funding our students and continue working well with us in the 2023 academic year.
CALVIN MASEKO Director: Advancement
Message from the PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATION 3
On behalf of Convocation, allow me to extend our warmest greeting to the University community and donors (past, current and prospective). All financial and in-kind contributions you made towards fundraising initiatives were significant in taking the University forward. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you were able to support programmes of the Convocation to raise no less than R2,7 million in cash and kind between 2019 and 2022, and we thank you.
It is my pleasure to provide an overview of the envisaged work to be done by the Convocation Executive elected on 24 November 2022, in support of the University’s agenda and with a specific focus on some key identified areas of impact.
CPUT CONVOCATION TRUST FUND
Work towards the establishment of the trust fund is already under way and it is expected to be operative by the end of the 2023 calendar year. The trust fund is intended to be a vehicle to consolidate all fundraising initiatives targeted at bursaries and student funding for financially needy
R2,7million raised to support Convocation programmes between 2019 and 2022
students. The trust fund will also assist with emergency interventions to support the University that are focused on direct benefits for students’ development and experiences during their time at CPUT. We aim to raise not less than R5 million for the trust fund during our term of office.
SUPPORTING INITIATIVES
We will host our inaugural CPUT Convocation Golf Day in 2023, which is one of the identified strategic initiatives.
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We will be inviting corporate partners, members of the Convocation and the rest of the CPUT community to support this initiative to contribute to the trust fund. It is envisaged that the CPUT Convocation Golf Day will be an annual event on the University calendar.
We will accelerate bursary mobilisation over the next few years building on the R220,000 raised by the previous Convocation Executives. We intend to commission Convocation apparel that will be sold to the members at all events of the Convocation and through online platforms as part of our bursary fundraising.
We intend working closely with funding institutions to leverage funds that can be used by the University for work placement, post-university and work readiness programmes. This includes supporting those wishing to enter the entrepreneurial world through impactful enterprise development programmes for CPUT students and graduates.
We are fully behind Vision 2030 One Smart CPUT. As we develop our programme of action, we will put programmes together that will support the University in its internationalisation initiatives, industry partnerships drive, funding for innovation and production of employable and economically active CPUT graduates. I thank you.
LWANDILE SOCIKWA Convocation President
VICE-CHANCELLOR’S PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVERS AWARD 4
Academic excellence and determination were at the centre of the 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Prestigious Achievers Awards ceremony where the new cohort of graduates of the programme was celebrated.
The four past recipients who graduated are:
• Dr Yvonne Maphosa (Doctor of Food Science and Technology)
• Dr Imisioluseyi Akinyede (Doctor of Engineering in Civil Engineering)
• Sivenathi Jayiya (Master of Public Relations Management)
• Sihle Ngxabi (Master of Horticultural Science).
The 2022 awardees are:
• Oritonda Muribwathoho (completing a Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering degree.
Research title: Development of metal matrix composites suitable for hulls and ship decks.
• Murendeni Nethengwe (completing a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences degree).
Research title: Evaluation of antioxidant potential and mechanism of action of phenolic compounds from South African indigenous plants used in the management of diabetes-related male infertility.
• Shaun Mgoma (completing a Doctor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering degree).
Research title: Recovery of valuable compounds from agricultural food using green technologies: Process design and techno-economic analysis.
• Bongisiwe Zozo (completing a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry degree).
Research title: Purification and characterisation of the native black soldier fly larva protein.
• Mzoxolo Ntabeni (Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering degree).
Research title: The influence of academic and industry-specific project management qualifications on the effectiveness of project managers in the construction industry.
Prof Joseph Kioko, the Chairperson of the Awards Committee, noted that the recipients have the potential to achieve great things. Prof Kioko said that, too often, such excellent potential is extinguished by a lack of funds or resources, resulting in many brilliant, possibly life-changing dreams, being deferred or lost forever.
Prof Kioko added: “Fortunately, humanity has in itself the ability to provide the spark or the fuel that would keep those lights shining all the way to a brighter future. For a fitting example of what we can all do, one needs to look no further than people and entities like the Mauerberger Foundation Fund and its Chairperson, Advocate Dianna Yach. The Foundation has been generously supporting these awards and has ensured that the spark in many bright minds at CPUT has been kept alive. On behalf of the committee, I’d like to express our deep gratitude to Advocate Yach.”
Recipient Oritonda Muribwathoho said she was immensely thankful for the award, adding that it would mean “less stress” and allow her to focus on her studies.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Chris Nhlapo saluted the recipients and said he hoped that some of the recipients would become professors and vice-chancellors at the institution.
Adv. Yach said the awardees had fulfilled the dreams set out when the awards programme was first established and she was, therefore, pleased to announce that the amount allocated to CPUT was being increased this year.
CPUT STEM support to school learners 5
Some Western Cape schools have phased out offering Mathematics and Physical Sciences due to a low uptake by students. The lack of laboratories in schools is also a problem, especially for subjects such as Physics, Life Science and Chemistry.
After the Council of CPUT noted with concern the decline of not only the pass rates but also the uptake of mathematics and science subjects in the country, CPUT committed to contributing to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) improvement in the region. In 2022, the Vice-Chancellor established a STEM committee to coordinate all STEM interventions of the University.
CPUT has implemented 10 projects for Grade 8 to 12 learners at various high schools in the Western Cape. The support is provided to poorly resourced schools and underprivileged areas. Most parents in these communities cannot afford private tuition for their children. CPUT’s cost-free service brings much-needed relief to the learners. The projects are implemented by volunteering lecturers and students, in partnership with government departments and agencies and community-based organisations.
CPUT has implemented 10 projects for Grade 8 to 12 learners at various high schools in the Western Cape.
The STEM projects provide extra mathematics and physical science support lessons to learners, to assist basic education teachers in teaching mathematics and science. The interventions aim to encourage learners to continue doing, and improving in, mathematics and science, to enable them to pursue careers in the much-needed ‘scarce skills’ STEM disciplines.
CPUT lecturers and students provide extra mathematics, science, engineering and robotics lessons. Schools that do not have science labs bring their learners to the CPUT labs to conduct their experiments to enhance learning.
CPUT and ESKOM PARTNERSHIP 6
The training facility complements Eskom’s JET plans to re-ignite, re-train, re-skill and re-empower people to take advantage of the transition that is upon us.
The South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (SARETEC) based at CPUT, Eskom and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) have signed a partnership agreement for the development of the Komati Training Facility. This seeks to contribute to a ‘just’ transition for the local community as the Komati power station is decommissioned.
The facility will enable Eskom to reskill, retrain and upskill workers and communities, as appropriate. In addition to the training facility, which is part of Eskom’s Komati Repowering and Repurposing project, Komati will be repowered with 150 MW of solar, 70 MW of wind and 150 MW of batteries.
“Eskom is pleased to be partnering with the CPUT, SARETEC and GEAPP on this ground-breaking initiative,” said Mandy Rambharos, the General Manager of the Just Energy Transition (JET). “The training facility complements Eskom’s JET plans to re-ignite – in other words, not only repower and repurpose the plant but to re-train,
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re-skill and re-empower people to take advantage of the transition that is upon us. Mpumalanga is endowed with the best resources for the just energy transition –wind, solar, skilled people and available grid capacity and, therefore, has the potential to once again become the thriving energy hub of the country.”
The funding for the training facility will be provided by the GEAPP. These funds will be used to establish the training facility and will enable SARETEC, which is the only fully accredited training centre for renewable energy in South Africa on the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO), and Eskom to educate, reskill and upskill Eskom Komati Power Station staff and qualifying beneficiaries from the surrounding Mpumalanga communities. Upon completion, the training centre will be managed by Eskom’s Academy of Learning (EAL), which will be supported by SARETEC to achieve accreditation over time, enabling Eskom to replicate this initiative in other locations.
“South Africa can be a lighthouse for emerging markets, demonstrating the way to achieve a truly just, job-creating, energy transition,” said Joseph Nganga, Executive Director for Africa of the GEAPP.
“We are thrilled to be working together with Eskom and SARETEC on this new training facility, which will focus on the upskilling of workers before decommissioning has even begun. This facility can inform reskilling programmes at other power stations and
catalyse investment in South Africa’s energy transition.”
Vice-Chancellor Nhlapo thanked Eskom and GEAPP for their confidence in the University and assured them that the project had found the perfect home at SARETEC.
“SARETEC is very different to other energy centres around the world and I know that we have the requisite skills to fulfil a nationally imperative project like this. We will succeed because this model must be replicated across South Africa. The pursuit of an energy mix that is cleaner and greener is the only way we will address electricity challenges in this country. We are also grateful to be part of a solution that provides the Komati community with economic opportunities into the future. By assisting Eskom to set up and accredit its own training facility, SARETEC is fulfilling its mandate of supporting the socioeconomic needs of the country, continent and world,” said Prof Nhlapo.
The partnership agreement presents a unique opportunity for the creation and scaling-up of new industries across the renewables value chain. Taking full advantage of these opportunities will require the retraining and upskilling of the South African workforce to mitigate the risk of job losses related to the decommissioning of coal-fired power stations, and creating new job opportunities, particularly for unemployed young people. The Komati Training Facility will serve as a blueprint for how these training requirements can be fulfilled.
7 CPUT Digital Literacy Project
Ululations were the order of the day as CPUT and the Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) once again showed their commitment to boosting matriculants to reach their highest capability when they handed out certificates and tablets to 100 matriculants at the BANKSETA Skills for Future Awards ceremony held at Cofimvaba Senior Secondary School. The learners were part of the CPUT Digital Literacy Project.
In 2022, CPUT launched the Digital Literacy Project with R1,5 million contributed by BANKSETA as part of BANKSETA’s Skills for the Future Programme. Cofimvaba Senior Secondary School in Cofimvaba,
Eastern Cape, was selected because it gave CPUT 102 students in 2022 (30% of their 2021 matriculants). The school is CPUT’s biggest feeder school in the Eastern Cape.
The learners acquired skills such as word processing, cybersecurity, digital banking, coding and work readiness. Seventy-one percent (71%) of the learners were females.
“Skills for the Future aims at providing an opportunity to economically disadvantaged Grade 12 scholars in rural Limpopo and Eastern Cape to acquire demand-driven skills, such as digital literacy and ICT, to enable them to gain entrance in higher
In 2022, CPUT launched the Digital Literacy Project with R1,5 million contributed by BANKSETA
education institutions to pursue careers that support the scarce and critical skills required in the Banking and Alternative Banking Sector in line with BANKSETA Sector Skills Plan; to increase the chances of employability; and, to respond to the urgent needs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the local and global banking sector,” says Calvin Maseko, CPUT’s Advancement Director.
He said the project was part of the effort of CPUT to increase its footprint in community engagement, whereby the University implements community development projects in communities and schools where it sources its students.
“CPUT was a project manager and identified the school, provided the skill and procured the needed material,” Maseko says.
Speaking at the event, Dr Kuhle Zwakala, a Marketing Department lecturer, said CPUT and BANKSETA have a very long relationship. Zwakala said: “We, as
universities, graduate students who do not get jobs and BANKSETA plays a pivotal role in closing that gap and making sure that we produce graduates that have skills that are needed by the industry.”
BANKSETA Regional Manager, Nobuzwe Mangcu, thanked CPUT in her keynote address, for keeping its promise to finish the programme by December. “BANKSETA gave CPUT another R1,5 million to implement the project in 2023 and are looking forward to next year’s project.”
Directly addressing a group of learners present at the packed event, Mangcu’s career guidance to the learners was to focus on choices, alternatives and possibilities at their disposal. She also urged the learners to stay away from criminal activities while studying.
“Avoid criminal records while studying, otherwise no employment [was possible] at BANKSETA. Avoid peer pressure and think on your own. You must respect your parents. Make your parents proud because they have sacrificed a lot for you,” Mangcu urged the learners, adding “I beg you not to give up on life.”
The overwhelmed outgoing school principal, Naniswa Sabata, said her “transformation values” have been boosted by the CPUT and BANKSETA partnership. “They have added another source of values to what I am pursuing, which is social transformation. Now I have other pillars of strength in changing people’s lives for the better.”
Income before, during and after COVID-19 PANDEMIC
COVID-19
R157,804,185
R155,169,953
R163,144,321 DURING AND AFTER COVID-19
R120,921,943
R124,579,556
R136,509,644
We are thankful for the pledges made by our
We urge all donors to pay the committed funding within the academic year of approval, to support the students for whom the funding is earmarked.
11 2022 FUNDING SUMMARY
TOP 10 DONORS FOR 2022
R18,174
R1,975,973
R136,171,564
IMPACT OF 2022 DONOR FUNDING RECEIVED
Total students who received funding:
2 677
TOTAL STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING (WIL):
374
Total students who received internships and learnerships:
Total students who received bursaries:
Total students for SAP Short Course: 59% 41% Undergraduate Postgraduate
40 20
TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS FOR STEM AND DIGITAL LITERACY:
300
INITIATIVES SUPPORTED Bursaries, internships, learnerships, STEM and Digital Literacy, WIL and the Disability Unit.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT 13
As the fundraising arm of the University, the Advancement Department creates and nurtures relationships with various stakeholders to realise the dreams of many students. Apart from raising funds to cover bursaries for deserving students, the Advancement Department also assists various projects across faculties and departments.
Over and above the funding bursaries or WIL stipends, some donors give the Advancement Department a percentage (generally 7,5%) as a contribution to the administrative cost of the management of the funded projects. The funds that supported the projects listed below were generated from donors’ administrative support. We encourage more donors to adopt this practice so we can invest more in our needy students.
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CORPORATE DONORS
Adama SA (Pty) Ltd.
Adept
Afrigitics CC
Afrisam (Pty) Ltd.
Aid Renewables (Pty) Ltd.
Alc Corp (Pty) Ltd.
Amandla Construction
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings
Brenn-O-Kem (Pty) Ltd.
Cape Town Sailors Home
Coetzee & Coetzee (Pty) Ltd.
Connect-mi (Pty) Ltd.
Doehler South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Econ-O-Loo
Elcarbo Industrial Suppliers
Element Six Production (Pty) Ltd.
Essential Skills Development
Fisheries Economic Development Research
Advisory and Training Institute
Frankenfeld & King Architects CC
Freddy Hirsch
Garden Cities
Grassroots Group
Growthpoint Properties (Pty) Ltd.
Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers
Logicalis
Master Builders Association
Media Works
Merieux NutriSciences
Mitchell Du Plessis Projects (Pty) Ltd.
Mokuti Herbs International
Mosebo Networks
MTO Group
Mulilo
NSP Consultants
Palabora Mining Company (Pty) Ltd.
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
Pienaar Brothers
Planning Partners
Potatoes South Africa
Red Bull SA
Riebeek Valley Wine Co.
RS Components SA
Rumdel Construction (Pty) Ltd.
Shoprite Holdings
Snake Nation (Pty) Ltd.
Stabilid Cape Construction (Pty) Ltd.
Statpro South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Supersport International (Pty) Ltd.
Tabak
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company
The Construction Co.
The Foschini Group
Tiger Brands Limited
Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd.
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Winetech
Xanita (Pty) Ltd.
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Abe Bailey Trust
Albert Wessels Trust
FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTS
Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
EJ Lombardi Trust
Feenix Trust
FEM Humphries Will Trust
Jack & Ethel Goldin Foundation
Lily Ashton Educational Trust
Motsepe Foundation
Shaping Futures Foundation
SIOC Community Development Trust
South African National Zakah Fund (SANZAF)
Technological Higher Education Network South Africa
The Beets Foundation
The Mauerberger Foundation Fund
Tshikululu Group
GOVERNMENT
Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority
Banking Sector Education and Training Authority
Chemical Industries Education & Training Authority
Construction Education and Training Authority
Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Sector Education and Training Authority
Department of Correctional Services
Department of Science and Innovation
Department of Transport
Eastern Cape Department of Education
Education, Training and Development Practices
Sector Education and Training Authority
Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority
Fibre Processing & Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority
Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority
Food and Beverages Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority
Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority
Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority
Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority
Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority
Mining Qualifications Authority
Eskom
GOVERNMENT
National Metrology Institute of South Africa
Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority
Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority
Services Sector Education and Training Authority
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
South African Tourism
South African Weather Service
Technology Innovation Agency
Transport Education Training Authority
Umzimvubu Local Municipality
Water Research Commission
WESGRO
Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Cloete, Catherine Jo-Anne Laura (Ms)
Coetzee, Susan Julia (Ms)
Cronje, Johannes (Prof)
Daniels, Shahied (Mr)
Davids, Rushnah (Ms)
Maseko, Calvin (Mr)
INTERNATIONAL DONORS
Cranfield University
Embassy of France
Manchester Metropolitan University
Sapienza Universita Di Roma
The Hague University of Applied Science
Asset
Cape Higher Education Consortium
Enactus South Africa
Printing SA
Public Servants Association of SA
15 WISH LIST
THE WISH
INDICATIVE COST
Financial support to students Below are the average costs of supporting one student at the University for a full academic year:
• Tuition – R37,000
• Learning material (books or laptop) – R5,460
• Living allowance (food) – R15,750
• Residence – R48,000
• Transport allowance (from home to campus) – R7,875
• Research support (for a master’s or doctoral student) –R25,000
Support one matric learner with additional Maths and Science lessons
Provide one learner’s tuition in preparation for rewriting the NSC examination
Support one student’s extracurricular activities (sports, arts, etc.)
Provide digital literacy training to a matric learner
Provide SAP training to one student
Monthly allowance for one learner doing work-integrated learning at an industry placement
Support a student living with a disability
Support a student providing EMS services to the community
Support one student to get a driver’s licence
R3,500 per annum (excluding equipment)
R5,600 per annum for three subjects (including study material)
R20,000 per annum (domestic travelling to competitions, accommodation and material)
R8,000 per annum (training includes Microsoft Office package, coding and career guidance)
R12,000 per annum (course, material, SAP system access and examination fees)
R3,500 per month (for transport and food)
R25,000 per annum (for an assistive device or special transport to campus)
R3,600 for six months’ community service (for basic equipment and uniform)
R3,700 – from learner’s licence to driver’s licence
16 WAYS OF GIVING
INDIVIDUALS MAY:
• make an online donation;
• download and sign a pledge form;
• join the My School Card campaign; or
• make a bequest in their wills.
GOVERNMENTS, TRUSTS, FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATES MAY:
• fund bursaries;
• fund a community engagement programme;
• fund research; or
• fund an infrastructural project.
Donors can claim Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment scorecard points for their donations, as well as request naming rights to funded projects.
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