Macmillan Education South Africa Company Profile

South Africa

COMPANY PROFILE

Registered Name: Macmillan South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Company Registration No: 1993/000118/07

Trading Name: Macmillan Education South Africa VAT No: 4630138065

No: 9373226845 Contact details: Tel: 011 731 3300 Email: customerservices@ macmillaneducation.co.za

PASSIONATE

MACMILLAN EDUCATION

TODAY!

The

six pillars of our transformation journey

Macmillan Education South Africa strives to build a transformed, inclusive and diverse organisation.

PEOPLE CONTENT

Investing in

our most valued asset

Our teams represent diverse backgrounds and cultures, and our profile reflects transformation. We recruit and draw from local talent. We invest in the development of our staff’s education and skills and through our Khula Nathi staff share in ownership.

Relevant and engaging local content

Our content is available in print and digital format and is relevant to our South African context. It supports inclusivity.

Our stable boasts more than 2 000 books published in all South African languages.

Bridging the skills divide

Providing and empowering 100 learners each year since 2019 through learnership programmes by partnering with an accredited and reputable training college; and funding higher education bursaries for aspiring ECD practitioners since 2018. We are also a proud YES corporate partner since 2019.

Towards a greener future: advancing sustainability in our operations

In our quest for a greener, cleaner Earth, we are dedicated to reducing energy consumption, eliminating plastic usage, and conserving natural resources across our offices and warehouses. Our mission extends beyond mere action; we aim to inspire and educate our staff to become catalysts for change.

Central to our efforts is a strategic shift towards eco-friendly consumables and equipment designed to minimise carbon emissions and curb plastic dependency. We are making collective strides towards meaningful climate action by forging partnerships with small businesses that offer innovative climate-friendly solutions aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Together, we are embarking on a transformative journey towards sustainability that will benefit our business and contribute positively to the global environmental agenda.

Supporting local education

We positively impact teachers’ digital fluency though our Macmillan eLearning Development Schools (MeLDS) programme.

We support several educational initiatives through donations and sponsorships. Over the past 15 years, more than 160 000 teachers benefitted from our professional development offering. We conducted free training programmes in support of the Department of Basic Education’s objectives and initiatives.

Supporting local enterprise

We offer supplier grants to fund the development of digital projects and appointments. 100% of our Macmillan South African books are printed locally. We support small companies.

Who we are

Macmillan Education South Africa is a worldclass educational content and service provider.

As a trusted publishing brand in South Africa, we support learners, teachers and institutions through a lifetime of learning by providing them with content in the most relevant, engaging and flexible formats.

OUR MISSION

Helping curious minds achieve great things throughout their lives.

OUR VISION

Our passion for learning and our commitment to elevate South African education to greater heights is second to none.

This is why Macmillan Education South Africa remains one of the preferred partners in education, delivering innovative solutions that will drive learner performance and help educators and institutions to deliver excellent results.

We are a global publisher with a local focus. We are proud of our South African heritage and enjoy combining our vast local knowledge and expertise with our global reach and support. We have always remained true to our values and behaviours.

Macmillan Education has been advancing learning for over 180 years. Today across our curriculum and higher education divisions we build strong partnerships with educators and strive to provide the highest quality books, content and tools for schools and TVET colleges across the country. As education advances at an ever-increasing pace, we continue to be at the forefront of that change – introducing new methodologies, developing digital resources and providing sound teaching practice and pedagogy that inspires learners to achieve more.

OUR VALUES

Passionate

We are passionate about our work because it helps people to understand, achieve and discover more. Inspired by our proud history, we look for 100% commitment in the quality and integrity of what we do.

Supportive

We understand many of the challenges that learners and educators face, because for many of us, that is part of our background. This understanding helps us to build closer relationships and a means to offer specialist support and expertise that our customers may need.

Inventive

Taking a proactive and flexible approach means we can quickly turn ideas into powerful content and effective technology solutions in the here and the now.

Our history

From distinguished beginnings …

As a forward-thinking publisher for the past 180 years, Macmillan has always been passionate, supportive and innovative.

When brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan founded their publishing company in 1843, they created a place that would recognise and value great contemporary writing. They made a mark on the literary world, publishing an extraordinary range of works by extraordinary authors such as Thomas Hardy and Rudyard Kipling to name a few.

… into Africa

When former British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, became chairperson in the middle of the 20th century, he decided that education should be a key investment area of the organisation. With his vision, the company established itself as a worldleading educational publisher with an

outstanding reputation. His famous ‘Winds of Change’ tour of Africa in the 1960s not only changed the political face of Africa, but also provided the grand old man of publishing an opportunity to expand the Macmillan Publishing empire into Africa.

… and South Africa

Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ continued to blow throughout South Africa in the 1970s, and Macmillan BOLESWA emerged as a fresh breeze from the old, conservative style of Southern African publishing – and soon became a potent educational publishing force in the region.

Due to apartheid in South Africa, the focus was soon changed to Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland where few publishers ventured. From a relatively small Swaziland base, unfettered by apartheid constraints, BOLESWA grew rapidly – and became the first affirmative action publishing company –long before it was mandatory.

With strong editorial and production support from the UK, BOLESWA developed fresh, innovative products, which were light years ahead of the competition. The ‘Winds of Change’ which gave birth to BOLESWA were often tempestuous and frequently unpredictable, but they resulted in the creation of a major publishing undertaking in the southern African region.

In late 1994, Macmillan publishing returned to South Africa and Macmillan South Africa (Pty) Ltd was established and registered.

Now part of a much bigger publishing picture …

Over the years the structure of the Macmillan publishing group has shifted to expand in different sectors and markets. Today Macmillan Education is part of Springer Nature, created in May 2015 when the majority of Macmillan

Science and Education formally merged with Springer Science, Business Media, and the Nature Group to become the largest academic publishing company in the world.

Our offering

Macmillan Education South Africa is at the forefront of innovation, supporting the transition of the traditional South African classroom into a blended learning environment – offering print, digital and online products.

Our specialised publishing teams work with respected South African authors and educationalists in order to develop and evaluate materials of the highest standard and quality that enhance the teaching and learning experience for everyone – whether it is a child in a Grade R classroom reading his first word, a teacher teaching Grade 10 science, or even a TVET college student.

Textbooks and Resources

Our offering for public as well as private schools includes a comprehensive spread in all grades, all official languages and all subjects. Our two core textbook series are Clever and Solutions for All. Our offering also includes the wellknown Guidelines Blue Book Study Guides, as well as a variety of literature and other exciting reading materials.

All our approved textbooks meet the Curriculum and Assessment Policies (CAPS) requirements and standards as approved by the Department of Basic Education.

We also have a wide spread of classroom and teaching resources available that cater for all grades, and include dictionaries, atlases, map skills, technology kits, intervention programmes and much, much more.

In addition we developed a variety of innovative products and services that are very suitable for corporate CSI programmes. These products and services relate to the National Education Department’s current priorities and support the much-needed interventions in education.

Agency Product

Macmillan Education takes pride in serving as the agent for numerous esteemed international publishers such as Hodder Education, Eleanor Curtain and product licensed from Matilda Education. Additionally, we offer books from our affiliated sister companies, including Macmillan Education UK, Pan Macmillan, and Springer

Nature. Macmillan also serve as resellers for ubbu, an online coding programme tailored for primary schools. Furthermore, we proudly represent local publishers like Your Online Teacher in our commitment to providing a diverse array of educational resources.

TVET Textbooks

Our TVET FIRST series for NCV, as well as NATED courses, is a series that we are very proud of, and it is currently the TVET college market leader. Dedicated to advancing education and training in South Africa, we put students and lecturers at the heart of our publishing.

Digital

We continuously invest in cutting-edge digital content for schools and TVET colleges to provide flexible, quality solutions that bring together print and digital. We also assist teachers and lecturers in integrating new technologies with sound pedagogy.

Macmillan Teacher Campus

We understand that being a successful educational publisher is not only about creating exceptional teaching materials. Educators also need skills to be able to make the biggest impact on their learners or students, which is why teacher and lecturer training are integral to what we do at Macmillan Education South Africa.

Macmillan Teacher Campus is accredited with the ETDP SETA and the QCTO, and is also a SACE-registered professional teacher training unit. Our formal ECD qualification, accredited courses and workshops are developed to empower, motivate and guide educators and TVET college lecturers, and to provide a learning pathway for them to continue their professional development.

Sales Support

Macmillan Education South Africa boasts a strong sales and marketing presence in all the provinces of South Africa. We pride ourselves on our after-sales support for schools and teachers.

Macmillan Education – Advancing Learning

We … help learners and students to achieve more

By …

listening closely to the experiences of teachers and lecturers

And … partnering with South Africa’s most respected authors and educationalists

We do this by … providing the highest quality content in the most relevant, engaging and flexible formats which …

• make learners and students excited to learn

• help teachers and lecturers better engage in the classroom

• give learners and students the opportunity to learn for themselves

• enable teachers and lecturers to continue to develop professionally

• bring subjects and disciplines to life

• give learners and students the skills to move from classroom to workplace

So that we can … support learners, students, teachers, lecturers and institutions through a lifetime of learning.

• elevate education in South Africa to much greater heights

• encourage a lifelong love for learning.

Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela

What our brand promises our audiences

HIGH QUALITY

Our brand is based on sound pedagogy and is created by the top specialists in their fields/disciplines.

RELEVANT FLEXIBLE ENGAGING

Relevant to your culture, to your learning stage, and to your discipline.

Brought to you in ways that make it easy to access whether you are a student or an instructor, working largely with textbooks or with digital learning platforms.

Bringing subjects to life and enhancing the teaching and learning experience.

ADAPTIVE CUTTING-EDGE FLEXIBLE

Macmillan Teacher Campus

Macmillan Teacher Campus (MTC) was established in 2007 and has spent more than 15 years supplying the highest quality education and training to businesses, governments, corporations, universities, schools and learners countrywide.

We are a nationally recognised accredited ETDP SETA training division renowned for superior training programmes which are delivered by a team of qualified, expert and highly experienced trainers. Our ETDP SETA accredited courses are of the highest quality as we ensure that our materials are practical, relevant and unit-standard aligned.

Backed by Macmillan Education South Africa, Macmillan Teacher Campus is uniquely qualified, and equipped with all the necessary resources at our fingertips, to enhance the learning experience of all our clients. We are able to offer a varied range of bespoke training programmes, which are specifically tailored with a structure that is flexible and designed to match clients’ available time and budget.

Our passionate, dedicated team provides a complete and comprehensive suite of training solutions that ranges across all phases and levels. We offer an accredited ECD qualification

under the ETDP SETA and the QCTO. We are accredited to provide these courses face-to-face and online. In addition our offering includes content workshops, innovative teaching methodologies, e-learning, online training and blended learning solutions, educator professional development and learner support programmes.

Macmillan Teacher Campus believes in keeping up with the latest trends. And what is more trending these days than conducting facilitator-led workshops on an online platform?

Macmillan Teacher Campus provides online training to empower teachers and lecturers, and gives them the confidence they need to offer their lessons on online platforms while at the same time enhancing their digital fluency.

As some prefer to learn at their own pace in their own time, we also developed Macmillan Online Teacher Campus (MOTC). MOTC is an asynchronous online platform hosting a range of workshops that are easily accessible and very affordable.

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Macmillan Teacher Campus uses various online platforms to deliver quality workshops and webinars that are interactive and easily implemented the very next day.

MTC’s approach to learning is both visionary and innovative. To date we have trained over 200 000 teachers, lecturers and learners nationwide and managed numerous successful projects that have contributed to the upliftment of education.

Vision

Our vision is to empower, motivate and develop educators and learners in South Africa and to provide a learning pathway to continue their professional development.

Mission

• To offer tailor-made courses to educators on their doorstep

• To offer curriculum and unit-standard aligned workshops and courses, either online or face to face

• To provide cutting-edge training, aligned with the needs of the education system and profession

• To improve the quality and competence of educators in the teaching and learning process in schools and colleges

• To offer convenient and affordable training and development opportunities for teachers

• To provide educators with a positive training experience and a gateway to career success through lifelong learning

• To offer support to learners through our custom-made learner support programmes.

Accreditation

Macmillan Teacher Campus is an accredited training provider:

• ETDP-SETA accreditation number – ETDP10512

• SACE Provider Number – PR10690

• QCTO accreditation number –QCTOSDP01190305-1575

SUPPORTING DEVELOPING TRAINING

Our Corporate Social Responsibility

It is important for Macmillan Education South Africa to go beyond just doing business and to make an impact on the educational landscape with all its challenges.

The Macmillan eLearning Development Schools Programme (MeLDS)

The Macmillan eLearning Development Schools (MeLDS) programme is a professional development plan aimed at improving the ICT/digital fluency of teachers.

This programme forms a part of Macmillan South Africa’s annual Corporate Social Investment (CSI) spend.

The programme, implemented since 2017, is rolled out in a different province annually.

Key features of the MeLDS programme:

• The programme runs for two–three months (usually from August to October)

• Teachers receive a device (laptop or tablet) which is included in the school asset register

• Schools receive data projectors which are also included in the school asset register

• The donated devices belong to the school

• A trainer coach is appointed for the duration of the programme

• Teachers receive coaching and training and are taught to use the device as a teaching tool and a tool to make digital and print resources to enhance their lessons

• Teachers are expected to complete portfolio assignments

• Teachers receive professional development points

• Teachers receive certificates for participation as well as a workshop certificate

“The training was more than I expected and now I can develop slides using PowerPoint. I am just over the moon”

~ MR Masoge Ham Primary School Limpopo

“Wow what an exciting experience – hopefully we will be chalk free soon. We really appreciate” ~ Ledile Mofe Phuti Makibelo Primary School

“How wonderful, step by step, we are moving away from old methods of teaching with papers. Shine technology shine” ~ MW Mokgaphame Ham Primary School Limpopo

“MeLDS is one of the most important programmes our government should support and learn from. If possible, the programme should be introduced to other schools in the province. MeLDS is fundamental to Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Macmillan Education South Africa have laid a great foundation for the National Department of Education.” ~ Henry Riba (Tech Intern Mpumalanga)

Macmillan Education South Africa says YES to Reducing Unemployment

Youth Employment Service (YES) is a business-led collaboration with government and labour to create one million first-time work opportunities for South Africa’s unemployed youth.

Empowered, productive young people are given an opportunity to uplift themselves and contribute to shaping the country’s social and economic future.

Youth@work, a vetted YES implementation partner, provides Macmillan’s funded unemployed youth with a supported, meaningful 12 months of work experience. Youth are placed across 4 provinces in sectors aligned with their interests: Education, Culinary, Agriculture, Information & Technology and Sports/Recreation. They gain practical work experience in the areas of Teacher Assistants, Administration, IT Support, Classroom Assistance, and Sports Coaching. The impact of quality work experience has translated into meaningful employment and new start-ups.

During their 12-month tenure, youth are provided with structured capacity development interventions in the form

of digital learning platforms covering 40 modules of work readiness content and monthly Think Tank sessions.

Macmillan is a proud YES Corporate Partner since 2019 and remains committed to an all-hands-on-deck response to South Africa’s youth development. Our contribution to youth, job creation, community-based work, the SMME sector and supporting thriving microeconomic development further underpins our alignment to the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030 – Quality Education, Zero Hunger and Gender Equality as 67% of youth are female.

Success Story:

Corné Robyn Titus – Teacher Assistant at Thomas Wildschutt Primary School, Western Cape

“The principal of Thomas Wildschutt Primary School informed me about this opportunity with YES. I have been doing my teaching practice and performed well at the school, which led to the principal offering me this opportunity. The experience has been fantastic. I have learnt a lot of new skills such as group work, computer skills, MS Office, Google docs, interpersonal skills, time management, etc. The YES modules taught me a lot about Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking. I learned more about Health and Well-Being. This work experience changed my family’s life, as my income helps a great deal in the house. I help with electricity and groceries each month. I was fortunate enough to get a job during COVID, and for that, I am grateful.

During my YES year, I learned much about different cultures and languages at the school. This will benefit me in future whenever I come across other cultures. My mentor (the principal) saw my potential and asked me to join the fundraising committee.

My message to the youth is that they should never stop believing in themselves.

Thank you Macmillan for investing in youth like me”

Macmillan Education South Africa Bridging the Skills Divide

At Macmillan Education South Africa, advancing education has been at the core of what we do and, since 2018, we have invested in the development of a number of youth programmes, such as learnerships for unemployed people and people living with disabilities, and funding higher education bursaries. The learnerships have been through partnering with a reputable and accredited training college where we provide programmes to more than 100 learners every year. For higher education, we provide early childhood development (ECD) bursaries, where learners qualify with degrees or certificates, depending on the course they registered for.

Learnerships play a pivotal role in addressing South Africa’s unemployment and, by design, bridge critical skills gaps for youth to attain relevant theoretical knowledge and practical work-based experience. They are an enabler for economic growth and job creation, translated through traditional forms

of employment opportunities and growing our country’s entrepreneurial base.

The key focus for early childhood development programmes for aspiring ECD practitioners is based on various scientific studies. It is now understood that the physical, psychological, cognitive and social development that occurs between birth and school-going age has a lasting impact on a child’s future growth and development. Early childhood development plays a key role in developing the building blocks for children to reach their future potential and has a broader impact on families and communities.

Macmillan is proud to be part of the solution to changing the unemployment trajectory through access to education and job creation for South Africa’s most vulnerable youth and people living with disabilities (PWD).

Macmillan Education Gives Hope to a Centre in

Need

The Shine by Hope Centre was founded by Portia Diboke in 2011 and began as a haven for the elderly. Many of the elderly brought their grandkids with them, and soon, the number of kiddies at the centre increased. These kids were left behind by parents who barely cared for them.

In 2016, the Shine by Hope Day Care Centre and PreSchool was officially registered with the Department of Social Development. Portia believes in the power of hope, hence the name.

Over time, it grew into a fee-paying day centre and preschool. By 2023, it had 69 children aged from babies to 6 years. Many parents rely on government grants and pay what they can afford for their children’s care. Portia, the founder, is the only one receiving a salary from the Department of Education.

As part of Macmillan Education’s 180-Year

Giving

Back initiative, Macmillan decided to help this centre ‘shine’.

The initial idea was to revamp the classrooms, but the first item on their wish list was a new look for the building outside to set the stage for a positive and vibrant learning environment. The building was indeed very worn and dull.

The work was done in phases, with the project’s highlight when 25 volunteers from Macmillan Education showed

their artistic skills and transformed the school into a colourful haven.

The renewed ambience attracted more parents, increasing enrollment to 96 kids in 2024.

A Beacon of Hope for Girls in Need

Home of Hope for Girls, a registered charity, was founded in 2000 and offers a safe home for survivors of abusive situations predominantly linked to child sex trafficking. Over 23 years, the founder, Mam Khanyi, has rescued over 12,000 vulnerable girls. Currently, they have two homes in the suburbs of Johannesburg with 100 girls in full-time care.

Their vision is to end child trafficking in South Africa and the culture of exploitation and violence which robs children of their future and to restore safety, dignity and opportunity to those who have survived this abuse.

The girls are provided with a safe home environment and access to educational resources. Promoting the importance of education is an important part of what they do. They help neglected girls enrol in school and obtain school uniforms, textbooks and other educational necessities. Home of Hope for Girls recognises that educating girls goes a long way towards their independence and success in adulthood.

As part of Springer Nature, Macmillan’s vision revolves around expediting solutions to the world’s pressing challenges and positively contributing to the research, education, and professional communities we engage with.

One way we actualise this vision is by extending charitable contributions to causes that align with our objectives.

We support individuals and communities in pursuing discovery, learning, and worldwide achievement.

Inspired by Home of Hope’s resolute commitment to establishing a secure environment and fostering a brighter world for young girls in need, Macmillan Education South Africa, on behalf of Springer Nature, has contributed 1000 euros in aid of the girls’ school fees.

In the spirit of Women’s Month, Macmillan donated 100 gift bags brimming with essential toiletries and tokens of care for each girl – a much-needed item on their wish list.

In the words of Mam Khanyi, “A girl’s background does not define her future, and by giving her a chance, she can lead her community.”

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