INTERVIEW CSOS
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Chief Financial Officer | CSOS
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he CSOS vision is to be a credible, world class regulatory authority for community schemes in South Africa.
The CSOS Act empowers the organisation to help create and facilitate orderly and well-managed community schemes. This is carried out by resolving disputes amongst the parties, administration of schemes governance documentation and providing regular training and education to all stakeholders. Fostering inter-relationships between the CSOS and various community schemes is critical. The CSOS generates its revenue from levies, government grants, interest income and dispute resolutions income. Levies are the major source of revenue for the CSOS. To this end, our mission is to ensure harmonious community schemes by providing regulation, education to all relevant stakeholders and an accessible dispute resolution service in an inclusive manner. Social responsibility initiatives: On an organisational basis, we provide learnerships and internships through our graduate programmes in line with the skills development initiatives in consultation with DHS within the appropriate frameworks of the CSOS. On a personal level, I am a founder of our family NPO which is called the Maji -Mbatha Foundation whereby we provide mentorship to young girls and boys from our disadvantaged communities as well as collect donations to provide sanitary towels to young girls from disadvantaged community who miss school because of these monthly circumstances. For the boys we provide dignity packs – all sanitary needs with the exception of the sanitary towels i.e. self-care product basis such as wash towels, soap, toothpaste etc..
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