Meet some of the key players on the Tshikululu team as they unpack what Tshikululu is all about, our values, and why we do what we do.
Tshikululu is South Africa’s leading social investment fund manager and advisor, working alongside investors and other development partners to achieve sustainable social impact.
We define social investment as any financial commitment – from grant making to impact investing – that seeks to drive and measure social impact.
Our service offering is holistic and unique, offering end-to-end fund management and advisory services underpinned by a deep and hands-on understanding of the complexities of development and social investment.
As agents of social change, we partner with our many clients throughout South Africa to realise their social investment goals. Over the past two decades we have operated in every province in the country, covering urban and rural areas, and collaborated with social investors in various sectors including mining, financial services, renewable energy, property development, banking, insurance, healthcare and logistics.
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LATEST INSIGHT PIECES
Fit-for-purpose M&E in the South African context
Measurement of performance and impact is essential for all development stakeholders looking to bring about meaningful social change. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) or impact management and measurement (IMM)1 provides us with a structured way of understanding what a social investment is achieving. However, our efforts to measure success are meaningful only if they are appropriate […]
Learning from the Maths Challenge Programme: results-based monitoring to enhance education strategy ~ Sarah Cairns and Lebohang Letsela
Despite high spending on education relative to other countries, South Africa scores poorly on most international education rankings. In 2004, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) argued that the country would need to double the number of matric Higher Grade (HG)[1] mathematics and science passes for economic growth, a goal which was formally adopted […]
Successful integration of the S into ESG in the SA context
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is increasingly being adopted by businesses in South Africa as a framework to measure and report on sustainability. Globally, ESG is considered by some to have a bias towards the environmental, with frameworks and reporting prioritising the “E”. However, the need for a Just Transition puts the relationship between the […]
PRESS RELEASE: Integrating the ‘S’ in ESG: “Socio-economic development is everybody’s business”
Mining companies, along with other businesses, need to make the fundamental shift towards realising that corporate sustainability is dependent on the ecosystems in which they operate. So says Thabisile Phumo, Executive Vice President: Stakeholder Relations at Sibanye-Stillwater. Phumo was part of a panel discussing the topic of “Successful integration of the S into ESG […]
In The News
Channel Africa’s Puleng Molebatsi
Host of the Sunday show Tech Africa speaks to Tshikululu Social Investment’s Senior Social Investment Specialist, Graeme Wilkinson, on the Human Side of Technology. Interview Link
Jeremy Maggs chats to Dipalesa Mpye, Head of Social Impact at Tshikululu
This discussion is around how mines and innovators should include and support communities in the transition to better and more efficient technology. Interview Link
The future of CSI – The Mail & Guardian
In the latest feature on social investment in the Mail & Guardian, Tracey Henry speaks about the need for a genuine and measurable impact on the lives of those directly affected by social initiatives. The future of CSI – The Mail & Guardian
Soweto Life Magazine
The Tshikululu Trust and Anglo American Platinum handed over a mobile health clinic to the Eastern Cape Department of Health last week, valued at over R 5 million, for use by the province’s integrated school health team. Sowetolifemag.co.za