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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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 […]
Using materiality assessments to meaningfully engage stakeholders in ESG priority-setting
In an era where environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are increasingly pivotal in organisational decision-making and strategy design, the importance of stakeholder engagement cannot be overstated. An in-depth understanding of stakeholder priorities and the ESG factors that drive business success is necessary for any organisation looking to take its approach from ESG box-ticking to […]
Beyond compliance: The importance of impact strategy for community trusts
For decades, the mining sector has recognised the need to invest in the development of its host communities, both from a regulatory perspective and in recognition of the historical inequities that continue to create socio-economic challenges in communities across South Africa. Community trusts (and similar broad-based community ownership schemes) are one vehicle through which companies […]
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Impact SA
A collaborative initiative between government and the private sector which saw a mobile health clinic provided to the Eastern Cape Department of Health is another example of how partnerships can have […]
SABC Channel Africa Radio
Chamu M’kombe, Chief Operating Officer at Tshikululu, was interviewed on SABC Channel Africa about the strain on healthcare personnel due to the limited access to healthcare facilities in Africa, and the benefits […]
JSE
Corporates tread a balancing act when tackling the complexities of addressing societal issues in a country such as SA
eNCA
How much should be budgeted for education, especially early childhood education? This was the question that Tshikululu Social Investment specialist Shamiso Chideme tried to unpack on eNCA prior to the […]