Corporate Social Review Magazine 1st Quarter 2013 | Page 89

A message
to our Team

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In his opening address of the NLB Awards
Gala Dinner Prof Nevhutanda spoke of the
“unknown citizen”.
In his address Bertie Lubner talked about
the value of working with people. he told
us that Sucess in life is never what you can
do on your own, it’s what you can achieve
when you are carried on the shoulders of
others, and what they in turn can do when
you carry them.
On the heels of our fantastic Indaba, to
say a simple thank you hardly seems to
do service to the great work done by the
whole team.
I would like to give all recognition to our
amazing team. MABOGO DINKU A
THEBANA – yes we have held hands and
achieved; the first ever NGO Awards in

South Africa and an extremely productive
and effective Indaba .
Just like the “unknown citizens” many of
our team members are unknown – but I
would like to take the opportu nity offered
by this Profile to give credit and thanks
to the whole team responsible for our
success.
Without you dedication passion and
commitment none of this would have
been possible. Now, let’s move forward to
achieve the goals and challenges we have
set for ourselves, taking our stakeholders
and partners with us on this journey of
growth development and sustainability.
MABOGO DINKU A THEBANA
Thabang Charlotte Mampane

Corporate Services Division
Ms Modjadji Makoela

Executive Manager - Project Sponsor

Ms Gladys Petje

Marketing and Communications Manager
and Project
Manager for the 2013 Indaba and
Inaugural Awards

Ms Anna Badimo

Chief Information Officer and her IT team

Mr Henry Malete
NLB Driver

Ms. Mmama Letswenyo

Personal Assistant: Corporate Services
Division

Grant Funding Division
Ms Chickey Mofet

Programme Manager Grant Funding for
the Charity and Miscellaneous Sector

Ms Marjorie Letoaba

Programme Manager Grant Funding for
Sports and Arts Sector

Ms Elizabeth Sithole

Personal Assistant Grant Funding and all
the Grant Funding Coordinators

Company Secretary Department
Ms Selloane Motloung
Company Secretary

Ms Palesa Motsoeneng

Personal Assistant for Company Secretary.

PEOPLE & PARKS
Theatre Perfomance

SMMEs

Capacity Building

Conservation for the
People with the People

Theatre - Since the inception of RASPAP we have been to 25 project parks and more than 872
youths have been auditioned thus far and 305 of them trained and capacitated on theatre
acting skills and people and parks issues. Between 10 and 20 members per group are trained
per protected area. These groups have been capacitated to be in a position to raise awareness through their performing prowess, entertain and create a platform and a conducive
atmosphere in which communities and decision makers can openly debate issues.
SMMEs - We have conducted an SMME capacity and skills audit of more than 400 SMMEs
from 26 protected areas, more than R300 Million worth of demands (goods and services)
from the parks have been identified. Out of 400 audited SMMEs, 30 have been short listed
due to viability to match the park demands.
Capacity Building - 1450 Participants have received the People and Parks Toolkit training across
all nine provinces. The toolkit capacity building has strengthened the local and provincial community based structures that are responsible for co-management of protected areas, and it has also
significantly improved the relationships between the park management and communities. This
initiative has laid the foundation for communities to understand their roles, responsibilities and
rights with regards to protected areas, however more work needs to be carried out by provincial
agencies with the assistance of the National Department of Environmental Affairs.

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