Consultant
The South African CSI Revolution Has Come – How Do You Know When You Are In The Middle Of A Revolution?
Revolution, decision making and that still, small voice. How do you know when you are in the middle of a revolution? Revolutions are times of dramatic change, but they are...
Why CSI Managers and Funders In South Africa End Up Funding the Same NGOs Time After Time?
Several years ago, I worked for one of South Africa’s parastatals through an agency, managing CSI programmes. Our combined budget was ZAR15 million a year. Because it was a parastatal,...
Why I think Coronavirus Might Be Good For Business In A Fourth Industrial World
In June last year, we at CSRNEWSSA decided we were going to go the ‘work from home’ route. For years, colleagues had been saying we were ideally suited to this...
The Donkey & The Carrot Strategy – Why A Huge Proportion Of South Africa’s CSI Programmes Fail
Several years ago, I sat with a huge financial institution discussing a Maths and Science programme they had initiated in high schools in Gauteng. After ten years, only one learner...
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Pitching For Funding
A new trend is sweeping the globe, the advent of the challenge fund which invites social entrepreneurs to pitch for funding in a competition setting. From Barloworld’s Mbewu programme which...
Rethinking The Funding Of NGOs
The Next Generation Research Report 2020, Disruption with Impact dived deep into how the development sector is changing. Some of the most significant pressures that organisations face is the demand...