Sustainability Report 2012 - Transnet

Corporate social investmentThe Transnet Foundation is Transnet’s custodian on CSI, which in2011/12 spent approximately R160 million on five majorprogrammes: The award-winning Phelophepa health care train,containerised assistance, rural and farm schools sport, teacherdevelopment, and employee volunteer initiatives.Whilst the Transnet Foundation remains the custodian of theCompany’s CSI initiatives, the Operating divisions respondproactively to the needs of vulnerable communities surroundingtheir operations.The Phelophepa: Train of hopePhelophepa is a flagship project of the Transnet Foundation.Phelophepa I made history when it became the first sustainableSouth African CSI initiative to receive the prestigious UnitedNations Public Service Award for its excellence in public servicethe Archon Award from the Honour Society of Nursing, SigmaTheta Tau International, for the train’s dedication in providingprimary health care services and health education programmesin rural areas in South Africa.March 2012 marked the unveiling of Transnet’s second ‘Train ofHope’, Phelophepa II. With the launch of Phelophepa II ourCompany reaffirmed its commitment to help South Africaachieve the United Nations MDG which include reducing childmortality, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/Aids,malaria and other diseases.The introduction of Phelophepa II will more than double thenumber of people who benefit from the facility as both trainswill run simultaneously by 2013. The beginning of September2011 saw Phelophepa I register 59 573 patients at a remarkablerate of 1 722 patients per week – shattering the previous recordof 49 314 patients achieved in 2009.Phelophepa services include: dental, optometry, pharmacy, oraland vision screening, HIV counselling, health education andpsychological counselling. In addition, the train offers SouthAfrican and international final-year professional health studentspractical experience in nursing, dentistry, optometry, psychologyand pharmaceuticals. Transnet’s partner sponsors forPhelophepa are Roche and Colgate-Palmolive South Africa.Phelophepa combines elements of Sotho and Tswana andmeans ‘good, clean health.’Cost to build Phelophepa II was R82 million and R25 million hasbeen set aside to upgrade Phelophepa I to the same level as thesecond train. Phelophepa II was engineered and built at RailEngineering’s facility in Salt River.“When I think of the Transnet Foundation,three things immediately come to mind:caring, improving lives and making adifference. That’s why the Company isinvesting over R160 million in Corporatesocial investment.”Cynthia MgijimaHead: Transnet Foundation“What started off 18 years ago as amodest three-coach eye clinic has becomean internationally well known beacon ofhope, providing health care throughoutSouth Africa especially in rural areas. Thelaunch of Transnet Phelophepa II will allowus to reach communities that need it mostand demonstrates how public-privatesector partnerships can be used totransform lives of communities throughsocial entrepreneurship.”Malusi GigabaMinister of Public Enterprises12 March 2012“This is an immensely importantphilanthropic engagement for Roche. Weare proud to have continuously grown oursupport for the Phelophepa healthcaretrain during the 18 years of sponsorship,because Phelophepa has such aremarkable impact on the lives ofthousands of people every year.”Franz HumerChairman of the Board of Directors, Roche“Colgate-Palmolive South Africa isextremely proud of its long associationwith Phelophepa. The on-board dentalclinic provides oral health services andhygiene education to communities in themost remote areas of South Africa. Wemust acknowledge the dedication of theacademics and students who havecommitted their time to the clinics andlook forward to our on-going partnership.”Bradley FarrGeneral Manager, Colgate-PalmoliveSouth AfricaSustainability performance: Social dividendsSustainability Report 201257