Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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Standard Bank’s<br />
Corporate Social Investment<br />
The Standard Bank Group is putting the full weight of their CSI initiatives<br />
behind the drive for local education.<br />
What is Standard Bank’s<br />
CSI strategy in <strong>Gauteng</strong>?<br />
Our strategy is aligned to the<br />
strategy of Standard Bank’s<br />
Corporate Social Investment Unit.<br />
The aim of CSI in Standard Bank is<br />
to demonstrate that the bank is<br />
socially responsive and relevant.<br />
We aim to create social value that<br />
will positively impact communities<br />
within which we operate. We<br />
seek to improve the communities’<br />
capacity to be sustainable<br />
and to enhance future business<br />
prospects. The Bank’s focus is<br />
on Education and Employee<br />
Community Involvement (ECI).<br />
As a result, our <strong>Gauteng</strong> CSI strategy<br />
is linked directly to this. We<br />
have implemented initiatives to<br />
support access to education and<br />
ensure quality education for learners in <strong>Gauteng</strong>.<br />
What have been some of the highlights<br />
for the education initiatives in <strong>Gauteng</strong>?<br />
One of our flagship CSI projects in <strong>Gauteng</strong> is<br />
the Thandulwazi Maths and Science is a Saturday<br />
school programme that provides quality tuition in<br />
maths, science, accounting and English to learners<br />
from schools within township communities<br />
in <strong>Gauteng</strong>. The aim of this programme is to alleviate<br />
the academic challenges faced in maths<br />
and science subjects by learners by providing curriculum<br />
based extra tuition. St Stithians School<br />
uses its facilities to run extra classes for public<br />
schools and thus serves as a centre of excellence for<br />
Standard Bank in <strong>Gauteng</strong>. The Academy runs every<br />
Saturday morning of the school calendar year. The<br />
participants are learners from schools in Soweto,<br />
Dieplsoot, Soshanguve, Vosloorus, Tembisa, Ivory<br />
Park, Northriding, Randburg, Ferndale, Orange<br />
Farm and Kagiso. Annualy Thandulwazi supports<br />
about1039 learners, drawn from 160 high schools<br />
across <strong>Gauteng</strong>. Another successful CSI project<br />
was the <strong>Gauteng</strong> book drive where we collected<br />
books from across <strong>Gauteng</strong> province and then<br />
delivered them to a needy school that had the<br />
infrastructure of the library but, no books. We’ve<br />
recently unveiled our projects to provide pupils<br />
with learning materials that will be helping pupils<br />
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