At Kagiso Trust, our mission is to ignite self-belief and restore dignity through innovative, self-sustaining development programmes that combine community upliftment, skills training, and business support. We aim to drive meaningful socio-economic transformation from the bottom up. Our commitment is to help communities unlock their full potential, creating a more equitable and prosperous society where people can thrive.
At Kagiso Trust, we promote educational excellence, strengthen institutions, and support black entrepreneurs to drive economic growth. Through our innovative programmes in Education, Local Governance, Civil Society, and Socio-Economic Development, we create lasting, transformative change in South Africa’s most vulnerable communities.
Enhancing access to quality education from early childhood through to higher education.
Enhancing the capabilities of local government and civil society organisations to operate more efficiently and sustainably.
Supporting small black businesses and promoting economic inclusion.
Kagiso Trust 30 years strategic architecture:
A prosperous, peaceful, equitable, and just society.
To contribute to development through sustainable funding with like-minded partnerships and innovative, scalable development models.
Integrity
Accountability
Passion for development
Hands on Bottom-Up approach
To extend educational development programmes
To promote and support socio-economic development
To support strategic institutional capability development for sustainability
To ensure financial sustainability of Kagiso Charitable Trust
Our impact in numbers:
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