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The Brait Foundation was established in July 2000, as a partnership
between the group and its employees. The Foundation's objective is to
provide better opportunities to previously disadvantaged communities
in South Africa, through education. It is resourced via financial
contributions from the group's business units, staff and fundraising
initiatives, but its main strength lies in the commitment of its members
who, together with Brait staff, volunteer their time, energy and
expertise to manage, monitor and assist the various projects
undertaken by the Foundation.
As an organisation that recognises and promotes excellence, drive and
entrepreneurial spirit, Brait seeks to foster individuals whose ability,
commitment to learning and determination to overcome barriers can
be an example to their peers and the wider community. The Brait
Foundation is proud to be associated with individuals, organisations,
institutions and projects which share the same passion shown by Brait
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| Moletsane Secondary School |
Moletsane School, located in Soweto, was established in 1972 and
graduated into a fully fledged senior secondary school in 1976.
Moletsane currently has 1 330 learners enrolled, supported by
37 educators and three administrative officers. During recent years the
Brait Foundation has developed a strong partnership with Moletsane
and has set up a number of successful programmes in conjunction with
the school.
The Foundation has over the past five years, assisted Moletsane by
upgrading school buildings and facilities, and implementing various
learning programmes which have assisted and encouraged both
learners and teachers alike. This is reflected in the marked improvement
in Moletsane's matric results over the past few years. |
| 2001: |
46% pass rate |
| 2002: |
86,4% pass rate with 35 distinctions |
| 2003: |
93,4% pass rate with 22 distinctions |
| 2004: |
91% pass rate (the best Gr 12 results in the Soweto area) |
| 2005: |
80% pass rate with four distinctions |
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Moletsane is now much admired, within the Soweto school
community, for the improvement of its matric results as well as for the
enormous commitment it shows to the continuing education and
upliftment of both its teachers and pupils.
Projects, achievements, milestones, awards: |
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Brait annually sponsors seven teams from Moletsane to participate
in the JSE/Liberty Life Investment Schools Challenge. The
competition involves learners from grades 10 and 11 managing
listed equity investment portfolios on the JSE, and is aimed at
introducing learners to the workings of the stock market and the
principles of equity investment. Brait staff mentor the pupils, on a
voluntary basis, sharing their extensive investment experience.
Moletsane has taken the competition by storm, having three teams
placed in the top 10 in the past three years, and emerging as
winners in the 2005 competition. The Foundation was attracted
to this project because of the educational benefits to the
participating learners and their classmates. Moletsane has
reported improved results in commercial subjects, since the
introduction of the competition at the school. |
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Brait has sponsored the upgrade of the library facilities at the
school and in partnership with READ (a literacy focused NGO), has
managed to ensure that the library is now fully functional. It has
become a vibrant, integral part of the school. The Foundation
continues to fund the purchase of books and provides ongoing
training to school staff members to ensure the sustainability of the
library. Once a year, Brait staff are encouraged to donate books,
which are sorted, covered, catalogued and presented to the library.
The Foundation is also responsible for the supply and upkeep of
computers to the school and the sponsoring of a part-time
computer teacher. |
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Through the Brait Foundation a number of career guidance
initiatives have been implemented. These include career and
subject choice workshops (run by PACE), together with school
outings to businesses and places of interest in various sectors of
the economy (the latter organised by Brait Foundation members).
The Foundation has also set up the "PACE" software programme
at Moletsane in order to assist pupils with decisions regarding
subject choices and careers. |
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In 2003, Brait and Moletsane participated in the first Cell C "Take
a Girl Child to Work Day". Brait has continued to support this
programme, hosting girls from Moletsane each year, and endorses
Cell C's initiative to "deepen the thinking of the girl child with
regard to their infinite roles in society, enhance her self-esteem,
inspire and motivate her to reach her full potential and through
exposure to diverse careers and positive role models assist her to
prepare for the world of work". Supporting this kind of
programme ties in with the Foundation's motto of " better
opportunities through education". |
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Other projects initiated at Moletsane, by Brait, include the
introduction of the Activate Mindset Programme. Activate, a
channel of the Mindset Network, offers a complete learning plan
via satellite television with multimedia support. The channel is
aimed at supporting teachers and learners with the new FET
curriculum. Moletsane is able to access Activate via DStv channel
82. The daily broadcasts are supported by print supplements
provided via the Sunday Times. |
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The Foundation introduced the "Entrepreneurs on the Move"
project to the school. The aim of this project is to introduce and
encourage entrepreneurship amongst students and school leavers.
It is focused on business development, mentorship, an
entrepreneurship project, job creation and skills development. This
programme is currently being successfully run by the school's
economics teacher. |
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Towards the end of 2005, the Brait Foundation working together
with "Habitat for Humanity" started building a school hall at
Moletsane. The hall is able to seat up to 1 200 pupils and is
expected to become central to the working of the school. Chairs
for the hall were purchased from personal donations received from
Brait's staff. The new hall will enable the school to hold assemblies,
host functions, public speaking events etc, and can also be used as
extra classroom space, as required. |
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The school hall project was a great innovator towards teambuilding
initiatives within the group. Staff volunteers had the
opportunity to be involved in physically helping to build the hall at
Moletsane, in Soweto. Brait staff worked side-by-side with
Moletsane teachers digging, pushing wheelbarrows, filling
building foundations, wielding pickaxes, laying bricks and
generally assisting the contractors with whatever manual
labour required. |
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| The new Moletsane school hall was officially opened by the
Honourable Minister of Education, Ms Naledi Pandor, on 22 May 2006,
when it was announced that Moletsane would now form part of
the Education Department's "Dinaledi" ("Star") initiative – a proud
moment for all involved. |
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