CPUT Donor Report 2023

Donor Impact Report

Donor Impact Report

Donor Impact Report

Contents 2 2 Message From The Advancement Director 4 3 Vice-Chancellor’s Prestigious Achievers Award 6 4 Stem And Digital Literacy Support To School Learners 8 5 Student Profiles 12 6 2023 Funding Summary 14 7 Impact Of Donor Funding 16 8 Socio-Economic Development Investment 17 9 Donor List 20 10 Wish List 22 12 Ways Of Giving 25 1

Message From The Vice-Chancellor

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Message from the Vice-Chancellor In the previous report, I noted the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the funding CPUT received from our donors. As a result of many companies scaling down their socio-economic or corporate social investment, CPUT experienced a decline in funding received. I am pleased, therefore, that funding subsequently improved and grew in the reported period.

I am humbled by the support of our donors and indebted to those whose funding enables us to provide accommodation and education to our students and support STEM and digital literacy education to school learners.

PROF CHRIS NHLAPO Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Statistics show that a postgraduate qualification increases one’s chances of employability. While we are growing the numbers of our master’s and doctorate graduates,

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the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) unfortunately does not fund postgraduate studies. This leaves our donors as our last hope of funding our postgraduate students and the pool of “missing middle” students.

Furthermore, the annual capped amount of R45,000 per funded student that NSFAS allows for student residence presents a challenge of finding landlords who are willing to provide our students with accommodation at R45,000. As a result of these challenges, a number of our students, including NSFAS-funded students, have been graduating with debt. In 2023, for example, the 7 000 graduates left a debt of over R200 million. This trajectory threatens our financial sustainability. I hope that the funding community will respond by continuing to support our endeavours to provide an education to our students.

I have noted the growing trend of high schools ditching mathematics and science subjects. This is attributed to the fierce competition for high Matric pass rates between provinces, schools and districts. The Cape Winelands Education District appears to be on the verge of completely wiping out

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mathematics and science in its schools.

This is impacting our feeder schools and is concerning for institutions like CPUT that want to see more engineering and science-related enrolments. As STEM is close to my heart, I launched the Vice-Chancellor’s STEM Committee in 2021 to coordinate maths, science and digital literacy interventions that the University implements in our feeder schools as a way of giving back to the basic education schools that provide us students. These initiatives have borne fruit and I urge our partners, including our alumni, to continue working with us to improve science-related education.

I invite the funding community to continue supporting our journey towards Vision 2030 One Smart CPUT and our motto of Ubuntu (humanity), Ukungafani (diversity) and Ubunye (oneness).

PROF CHRIS NHLAPO Vice-Chancellor and Principal

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Message from the Advancement Director It is impressive to note that the funding received from our donors has been increasing in the past three years. In the 2023 academic year, we received R165 million, which is a 19% increase from the funding received in the 2022 academic year. We are grateful to our donors who are always demonstrating their commitment to the funding of our students.

CALVIN MASEKO Director: Advancement

Ninety-six percent (96%) of the funding received directly benefited students through bursaries and stipends for work-integrated learning and internships. Three percent (3%) of the funding was spent on enhancing learning and teaching through research and technology improvement and the remaining 1% of the funding was provided to community engagement projects such as supporting STEM and digital literacy interventions for high school learners.

In total, 56% of the entire student population (60% of the undergraduate students) are funded by NSFAS. Donor funding directly

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While this is a big impact, there is still room for improvement, especially in sourcing financial support for postgraduate students, who are not eligible for NSFAS funding. Our fundraising efforts directly benefited 5% of postgraduate students. This support goes a long way to ease the financial burden and indebtedness of students.

I would like to express my gratitude to all at CPUT who support our work. The staff members of the Advancement Department are committed to their work and their willingness to put in late hours and weekends sometimes is showing dividends. I am pleased that the team has a welcoming attitude towards our students and always demonstrates equal respect for staff and students. The academic staff members and members of the SRC are appreciated for supporting our recruitment drive for bursary, WIL and internship students. I also appreciate the support that we receive from the Marketing & Communication Department of the University who always support us with sending bulk emails to students about funding opportunities.

Lastly, the contribution of the Legal Department in quickly vetting the funding contracts and the Finance Department for allocating the funding into the fee account of the students cannot be overstated. I hope that we will continue working well for the greater good of our students.

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2023 funding received

R165 million 19% increase from 2022

96%

funding received directly benefits students

3%

enhancing learning and teaching

1%

community engagement projects

56% entire student population funded

by NSFAS

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Vice-Chancellor’s Prestigious Achievers Award of students who 24 Number received the Vice-Chancellor’s support from 2019 to 2023

of 21 Number recipients from 2019 to 2023 Distribution of awardees by gender Female

Male

16 (76%) 5 (24%)

TOTAL FUNDING RECEIVED FOR THE AWARD PROGRAMME FROM 2019 TO 2023

Contributions from donors

R3 970 000

Contributions

by CPUT

R1 495 105

By the close of applications on 31 March 2023, the Awards Committee had received 24 applications from prospective new awardees. Of the 13 females and 11 males who applied, six were master’s and 17 were doctoral students, while one applicant, a postgraduate diploma student, was ruled ineligible because her level of study was below master’s.

The students represented several African countries: 15 students were South

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VALUE OF AWARDS GRANTED TO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDEES FROM 2019 TO 2023

R3 412 905 Total granted in Vice-Chancellor’s Support from 2019 to 2023

R852 200

MASTER’S

DOCTORATE

MASTER’S

Number of Vice-Chancellor’s Support recipients who graduated

3

Number of Prestigious Award recipients who have graduated

6

NUMBER OF PRESTIGIOUS AWARD GRADUATES EMPLOYED

5

DOCTORATE

5

Throughput rate of the programme

3 77%

African, one came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, two from Libya, three from Lesotho, one from Namibia and two from Zimbabwe.

After reviewing the applications against the award criteria, the Committee selected three awardees for 2023: two female doctoral students and one male master’s student. The selected students are all South African. They are pursuing studies in the fields of engineering, chemistry and communication management.

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STEM and Digital Literacy support to school learners

The National Development Plan Vision 2030 (NDP) notes that, for South Africa to be a leading innovator, most of the doctorates received should be in STEM and the country must increase the number of learners eligible to study maths and science-based degrees at university. The country’s schooling system must double the number of graduate and postgraduate scientists and increase the number of African and women postgraduates, especially PhDs, to improve research and innovation capacity and make university staff more representative. To achieve the planned improvement in innovation, the NDP advocates the provision of resources to basic education to encourage learners to retain maths and science subjects up until they complete basic education. While the NDP notes that top-performing schools in the public and private sectors must be recognised as national assets, it also advocates targeting no-fee, poorly resourced schools in planning, to ensure that learners in no-fee schools have access to similar learning resources to their counterparts in wealthier communities.

The CPUT STEM and digital literacy interventions go beyond preparing the learners to pass mathematics and science school subjects or just knowing how to operate technology. They prepare learners to be professionals who can transform society with innovation and sustainable solutions.

The programmes are about effectively navigating a world in our personal, cultural, educational or professional lives that has been transformed by technology. The programmes give learners an in-depth understanding of the world around us; prepare them to work in an environment full of hightech innovations; allow them to enhance problem-solving skills and apply knowledge in projects; and enable them to analyse information, eliminate errors and make conscious decisions when designing solutions.

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Donor Impact Report The objectives of the interventions are to: • Challenge learners to think critically; • Motivate learners to be attracted to STEM and technology careers, and to develop strong work ethics; • Enable learners to integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge to solve problems; • Promote a learn-by-doing approach; • Enable learners to participate in real-world projects; • Give an opportunity to basic education learners to learn from each other across different schools while taking an active role in the development of emerging technology and ground-breaking research; and • Make STEM and technology attractive to basic education learners, so that the learners continue learning STEM and technology until Matric.

STEM AND DIGITAL LITERACY PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN 2023 PARTNER

PROJECT

AMOUNT

BANKSETA

Digital literacy

R1,500,000

ASEZCo

STEAM

Mini Habitable Planet Programme

AREA

NO. OF LEARNERS

START AND END DATE OF PROJECT

Cofimvaba SSS Eastern Cape

100

September to December 2023

R466,000

5 schools (Grade 8) in Atlantis

40

July 2023 to February 2024

STEM

R26,000

Manzomthombo Secondary School at Mfuleni (Grade 9)

30

October 2023

SAASTA

National Science Week

R96,000

Western Cape rural and farming areas

300

31 July to 5 August 2023

CPUT

2nd Chance Matric Re-Write

R250,000

Bellville Campus

250

April to November 2023

ETDPSETA*

CET Digital Transformation

R1,800,000

12 CET colleges

300 000

*This project started in 2022. The project is about improving the ICT systems of the colleges, which will benefit 300 000 college students. The project is implemented in phases based on the needs of the colleges and their progress towards having the same ICT system used by CPUT.

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Student Profiles

STUDENT ENROLMENT TRENDS 2021

2022

2023

Headcount

% of Total

Headcount

% of Total

Headcount

% of Total

Gender

32 429

100,00%

33 762

100,00%

35 452

100,00%

Female

18 466

56,94%

19 582

58,00%

20 833

58,76%

Male

13 963

43,06%

14 180

42,00%

14 611

41,21%

0

0,00%

0

0,00%

8

0,02%

Race

32 429

100,00%

33 762

100,00%

35 452

100,00%

African

23 429

72,25%

25 137

74,45%

27 542

77,69%

Coloured

7 159

22,08%

6 941

20,56%

6 401

18,06%

Indian

209

0,64%

201

0,60%

190

0,54%

No Information

31

0,10%

60

0,18%

82

0,23%

White

1 601

4,94%

1 423

4,21%

1 237

3,49%

Qualification Level

32 429

100,00%

33 762

100,00%

35 451

100,00%

Unknown

Occasional

97

0,30%

126

0,37%

123

0,35%

Postgraduate

1 904

5,87%

2 279

6,75%

2 625

7,40%

Undergraduate

30 428

93,83%

31 357

92,88%

32 703

92,25%

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GRADUATION TRENDS 2021

2022

2023

Graduates

% of Total

Graduates

% of Total

Graduates

% of Total

Gender

7 935

100,00%

7 646

100,00%

7 755

100,00%

Female

4 818

60,72%

4 733

61,90%

4 854

62,59%

Male

3 117

39,28%

2 913

38,10%

2 900

37,40%

0

0,00%

0

0,00%

1

0,01%

7 935

100,00%

7 646

100,00%

7 755

100,00%

Unknown Race African

5 461

68,82%

5 231

68,41%

5731

77,69%

Coloured

1 893

23,86%

1 892

24,74%

1 583

20,41%

66

0,83%

71

0,93%

46

0,59%

Indian

3

0,04%

3

0,04%

9

0,12%

White

512

6,45%

449

5,87%

386

4,98%

Qualification Level

7 935

100,00%

7 646

100,00%

7 754

99,99%

0

0,00%

0

0,00%

0

0,00%

No Information

Occasional Postgraduate

351

4,42%

543

7,10%

886

11,42%

Undergraduate

7 584

95,58%

7 103

92,90%

6 868

88,56%

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2023 FUNDING SUMMARY AMOUNT RAISED

R165 356 992.78 Donations-in-kind

R8 705 490.05

Cash donations

R156 651 502.73

SECTOR Government

Corporate

R130 697 869.45

R21 532 729.00

Foundation & Trust

International

R10 309 970.40

R1 701 716.14

NGO

Individual

R1 097 737.72

R16 970.07

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POST-COVID INCOME 2021

R124,579,556.22

2022

R138,752,642.37

2023

R165,356,992.78

PLEDGES AND COMMITMENTS We are thankful for the pledges and payments made by our donors.

TOP 10 DONORS NO

ORGANISATION

DONATION TOTAL

Total Committed

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Services SETA

R16,433,016.61

R224,912,968.59

2

BANKSETA

R13,275,728.46

3

Mining Qualification Authority

R10,492,052.30

4

Finance and Accounting Services SETA

R9,267,095.45

5

Safety and Security SETA

R9,008,905.00

6

Health and Welfare SETA

R8,735,766.50

7

Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services SETA

R8,186,750.00

8

Energy and Water SETA

R7,045,652.32

9

Food and Beverages Manufacturing Industry SETA

R6,167,032.23

Insurance SETA

R6,120,232.00

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Amount Paid R125,138,039.81 Outstanding R99,774,928.78

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IMPACT OF DONOR FUNDING Initiatives supported included bursaries, internships, learnerships, STEM and Digital Literacy, WIL and the Disability Unit.

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES

Female

Undergraduate

60%

3 754

89%

Postgraduate

Male

11%

40%

PROJECTS SUPPORTED BURSARIES

2 271 Recipients

WIL

INTERNSHIPS

Recipients

Recipients

763

30

NSFAS-FUNDED STUDENTS IN 2023 Students who received bursaries, other sources of funding or had no sponsor

14 765

STEM SUPPORT & DIGITAL LITERACY IN SCHOOLS

690 Recipients

17 483

Financial support through the Advancement Department

3 204

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT As the fundraising arm of the University, the Advancement Department creates and nurtures relationships with various stakeholders to realise the dreams of many students. Apart from raising funds to cover bursaries for deserving students, the Advancement Department also assists various projects across faculties and departments.

ADVANCEMENT INTERNAL FUNDING OFFERED NO

FUNDING

AMOUNT

1

Bursary funding offered (20 students)

R649,797.20

2

Green Campus Initiative and Fashion Show

R100,000.00

3

Vice-Chancellor’s Prestigious Award

R300,000.00

4

Mini Habitable Planet Programme – Manzomthombo Secondary School in Mfuleni

R26,000.00 R1,075,797.20

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DONOR LIST CORPORATE DONORS Adept African Applied Chemical (Pty) Ltd. Afrox Aid Renewables (Pty) Ltd. Aon Re Africa (Pty) Ltd. Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Barloworld Equipment Blend Cape Town Sailors Home Dive Action Econ-O-Loo Elcarbo Industrial Suppliers Essential Skills Development First National Bank Garden Cities Golden Arrow Bus Services (Pty) Ltd. Grobir Medical Supplies Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited Haw & Inglis Group Hortgro Intellimali Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers KSB Pumps and Valves (Pty) Ltd. Liquid Intelligent Technologies Logicalis Master Builders Association Melior Access Solutions Merieux NutriSciences

Mitchell Du Plessis Projects (Pty) Ltd. Modikwa Platinum Mine Mosebo Networks Mulilo Olive Rural Youth Skills Development Pernod Ricard South Africa Pienaar Brothers Planning Partners Pragmaworld Prima Toy & Leisure Group Red Bull SA Riebeek Valley Wine Co. RS Components SA Savannah SA Chemical Solutions Sea Harvest Corporation Pty Ltd. Siemens Healthcare (Pty) Ltd. Stabilid Cape Construction (Pty) Ltd. Statpro South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Sun International Ltd. Suzi Products (Pty) Ltd. Tabak The Foschini Group Totalgaz Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd. Transforming Minds & Futures (Pty) Ltd. Ukiyo Un-framed Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

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FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTS Abe Bailey Trust

Shaping Futures Foundation

Albert Wessels Trust

Sheila Brand Educational Trust

Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation

SIOC Community Development Trust

EJ Lombardi Trust

The Beets Foundation

Feenix Trust

The Mauerberger Foundation Fund

FEM Humphries Will Trust

The Nedbank Foundation

Jack & Ethel Goldin Foundation

The South African National Zakah Fund (SANZAF)

Lily Ashton Educational Trust

Tshikululu Group

Motsepe Foundation

Wingtrust

Old Mutual Education Trust

Woolworths (My School Card)

GOVERNMENT Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority

Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority

Banking Sector Education and Training Authority

Food and Beverages Manufacturing Industry Sector Education and Training Authority

Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Construction Education and Training Authority Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority Department of Science and Innovation Eastern Cape Department of Education Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority Fibre Processing & Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority

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Gauteng Department of Health Gauteng Department of Education Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority Iziko Museums of South Africa Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority Mangosuthu University of Technology Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority

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GOVERNMENT Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority Mining Qualification Authority North West Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

South African National Energy Development Institute State Information Agency SOC Ltd. Technology Innovation Agency The BEE Chamber

North West Department: Health

Transport Education and Training Authority

North West Office of the Premier

Vhembe District Municipality

Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority Services Sector Education and Training Authority

Water Research Commission

South African Medical Research Council

Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority

INTERNATIONAL

INDIVIDUALS

Botswana International University of Science and Technology

Cloete, Catherine (Ms)

French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development Cranfield University Planet Labs Inc.

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Cloete, Marilyn (Ms) Cronje, Johannes (Prof) Daniels, Shahied (Mr) Davids, Rushnah (Ms) Maseko, Calvin (Mr) Retief, Petrus (Mr)

Asset Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC Enactus South Africa

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WISH LIST

FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO STUDENTS Below are the average costs of supporting one student at the University for a full academic year: Tuition

R37,000 Residence

R48,000

Learning materials (books or laptop)

R5,460

SUPPORT ONE MATRIC LEARNER WITH ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE LESSONS INDICATIVE COST

R3,500 per annum

(excluding equipment)

Living allowance (food)

R15,750

PROVIDE ONE LEARNER’S TUITION IN PREPARATION FOR REWRITING THE NSC EXAMINATION INDICATIVE COST

R5,600 per annum for three subjects (including study materials)

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Transport allowance (from home to campus)

R7,875

Research support (for a master’s or doctoral student)

R25,000

SUPPORT ONE STUDENT WITH EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (SPORTS, ARTS, ETC.) INDICATIVE COST

R20,000

per annum (domestic travelling to competitions, accommodation and materials)

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PROVIDE DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING TO A MATRIC LEARNER INDICATIVE COST

R8,500 per annum (training includes Microsoft Office package, coding and career guidance) SUPPORT A STUDENT LIVING WITH DISABILITY INDICATIVE COST

R25,000 per annum (training includes Microsoft Office package, coding and career guidance)

PROVIDE SAP TRAINING TO ONE STUDENT INDICATIVE COST

R12,000 per annum

(course, materials, SAP system access and examination fees) SUPPORT A STUDENT PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO A COMMUNITY INDICATIVE COST

R3,600 for six

months’ community service (for basic equipment and uniform)

MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR ONE LEARNER DOING WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING IN INDUSTRY INDICATIVE COST

R3,500

per month (for transport and food)

SUPPORT ONE STUDENT TO OBTAIN A DRIVER’S LICENCE INDICATIVE COST

R3,700

from learner’s licence to driver’s licence

CONTACT US +27 21 460 3389 +27 86 778 0005 advancement@cput.ac.za

Room 5.1, Fifth Floor Administration Building Keizersgracht and Tennant Street Zonnebloem, Cape Town

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WAYS OF GIVING INDIVIDUALS MAY: make an online donation;

download and sign a pledge form;

join the My School Card campaign; or

make a bequest in their wills.

GOVERNMENTS, TRUSTS, FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATES MAY FUND: bursaries;

a community engagement programme;

research; or

an infrastructural project.

All donations to CPUT are tax-deductible.

You can claim Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment points for your donation, as well as request naming rights to funded projects.

ADVANCEMENT STAFF

CALVIN MASEKO Advancement Director t 021 460 3785 e masekoc@cput.ac.za

HELENA PIETERSEN Advancement Officer t 021 460 3389 e pietersenh@cput.ac.za

LYNN HENDRICKS Donor Researcher t 021 460 3828 e hendricksly@cput.ac.za

FRANCOIS JOOSTE Alumni Officer t 021 460 3829 e joostef@cput.ac.za

+27 (0)21 959 6767 info@cput.ac.za www.cput.ac.za @cput @wearecput www.facebook.com/cput.ac.za

KHUMO MAPHUMULO Advancement Officer t 021 460 3387 e sebolak@cput.ac.za