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4. Strategic Resource Mobilisation and Leadership and Governance and the ETP. In addition,
Advancement the Leadership Academy in the Business School is
implementing a programme to support the capacitation
of the Local Economic Development officials in Eastern
The Strategic Resource Mobilisation and Advancement Cape municipalities, as well as a New Venture Creation
office continues to provide operational and strategic programme to train 1 000 unemployed learners through
support to the Nelson Mandela University Trust. In the RAP/MerSETA Programme.
November 2020, the Trust adopted several interventions
aimed at mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The SRMA and Nelson Mandela University Trust have
and related economic downturn on resource mobilisation. focused on mobilising funding for bursaries, scholarships
These were steadily implemented in 2021. From January and engagement projects. As of the end of October,
to mid-May 2021, donations amounting to more than just over R80-million had been mobilised (see Figure 4
R20-million have been paid for bursaries and scholarships. below). Trust income from investments amounting to
Donations to the amount of R63.6-million are still to be R6.5 million. The SRMA has also coordinated a number
paid by SETAs, government departments, trusts and of strategic partnerships in support of our apex priorities.
private donors. Among these, the University has entered into a five-year
partnership with the National School of Government,
In May, the SRMA office successfully bid for a five-year centred on the revitalised Raymond Mhlaba Centre in the
partnership with the National School of Government Faculty of Humanities.
to be anchored in the Raymond Mhlaba Centre for

FIGURE 4:
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT STEAMS OF RESOURCES MOBILIZED BY SRMA IN 2020 AND
2021

5. BBBEE Initiatives and Activities 6. Sustainability and Resource
Stewardship Culture and Practices
BBBEE remains high on the MANCO and Council agenda. Within the Institution
To ensure that the University system responds appropriately
to the spirit and intent of the BBBEE legislation, various Mandela University Press has been ratified by MANCO
workshops were conducted, starting with EMANCO. The and is being established with support from African Sun
University’s verification process was completed resulting in Media. The University has developed a sustainability
a recognition level of 8. website (https://sustainability.mandela.ac.za/) which
enables employees and students to track the institutional
performance as it relates to specific indicators. 5.1.

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