Partners

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Go for Gold collaborates with industry leaders who are committed to promoting transformation in South Africa, seeking talented human capital for their businesses, and inspiring youth to become future leaders in their industry. Go for Gold partnerships are mutually beneficial as the programme helps our partners maintain and/or build their BBBEE scorecards for skills development and socio-economic investment, while also generating tangible social impact. In turn, Go for Gold beneficiaries receive academic, emotional, and financial support from Go for Gold, enabling them to become employable and successful individuals.
Go for Gold is eager to catalyse the collaboration between youth and technical industries because it is essential to address South Africa’s development challenges and future ethical leadership. Go for Gold aims to bring talented black technical graduates to various technical industries in South Africa.

Below please find the three ways your company to partner with Go for Gold:

Partnership Type	Participation Level	Cost	Benefit
1. PARTICIPATING PARTNER	Partake in: Sponsoring school-going students in Phase 1 (scholarships). Partake in Phase 1 activities such as the career jamboree to market your company to students and interview Grade 12s for Phase 2 placement at our Ukhetho. Host Phase 2 students at your company. Have your HR Manager attend quarterly HR Forum meetings. Provide bursaries for Phase 3 (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th year tuition, books, accommodation and/or stipends) Employ students your company sponsored or bursared in Phase 4.	Per Annum: 162 Phase 1 students: R25 000 per student for Grade 10, 11 or Grade 12 students; Phase 2: provide a monthly stipend Phase 3: bursary support as determined by your company.	Request BBBEE Alignment document from karen@goforgold.org.za Start your pipeline of talented students interested in vocations within your company. Place Go for Gold Phase 2 students on Learnerships while at your company.
2. GO FOR GOLD SUPPORTER	Partake in: Sponsoring school-going students in Phase 1 (scholarships). Provide bursaries for Phase 3 (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th year tuition, books, accommodation and/or stipends).	Per Annum: R25 000 for Phase 1 Bursary as determined by your company	Request BBBEE Alignment document from karen@goforgold.org.za
3. SED STRUCTURED PROGRAMME SUPPORTER	Funding by means of a Grant or Donation to Go for Gold to deliver Maths and Science tuition and Leadership Development/Life Skills training in Phases 1 and 2 to deserving youth in the Western Cape and Gauteng regions.	As determined by your company	Request BBBEE Alignment document from karen@goforgold.org.za

Go for Gold Construction Industry Partners:

Go for Gold Manufacturing Industry Partners:

BBBEE and Tax Benefits:

Each phase of our four-phased programme is recognized under a company’s contribution toward BBBEE. Companies may elect which area of their scorecard they require recognition to build or maintain their scorecard, while securing their future human capital on our programme.

Go for Gold is a registered non-profit organization (035-611-NPO) and Public Benefit Organisation that will provide tax receipts for all financial donations received.

Supplier Development: Ukhetha Investments

Ukhetha Investments (Pty) Ltd is a 100% black-owned company that supports the work of Go for Gold (RF) NPC, offering Supplier Development support aligned with South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policy. Through their partnership, Ukhetha provides Leadership Development, Work Readiness, and Life Skills training to new young employees and offers recruitment services for work or scholarship/bursary support programmes. Ukhetha helps sustain and transform a company’s supply chain while reflecting the community’s demographics.

For more information view the Ukhetha Brochure below…

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