Managing Director
Established in 2002, Thembalethu Development empowers Southern African communities through sustainable solutions. We collaborate with stakeholders to tackle multifaceted challenges in disadvantaged areas, focusing on agriculture, education, health, micro-enterprise development, water & sanitation, and responsible mining practices. Our interventions, from increasing agricultural productivity to building schools and clinics, create lasting change, fostering food security, economic opportunity, improved health, and community ownership for a brighter future.
Mission, Vision, Purpose, and Values that drive our initiatives.
Initiate and implement development programs to uplift communities.
Be a value-driven partner for impactful community upliftment.
Provide development solutions for sustainable communities.
Thembalethu Development has spent 23 years collaboratively addressing multifaceted challenges. From bolstering agriculture to advancing education, health, micro-enterprise, water & sanitation, and responsible mining practices, our sustainable interventions have fostered lasting change. Together with stakeholders, we've built schools, clinics, and increased agricultural productivity, fostering food security, economic opportunity, improved health, and community ownership for a brighter tomorrow.
Employing 3,000+ people across different areas of Western Cape and Gauteng in collaboration with the Social Employment Fund (SEF).
Dedicated staff and board members visiting sites to witness first-hand community transformation.
Celebrating the various cultures that we have in the office and their unique traditions.
Thembalethu Development celebrated over two decades of service with a commemorative event, expressing gratitude to past contributors and looking forward to future partnerships.
Thembalethu Development had the opportunity to visit sites around Paarl, including Simondium primary school, where they met teaching assistants and explored the school's garden.
Participants in this MQA waste management project gained practical experience. The participants had a fantastic time.
In the year 2020, Thembalethu and Africa Bank collaborated to send food parcels to the community at a difficult time. This was a fantastic collaboration to aid those in need.
This was a goat farming project by Thembalethu, funded by Zenzele Itrereleng, located in the Greater Taung area.
This initiative involved raising chickens and was centered in Mozambique.
Participants presenting the produce they have grown in the Lesedi community garden, which provides veggies for two meals for kids, as well as something they can take home for their families.
Garden project in Northern Cape.
Testing and installing a borehole to help the community.
Participants showcasing the gardens.
This was a site visit to one of the homes of a participant to see how their garden had grown. This community-based initiative allows participants to learn how to cultivate and produce their own veggies.
This is the Lusikisiki Nursery.
Early plans for the Transkei Project to help with a range of small businesses.
Helping with garden development in and around the Eastern Cape.
Thembalethu visits one of their successful micro-enterprise projects in the Eastern Cape, celebrating the business's growth.
Meet a team that makes all of this possible
Managing Director
Programmes Manager
Financial Manager
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