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Year in Review: South Africa
Our interventions are implemented through partnerships to enhance knowledge,
drive collaboration and resource optimisation.
Mobile Science Labs
We consider mobile laboratories as a cost-effective solution to a lack of science lab facilities in schools. We have
donated 19 mobile science labs to different organisations, including universities, science Centres and the education
districts, to service rural schools in since 2014. During the last financial year, three of these were donated to the
Umkhanyakude District in KwaZulu-Natal, the University of Mpumalanga and the Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Science Centre in Cofimvaba. Additionally, our partners Osizweni and BRC, support 33 schools in Mpumalanga, 10
schools in Gauteng North and 19 schools in Fezile Dabi district in the Free State, reaching over 2 500 learners in
our fenceline schools and promoting education in career exhibitions organised by government agencies in areas
around our operations.
Online Learning and Learner Support
▪ The Sasol Foundation funds the delivery of online lessons in 15 schools in Mpumalanga to expose learners
to high-quality learning and enhance teacher skills through peer learning that is facilitated by technology.
▪ We have provided infrastructure for online learning in 10 schools in Fezile Dabi (Free State) and the Gauteng
North districts.
▪ This infrastructure was used to conduct online matric revision for the 2022 Grade 12 exams and extra lessons
for Grade 11 in Mathematics and science in four of the Fezile Dabi schools. The Gauteng North online connection
will be finalised before the end of 2023.
▪ The Sasol Foundation further supported extra lessons on Saturdays and during school holidays where 218
learners attended the Gauteng North district’s High-Flier programme. This programme was launched in an
effort to increase the number of learners that obtain Bachelor passes, enabling them to access STEM fields
at universities. Since it’s launch, the High-Flier programme has significantly improved the performance of the
district. In fact, during the 2022 matric exam, the Gauteng North district was the fifth top-performing district
out of 81 districts in the country.
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