Unlocking the township economy
A country that is safe for investment, for women, for children, for everyone.
Kululeko NPC is a non-profit company working to reduce inequality in South Africa by helping to unlock the township economy. We start by finding out, on the ground, what is holding township economies back. Then we build practical projects that respond to it, together with the people who live there.
What guides our work
Simplicity
Less complexity means fewer misunderstandings and less bureaucracy.
Evidence
We start with what is actually holding communities back, not high-minded theory.
Practical
Ideas that can be implemented in the real world.
Growth & welfare
Grow the pie, so everyone gets a fair slice.
How we work
Every project starts in the community
Our community engagement arm, Sakhisizwe, carries each Kululeko project into the communities it serves. The approach is the same wherever we go.
01
Go to people
Door to door, and in the places people already gather. We do not wait to be found.
02
Listen and gather evidence
Surveys and dialogue circles that show what a community needs and what residents believe would work.
03
Build solutions together
What the community identifies shapes what gets built, with people rather than around them.
04
Stay and follow through
We come back, report back on what came of what people told us, and see the work through.
Our work
Our projects
- 01Community safety
TAPP
Community safety programme
Our community safety programme
- 02Enterprise
BEE3
The Transformation Fund
A simpler route to transformation, and a fund for township entrepreneurs
- 03Jobs
KasiWorks
Local people, ready to work
Connecting township job seekers with work
- Community engagement
Sakhisizwe
How every project reaches the community
Our community engagement arm, at sakhisizwe.org
Sakhisizwe works in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch and Alexandra, Johannesburg. See the communities and the projects in each at sakhisizwe.org (opens in a new tab).