Community Philanthropy

This Award recognises an individual who has worked tirelessly to create a more positive and healthy environment in a particular community, giving of their personal money, their energy and their creativity to build initiatives and to encourage others to give.
Bridgette Mamugubudi

Bridgette Mamugubudi

  • Quitting her job and cashing in her pension fund to set up the Litshani Vhana Vhade Foundation for disadvantaged children in rural Limpopo has earned Bridgette Mamugubudi a 2011 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy.

    • Dr Gcwalisile Kabanyane

    Dr Gcwalisile Kabanyane

  • Royal Zulu princess and founder of the charitable Qolothani Makhosiazi Social and Cultural Services, Dr Gcwalisile Kabanyane has been awarded the 2011 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy.  

    • Jonathan Schrire

    Jonathan Schrire

  • “If you educate a person they can get a job, they get a salary. With a salary they can buy or rent housing and put food on the table. That’s our aim and that’s our dream.” 2010 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy.

    • Mark Solms and Richard Astor

    Mark Solms and Richard Astor

  • “The most valuable thing, the most fulfilling thing you can do is to try and make a positive difference to other people.” 2010 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy.

    • Volla and Linda du Plessis

    Volla and Linda du Plessis

  • Volla and Linda du Plessis of Bultfontein, founded a community festival,The Boertjiekontreifees, which generates much needed income for  the Bultfontein and the surrounding area. They received the 2009 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy.

    • Grace Mohapi

    Grace Mohapi

  • Because of the growing number of people affected and infected by HIV/Aids, and the evident impact this was having on children orphaned through the disease, Mrs Grace Mohapi founded the Usizo Thuso Community Centre with her husband in 1999.  2008 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy

    • Anthony and Hillary Hamburger

    Anthony and Hillary Hamburger

  • "We run what we call the Ububele Persona Doll Training.  We use the dolls to encourage children to develop emotional literacy, to help the children recognize and talk about what they feel, what they need, what they think."  Anthony and Hillary Hamburger received the 2007 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy.

    • Mu fumbe Mateso

    Mu fumbe Mateso

  •  “The message I do have for all South Africans and non-South Africans living in this country, and around the world, is to dedicate themselves to philanthropy, to share what they do have – wealth, happiness – with other people who need it ... who are in need of our love, who are in need of our support.” 2007 Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy 

    • Grace Masuku

    Grace Masuku

  • Traditionalist, environmentalist and community worker Grace Masuku received the 2012 Inyathelo Award for Lifetime Community Philanthropy.