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Beneficiary Selection
The IEDT targets those learners who are:
- academically brilliant; and/or
- exhibit exceptional leadership qualities; and/or
- exhibit exceptional artistic and technical qualities regardless of conventional definitions of academic brilliance; and who merit
- financial assistance.
The IEDT identifies potential beneficiaries through extensive interview processes held in conjunction with the Host/Partner Schools into which the learners may be placed once selected. All of these schools are considered to be “top” South African Schools and include:
| SCHOOL |
MATRIC PASS (2008) |
MATRIC EXEMPTION (2008) |
| Hilton College |
100% |
96.6% |
| Crawford College |
100% |
98% |
| St Johns |
100% |
94% |
| King Edward School (KES) |
99% |
76% |
| Bishops |
100% |
100% |
| Herschel |
99% |
95.1% |
| St Joseph’s Marist; |
97% |
70% |
| Rodean |
100% |
99% |
| Parktown Girls School |
100% |
99% |
The IEDT targets and chooses its beneficiaries from 2 levels of education (secondary and tertiary) but with a specific focus on the ‘sweet spot’ in the secondary school level especially Grades 10 to 12.
In addition to providing academic fees for its beneficiaries, the IEDT also insists on providing mentorship through annual camps and frequent informal interactions between mentors and the learners. Through such interactions the learners are, inter alia, taught lessons to help them improve their leadership and life skills, and introduced to the “world of work”.
It is the IEDT’s desire that our learners, having gone through the system and benefited from the generosity of others, would themselves strongly consider contributing finances and time as trustees or mentors once they are in a position to do so in future.
Meet Our Beneficiaries
The IEDT has provided scholarships to 21 learners to date.
Gauteng Based Beneficiaries
Florence Mukwevho
Parktown Girls High,
Johannesburg |
Zandelee Dumagude
Crawford College,
Lonehill |
Refiloe Mphirime
KES, Johannesburg |
Lerato Teffo
Crawford College, Sandton |
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North West Beneficiaries
Rorisang Mosweu
Lebone II College,
Rustenburg |
Orateng Motsoe
Lebone II College,
Rustenburg |
Phemelo Segoe
Lebone II College,
Rustenburg |
Lesego Letshwiti
Lebone II College,
Rustenburg |
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Kwa-Zulu Natal Beneficiaries
Thabang Ndawonde
Hilton College
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
Sthelesihle Khuluse.
Crawford, North Coast |
Sabelo Xulu
Hilton College
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
Cape Beneficiaries
Raisa Salie
Herschel Girls School,
Cape Town |
Sibusisiwe Maseko
Herschel Girls School,
Cape Town |
Jean-Pierre Fortuin,
St Joseph Marists, Cape Town |
University Students and Graduates
Siyabulela Xuza,
Gauteng
St John's College
Johannesburg
Harvard, Boston, USA |
Grace Malavi
Crawford, Kwazulu Natal
Wits - LLB
Articles Edward Nathan Sonnenburgs |
Patrick Mokhando,
King Edward School, Gauteng
University of Joburg |
Adelaide Motata, Crawford, Lonehill
Monash College |
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Thabisile Ncgobo,
Crawford, KwaZulu Natal
Wits |
Maki Gubanxa
Bishops College, Cape Town,
UCT |
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Xhanti Mahonga
Bishops College, Cape Town,
UCT |
Nsika Ngobo
Hilton College,
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
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Lethiwe Nkosi
Rodean Girls School,
Gauteng |
Testimonies
Jean-Pierre Fortuin, Grade 12 St Josephs Marist Brothers
Learner Achievements:
Currently 9 of the learners have finished Matric and obtained their Matric Exemption and are studying or have studied at Tertiary Institutions in South African or overseas. These institutions include Harvard University in the USA, the University of Cape Town, Wits and UJ. The IEDT also provides funding for Tertiary Education for its top performing learners.
The IEDT has to date produced 5 Head Prefects out of 21 learners.
Siyabulela Xuza
Siyabulela Xuza, who matriculated from St Johns College in 2007 competed in the 58th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in New Mexico, where he came 1st in the World in the Energy and Transportation Category.
Siyabulela Xuza obtained 6 distinctions in his final matric exams and was awarded the Anglo Gold Scholarship to study Chemical Engineering at Wits. He has also been accepted by Harvard and continued his studies in Engineering abroad at Harvard in August 2008.
He recently had an article published on the American Government Website about his Journey to Harvard.
Clem Sunter also had the following to say about Siya:
Siyaxuza: how a young South African had a planet named after him. |
I was Chairperson of the Anglo American Open Scholarship Panel for many years. Because we offered not only basic university fees but also a generous living allowance plus an overseas trip, it was like auditioning for Idols.
We got an unbelievable response every year which involved some of the most intelligent matric students in South Africa.
Last year in January, we interviewed the brightest of them all - a young man called Siyabulela Xuza. He hails from Umtata in the Eastern Cape and was awarded an Academic Scholarship to St John's College - a top private school in Johannesburg - from Grade 8.
The first question we put to him, as we did to all other candidates, was: "What degree have you chosen and why?"
His response was as follows: "I've chosen Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. The reason is that I developed a fascination for chemicals when I was 12 years old. I mixed them in my mother's kitchen and caused minor explosions to her utter dismay.
"Then I decided to concentrate on a particular project. It was to create an energy-intensive fuel which was safer and more effective than the stuff Nasa uses to propel its rockets into outer space.
"I managed to build a rocket which broke the South African Amateur Altitude Record. I then entered the Eskom National Science Expo and won gold, as well as the Dr Derek Gray Memorial Award for the most prestigious project in South Africa. The best prize, however, was to be invited to the International Youth Science Fair in Sweden, where I met the King and Queen of Sweden as well as attending the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.
"The consequence of that was to be entered into the world's biggest student science event at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US. I won two top awards but what really made my day was that the Nasa-affiliated Lincoln Laboratory was so impressed by my achievement that they named a minor planet after me!"
So, naturally, we gave him the scholarship.
Three months later, he came running up to me at ORT International Airport.
"Hey, Mr Sunter, do you remember me?"
"Siya," I replied, "I'm never going to forget you. How's the University of Cape Town?"
"You haven't heard?" he said, with a questioning smile. "I've been awarded another scholarship to go to Harvard University so I'm off there in the fall."
He even had the American lingo.
So there you have it folks, he is studying at the university that is ranked No 1 in the world.
If you have a powerful-enough telescope, you will find his planet, now known as "Siyaxuza", near Jupiter in the night sky.
My question to you as readers of this column is simple: How many of you know that this guy exists?
Our media is very bad at celebrating excellence, even when we have a rocket-scientist in our midst!
By Clem Sunter
Clem Sunter is a world-renowned scenario planner, speaker and author of many books including "The High Road: Where we are now", "AIDS: The Challenge for South Africa ", "Pretoria Will Provide and other myths". |
Mentorship
Mentorship, or the process of mentorship,
is really a growing strengthening bond
that forms between a mentor, who is more experienced, not
necessarily older, but certainly wiser;
and his or her protégé or mentee who is less experienced and less wise and therefore needs to be guided.
A Mentorship Relationship is a strong relationship grown over time through purposeful and directed meetings between Mentor and Mentee.
In the IEDT a Mentor is a Christian Businessman or woman or professional who has a heart for South African youth, a passion to see our future leaders develop their skills and a willingness to be part of that process.
Sustainability of the Trust through Graduated Beneficiaries:
It is also the IEDT’s vision that our Learners, having gone through the system and benefited from the generosity of others, would themselves become mentors or donors in the IEDT and contribute of their time and finances to support future Learners.
The IEDT holds to the belief that should the current Learners become future Trustees of the IEDT they will be best positioned to ensure that the IEDT serves its future beneficiaries to the fullest degree possible as they have been through the IEDT themselves as beneficiaries.
As a result, the IEDT encourages the learners to join the IEDT Alumni Club upon completion of their schooling so as to remain under the umbrella of the IEDT.
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