KiBWE KiDS was the outcome of a group of concerned business leaders that got together in 2006 and focused their considerable business acumen on the AIDS pandemic, specifically the manner in which it was breaking down the family unit and placing children at risk. Many of these children, already being labelled “the fatherless generation” by economists and poets, were facing complete abandonment, rejection and possibly sickness leading to death. The predicted situation from a socio-economic perspective was detrimental to the future of the SA business sector.

 

On identifying the magnitude of this phenomenon KiBWE KiDS has developed a method and a model that could bring relief to hundreds of thousands of these orphans through the provision of well managed, suitably located and uniquely structured facilities.

 

Due to the significance of curbing the effect of this pandemic it is believed that KiBWE KiDS will secure both ongoing national and international support to assist in the maintenance and expansion of the model. This support is being sought from individuals, private sector institutions and governments. In this regard franchises and affiliations will also be considered.

 

 

CARE

Pursuing a heartfelt cause

 

COMPETENCE

Engaging professional skills

 

CONTROL

Managing resources rigorously

 

CREDiBiLiTY

Operating with integrity and trustworthiness

 

CONSTANCY

Maintaining a solid framework that ensures organizational stability

 

ACCOUNTABiLiTY

 

 

 

DAWiE BOTHA

NON-EXECUTIVE CHAiRMAN

Dawie Botha obtained a B.Econ. at Stellenbosch University, and a B.Comm (Hons.) and MBL at UNISA. In his career he held various senior management positions and executive directorships at Santambank, Bankorp and Saambou Holdings as well as management positions and directorships at life assurance, short term insurance, unit trust management and insurance broking companies. He also held management positions at industrial companies such as Wesglas, Pilkingtons and Ford Motor Company of SA. He is currently a business man and banker, shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of Bondpro Financial Services (Pty) Ltd. This company is engaged in finance facilitation as well as in the extension of residential mortgage loans. He also serves on the boards of Kennersley Castle Investments (Pty) Ltd and Noordbou Belegging (Pty) Ltd.

 

MARTiN VENTER

STRATEGY AND MARKETiNG

Martin obtained the law degrees BLC and LLB at the University of Pretoria and business degrees Hons and MBA at Stellenbosch University. He is an attorney of the High Court and the Managing Director of Gatekeeper, responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company. Martin has extensive experience in the fields of property development, investment, management and finance, the latter extending to numerous prestigious commercial and retail developments.

 

MORNÉ BOSCH

FiNANCES AND ADMiNiSTRATiON

Morné obtained the degrees B Comm at the University of Stellenbosch in 1997, B Compt (Hons) at UNISA in 2000 and qualified as a C.A in 2004. He completed his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Entrepreneurial Advisory Services Division. He joined Commodity Trading House and was responsible for the development of the grain finance desk and also served as the SAFEX compliance officer. He is currently COO at Shofar Christian Church head office, responsible for the full Financial, Administrative and Human Resource functions for the group of 12 churches. In his career Morné gained valuable experience in development, implementation and evaluation of operational business processes.

WYNAND LOUW

LEGAL AND FACiLiTiES MANAGEMENT

Wynand completed the degrees B Comm Actuarial Science and B Rek at the University of Stellenbosch in 1994 and B Compt (Hons) at Unisa in 1995 and qualified as a C.A while completing his articles at Ernst & Young. He qualified as Chartered Financial Analyst in 2001 by completing the international Level 3 exam of the CFA Institute. He worked at Sanlam on its Demutualisation project and then moved across to the investment banking and asset management businesses of the group, Gensec and Sanlam Investment Management, where he worked for almost seven years in the fixed interest and debt investment team first as analyst and then as manager of debt investments. Currently Wynand runs a business Collins Institutional Products specialising in structured product solutions for corporates.