African Heroes Introduction

The African Heroes Trust

“Creating an African legacy through utilizing

African sporting and business heroes”

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change

the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Partners

The purpose of African Heroes Trust is human capital development.

Realizing and harnessing the human potential and possibilities in Africa

The African Heroes Trust (AHT) is a section 21 organisation which is created and operated by current/past sporting

professionals and influential business persons. South Africa is abundant with local heroes, we have many „role models‟ in

both business and sport. AHT wishes to create a platform for such „assets‟ to be recognised and to create the environments

for skills and knowledge transfer to the „up and coming‟ heroes.

AHT wishes to support the sporting heroes of „yesterday‟ through job creation, thereby supporting those who have entertained

us on the field . In conjunction AHT wishes to support, grow and nurture the potential future heroe‟s in the goal of creating

World Champions. Therefore the trust‟s core focuses are:

• Human capital development – Utilising the power of sport to positively influence social change & development

• To create World Champions – To cast a wider “catchment net” for talent identification and development

• To recognise/develop leadership and future leaders – AHT‟s view is Africa needs great leaders in all capacities

• Job creation and empowerment for past professionals

• Leveraging the popularity of the Sporting professionals to influence and support the green economy

AHT is taking a collective approach to creating powerful change by partnering with

strategic partners and combining the strengths to “plug the holes in the dam wall”.

African Heroes Trust – Innovative, Professional & with a Business approach

Vision

To be the foremost organization in innovation,

talent identification and individualized

development for African sport and leadership

Mission

African Heroes Trust will identify and develop

potential sporting champions and leaders of the

future through the transfer of past professionals‟

skills and knowledge. We adopt a professional

approach towards talent identification and

development, thereby creating opportunities for

all South Africans

African Heroes Trust Summary Purpose

Summary Mandate Description

Human capital development in SA sports

The purpose is driven on two levels: The identification and advanced

development of potential World Champions and Leaders; The empowerment

and up skilling of past professional sportspersons for commercial use

Job creation for past professionals

Some of the past professional sportspersons gave many years of their life in

service of a sport they loved and entertained thousands of persons. AHT is

about recognising them and providing them with job opportunties through

various avenues

Identification of potential world

champions and leadership

South Africa has a wealth of talent within its borders which often 'slips

through the cracks'. Included here are the many role models and unsung

heroes, AHT will create a platform for those persons to interact and impact the

youth of today in communities, schools, rural and urban

Individual athlete and leadership

advanced development

Creating opportunities for talent youths to be recognised and then to receive

the correct training for them to have the best chance of realising their

potential

African Heroes Trust Official and Support Partners

Official Partners

Support Partners

Operational Legal Advisors Auditors (PwC)

Makhaya Ntini (Founding Member)

Andre Arendse (Founding Member)

Hezekiel Sepeng (Founding Member)

Geraldine Pillay (Founding Member)

Sias Du Plessis

Linda Buthelezi Oscar Pistorius (Founding Member)

Current persons – South African Sporting Heroes

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Baby Jake Mtlala (Founding Member)

Desiree Ellis

African Heroes Chairman

The African Heroes Trust

Development Model

African Heroes

Trust

Creating the

opportunity for as

many people as

possible to

participate Leverage

Leaders

Measured

identification of

potential Leadership

Measured identification of

potential World

champions

Coaches Athletes Students Educators

Leverage

Champions

Talent development and

professional training in

preparation for higher

levels of competition

The African Heroes Trust believes Africa needs sporting champions and leadership

Leadership development

programs and individual

leadership advancement

Mass Clinics

Talent Identification

(benchmarks/measurement/reporting)

Advanced Development

Placement

NOTES

Smaller groups; High performance squads

Technical development & preparation for

higher or senior levels

Mass participation, programs developed by

Heroes (i.e. Makhaya Ntini)

Use current models/measurement tools to

identify talent

Mental, Physical and Skills abilities for

higher levels of competition

Educational institutes; Club level; Federations

AHT Handover AHT Handover

The identification, Nurturement and Preparation for the Higher Levels of Sport

Is a Key Focus For the African Heroes Trust

The African Heroes Trust

Projects and Campaign Examples

AHT partook in the Martina Navratilova Kilimanjaro Charity Climb in Dec 2010

AHT Talent identification example – Calvin Lee Maelangwie (Senior National High Jump Champion)

Calvin and Hezekiel Sepeng

Personal Details

• Calvin Lee Maelangwie

• Age 22

• Aspirations

• Compete for SA internationally

• Win a medal for SA at the olympics

• Basic requirements

• Accommodation

• Warm water

• Vitamins

• High jump shoes

• Career Record

• 2005

• USSASA (provincial colours) – 2.05m

•2010

• 1st Place Central Gauteng Championships – 2.11m

• 1st Place Tuks League meet – 2.20m (Personal Best)

• 1st Place Yellow pages meet – 2.15m

Background

Calvin‟s story is one of inspiration and a true indication of the importance of AHT. He is an example of the talent in SA that

needs to be identified and nurtured. He moved from the Northwest Province to Gauteng with R600 in his pocket and a bag

of clothes. To make ends meet he used to be a car guard. In this time he still became the SA National high jump champion.

AHT Assistance

• R5000 for competing and training kit (Sports Trust)

• Accommodation in Westdene (AHT)

• Career assistance and advisory (AHT)

• Personal expenses assistance – financial

Sports Trust and AHT Project – Installation of Sports Courts into selected areas

Sport Court is the world leader in outdoor playing surfaces. Our high-performance courts are

engineered to withstand the diverse African climates.

Sport Court has partnered with The Sports Trust in developing multi-purpose sport facilities

(futsal, netball, basketball, volleyball, tag rugby, wheel chair sport, etc) in the townships and

rural areas of Southern Africa, with sustainable support and services inclusion.

AHT Role and Responsibility:

• Human resource component to the Sports Courts

• Sourcing of local persons of the communities these courts are installed to

maintain and manager the courts.

• Training and development of the local youth. Persons selected will be a role

model figure who will attract the development of selected community youths.

Endorsed and Used by:

International

Representation

Installed on every continent

- USA and Canada

- Brazil, Uruguay, Chile

- Spain, UK, France, Portugal

- India, Thailand, China, Japan

Currently installed in:

Gauteng - Soweto

KwaZulu Natal - Inchanga

Eastern Cape - Okiep

• March 2011 - Limpopo

Support of the GREEN ECONOMY through leveraging the popularity of the African Heroes

AHT Supports the LET THE RIVER FLOW PROJECT

Outside the Free State towns of Frankfort and Fredefort, the Wilge River has become congested as a

result of a decade's worth of accumulated debris from vegetation along the banks of the river.The issue

is exacerbated by recent flooding of the river and the river's role in the flow of water from the Katse

Dam which is part of the Lesotho Highlands Water project.

The congestion of the river has already had an impact on local communities which rely on the river

water for survival. Water from the river is pumped into the Mafube municipal purification plant for

domestic distribution into the town of Fredefort and the surrounding townships

Plan of action

- Clean with mechanical and structural means all driftwood from the river including upstream.

- Transport all wood to central locations within the townships and make firewood available to the local

population for free.