Resourcing for success
Resourcing for success means finding the best people, with the skills and capabilities needed to manage and advise our clients on social investment. It means people who are skilled, ethical, and open to continuous learning, and a team that is agile, client-centric, and collaborative, so we can harness the diverse yet complementary experience that managing corporate social investment requires.
Our staff complement
Total staff complement as at December 2024:
| Race | Total | Percentage of staff |
|---|---|---|
| African | 41 | 70.7% |
| Coloured | 4 | 6.9% |
| Indian | 3 | 5.2% |
| White | 6 | 10.3% |
| Foreign national | 4 | 6.9% |
| Gender | Total | Percentage of staff |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 41 | 70.7% |
| Male | 17 | 29.3% |
Talent management as a strategic priority
In 2024, we prioritised talent management, learning, and development as part of our strategic objectives, building the skills the organisation needs going forward. Tshikululu continues to partner with a range of programmes and organisations to make a direct difference to segments of society.
The YES Programme, on behalf of government. The YES programme is the highest-impact private sector youth employment programme in South Africa. As a private sector led initiative, it aims to address the country’s youth unemployment crisis by empowering businesses to create jobs for unemployed young people. It provides a 12-month quality work environment for unemployed youth to become future skilled professionals and entrepreneurs. Tshikululu currently hosts three youth programme recipients across social impact investment, monitoring and evaluation, human capital management, business development, and social impact administration. The current cohort has enrolled in a learnership programme, completed in 2025, after which members may move into feeder roles across the organisation.
Partnership with Sparrow. As a socially responsible organisation, Tshikululu invests in the communities where we do business and supports programmes that meet the needs of people living with disability. Tshikululu has partnered with Sparrow College since 2016 to sponsor unemployed learners living with disability each year. Sparrow FET College is an award-winning skills development training partner, specialising in artisan skills and disability solutions. In 2024, Tshikululu sponsored three unemployed learners with disabilities to complete a National Certificate in Information Technology: Technical Support (NQF 4), which they are in the process of completing.
Independent consultants. In 2024 we strengthened our panel of independent consultants across social impact investments, monitoring and evaluation, business development, and special projects. Independent consultants are a strategic lever for closing gaps in our capacity, and we engage them based on need and available budget to support our projects and respond to client needs. We currently work with 10 consultants across these areas.
Internal career pathways. In 2024, Social Impact Investments and Fund Management introduced three career development pathways to strengthen our employees’ career mobility. The organisation identified the need to upskill within the Social Investment department and to retain those skills internally for succession planning and stability. Four social impact analysts and one monitoring and evaluation officer enrolled in the 2024 programme, with final assessments completed in June 2025.