About Us
About Thobong
Thobong Foundation (TF) is a non-profit company founded by the three senior female members of the Neo Mathabe family.
The Foundation’s purpose is it’s active contribution to the development efforts of rural and underprivileged communities.
The paucity of growth opportunities in these communities generally deprives community members of the chance to express their aptitude. Their capacity is rendered dormant.
Thobong’s decision to be involves in the efforts of the communities to develop their economy is premised on the primary objective of enabling the communities to realise their potential and be self-reliant in building a sustainable economic growth for themselves and generations to come.
To utilize its resources, human and material, to unlock local potential and instil self-reliance through innovative programmes.
Thobong Foundation has as its vision ‘the actualization of potential and latent excellence in African communities’.
Structure
Governance
Patron
Board of Directors
Management
Chief Managing Officer
Operations Manager
Intervention
Our Focus
TF will work with a network of qualified local expertise to empower mature and nuture young African talent.
The development programme consist of the following broad fields of knowledge:
Operational Philosophy
The development management strategy employed by Thobong Foundation emphasises and encourages self-reliance which is supported by relevant educational up-skilling.
The recognition of the necessity of interdependence and being united behind a common goal is instilled in project participants.
TF’s operational strategy promotes the understanding that progress depends on ethical work processes and relationships.