MISSIONThe mission of the NUDF is to secure investment in the

advancement of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It achieves

this by procuring bequests, endowments, grants and gifts

that contribute to advancing the goals and aspirations of the

University and satisfying the objectives of its investors and

benefactors. The NUDF prioritises investment in institutional

development projects that are responsive to societal, eco-

nomic and technological needs and problems, aim to advance

human, environmental and global well-being, and are of

immediate relevance or benefit to the local, national and

regional communities which the University exists to serve.

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Goals of the NUDF 2

Message from the Interim Vice-Chancellor and

Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal 3

Message from the

Chair of the NUDF Board of Trustees 4

Introduction by the NUDF Executive Director:

Retrospect and Prospect 5

Institutional BackgroundA truly African University 6

Overview of the NUDF

Terms of reference 8

Status 8

Governance 8

Members of the Board of Governors 8

Senior management 8

Financial records and reporting 8

Members of the Board of Trustees 9

Major Projects of the Past Five Years

African Centre for Crop Improvement 11

Amarula Elephant Research Programme 12

Archbishop Denis E. Hurley

Educational Fund 13

Centre for Civil Society 14

Centre for Entrepreneurship 15

Centre for HIV/Aids Networking 16

Doris Duke Medical Research Institute 17

Equity Acceleration Programme 18

Fiftieth Anniversary Endowment Fund 18

Centre for African Literary Studies 19

Opera School and Choral Academy 20

Unilever Ethics Centre 21

CONTENTS

Five-Year Income Summary

Income Summary 1998 to 2002 22

Income Growth 1998 to 2002 22

Income by National and

International Sources:1998 to 2002 22

Income by Source: 1998 to 2002 22

List of Donors:

January 1998 to September 2003

Individuals 23

Organisations, foundations and trusts 26

Future Outlook

The Attention to Fundamentals Programme 29

The Integrated Development and Fundraising

Programme 29

The Philanthropic Network Programme 29

Fundraising target: 2003 to 2007 29

Information for Donors and Partners

The right to choose 30

Modes of giving 30

Naming rights and acknowledgement 30

Tax benefits 30

Staff of the NUDF 31

Contact Details 33

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of the NUDFGOALS

The NUDF’s core purpose is to support

the University in its efforts to meet its

vision, mission and strategic goals. It

does this by building beneficial partnerships

between its internal clients – mainly research

and development projects or centres within

the University – and external clients within the

donor and investor communities.

The NUDF goes about this by encouraging

donors, investors and other partners to dedi-

cate funds to the institutional development

of the University, as well as to other socially

relevant higher education projects within

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and the sub-con-

tinent. It also strives to stimulate multi-site

and multi-partner collaboration to extend the

benefit of its partnerships to other higher

education institutions in South Africa, Africa

and abroad.

By maintaining an intimate knowledge of

trends and innovations within the national

and international higher education land-

scape, the NUDF is able to provide its clients

within the University with professional servic-

es such as proposal formulation and writing,

and identification of funding partners for

worthwhile projects. External clients are sup-

ported with professional services that include

properly researched and well-informed

approaches for funds, ongoing and effective

client liaison and follow-up, and the efficient

provision of feedback and progress reports.

In all of its activities the NUDF strives to

represent accurately to its external clients the

identity and image of the University, its insti-

tutional culture, its strategic goals, its

achievements and its potential.

• building beneficial partnerships

between research and

development projects within

the University and donor and

investor communities

• stimulating multi-site and

multi-partner collaboration

with higher education

institutions in South Africa,

Africa and abroad

• maintaining an intimate

knowledge of trends and

innovations within the national

and international higher

education landscape

MESSAGE

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On behalf of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, I amextremely pleased to present this five-year retro-spective on the activities and achievements of the

NUDF. Our successful merger of the Universities ofNatal and Durban-Westville has resulted in the creationof South Africa’s first true post-apartheid university.The new institution was inaugurated in January 2004and is, by some margin, the largest residential universi-ty in South Africa, and in fact in the entire SouthernAfrican Development Community.

Our new institution is poised to lead the waynationally in what is probably the most significantmoment in the history of South Africa’s higher educa-tion system. The task before us is clear - to harness therich and diverse intellectual, creative and otherresources of the two universities that are now merged,forging and re-shaping them to meet the social, eco-nomic and cultural realities of our time and our context.

In so doing, our new University has the opportuni-ty – indeed, I would suggest, the responsibility – to leadour nation and even our continent in the process ofcrafting a globally respected yet uniquely African sys-tem of higher learning. Given the complementarystrengths now encompassed by our merged institution,I am convinced that we have the wherewithal to buildthis model African university: a university with a social-ly responsive identity, culture and form, a universitythat is academically excellent, critically engaged anddemographically representative, a university that istruly of South Africa and the African continent.

At this time, it is fitting that the NUDF should takestock of the part it has played in advancing the inter-ests of the former University of Natal and begin to lookahead towards its role in promoting the development ofthe new University. Even a cursory glance through thisreport leaves little doubt as to the enormous impact ofits work to date.

On the basis of its principle of facilitating genuinepartnerships with donors and investors – partnershipsthat are underpinned by a desire to ensure mutual ben-efits for all concerned – the NUDF has been instrumen-tal in establishing an admirable number of ground-breaking teaching and research endeavours in recentyears. The Unilever Ethics Centre, the Centre for CivilSociety, the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, theCentre for African Literary Studies, the Centre forHIV/Aids Networking (Hivan), and the Opera School

and Choral Academy – all of which are unique withinSouth African higher education – are just a few of these.

The NUDF has also garnered support for key trans-formational devices such as the Equity AccelerationProgramme, which is widely acknowledged to be amodel for advancing equity within South African acade-mia; the Archbishop Denis E. Hurley Educational Fund,a scheme which supports indigent students; and a vari-ety of outreach programmes that link the University withlocal communities. The list of successful projects contin-ues and is impressively long. I can only commend theNUDF for its dedication to our institution.

I must also of course pay tribute to and thank thedonors and partners who have supported the efforts ofthe NUDF by investing in the University. It goes with-out saying that one of our fundamental ideals must beto make a positive difference – a difference toKwaZulu-Natal and South Africa, a difference to theAfrican continent of which we are part, and ultimatelya difference to the world that all of our children, andtheir children too, will inhabit. When all is said anddone, it is surely the desire of all of us to leave such alegacy. No matter how large or small, the supportreceived from the donors, investors and partners whoare honoured in this report has already begun to makethis difference.

PROFESSOR M. W. MAKGOBAInterim Vice-Chancellor and PrincipalUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal

from the Interim Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal

A model African University

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As an alumnus, I am honoured to be associatedwith an institution that has embraced so readilyand energetically the challenges faced by higher

education in South Africa. The Universities of Nataland Durban-Westville, now merged to form theUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, have been leaders in thetransformation of the higher education sector sincewell before the transition to democracy in 1994. Thishistory manifests itself in many ways – in the demo-graphic make-up of the new institution’s student body,in its drive to achieve equity among staff, in its effortsto enhance access to learning by the disadvantagedand marginalised, and in its philosophy of a scholar-ship of societal engagement that underpins its teachingand research. These qualities make the University ofKwaZulu-Natal one of the most proactive and innova-tive institutions in the southern African region.

In the context of a developing country, state sup-port for institutions of higher learning is understand-ably mitigated by a host of other pressing demands.Universities have little choice, and I would suggest areduty bound, to seek external investors so that they canremain globally competitive and pursue excellence inteaching, scholarship and community outreach.Having been involved in the governance of the NUDFfor more than a decade, I can safely state that theNUDF has served this purpose admirably. As thisreport indicates, over the past five years the NUDF hasbeen centrally involved in establishing some truly cut-ting-edge centres and programmes at the University,several of which are described here. It has also assistedin procuring resources for an array of smaller butequally significant projects and has played an impor-tant part, albeit often unquantifiable, in promoting theimage of the University and developing partnerships

from the Chair of theNUDF Board of Trustees

on its behalf, both nationally and abroad. The University of KwaZulu-Natal is fortunate to be

inheriting the NUDF’s fundraising capacity. I urgeorganisations and individuals alike to continue to workwith the NUDF towards ensuring the prosperity ofhigher education in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.Whether your motives are purely philanthropic or areunderpinned by other imperatives, there is every rea-son to be bullish about the returns on any investmentspromoted and managed by the NUDF.

DR W. A. M. CLEWLOWChair of the Board of Trustees, NUDF

MESSAGE

Investing in the future

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The NUDF is pleased to present this review of itsactivities for the period spanning 1998 to mid-2003, a period that has seen the successful emer-

gence of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The transfor-mation of the NUDF has been equally dramatic. Earlyin 1998, the Foundation had only two staff membersand had raised R11 million for the University of Natalover the previous 12 months. Five years later, at theend of 2002, the organisation had a complement ofnine full-time staff members and received hard incomefor institutional development initiatives amounting tomore than R58 million in that year alone.

Although this increase of more than 500 percenton the returns for 1997 has certainly been aided byenhanced capacity, the costs associated with ourfundraising endeavours have remained enviably low byany standards. In 2002, the most recent year for whichcomplete financial figures are available, the NUDF’sfull cost to the University of Natal was equivalent to justover five percent of the income it generated. In theUnited States, where higher education fundraising isbig business, the benchmark costs of university capitalcampaigns are generally set at between 15 and 25 per-cent of income generated – and this in an affluent soci-ety with a very strong philanthropic culture.

With cumulative income over the period 1998 to2002 amounting to R141 million, and more than R97 million pending that has already been committedby donors and investors for future years, there is cer-tainly reason to be pleased with the returns on what, ofnecessity, has been a relatively modest level of invest-ment by the University. Whilst the staff of the NUDFcan justifiably look back at the achievements of recentyears with pride, it is ultimately the quality of the prod-uct that counts. And we are confident that our newproduct, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is animprovement on its gilt-edged predecessor. One of ourprincipal goals – and one that we believe should be atthe heart of the higher learning enterprise throughoutour country and region – has been to contribute to soci-etal change and development in ways that are concrete,meaningful and relevant. It is this vision, combined withthe University’s demonstrable commitment to excel-lence in teaching and research, that has stood theNUDF in such good stead, and will continue to do so.

The staff of the NUDF subscribe to the view thatour core function is to facilitate partnerships between

visionaries within the University and those outside itwho share our ideals. All the major projects promotedby the NUDF in the past five years have been craftedwith an overarching vision in mind: all are socially rele-vant, contextually-grounded and cutting-edge, and allhave found investors who share the visions and ideals oftheir champions within the University.

For these reasons, this report is less about theNUDF itself than a celebration of the major projectsthat are the measure of our success. It is also a tributeto the visionaries, both inside and outside theUniversity, whose partnerships have made these proj-ects possible.

The way ahead for the NUDF is exciting and rich withopportunity. We have a new five-year strategic plan inplace, we have established strong relationships with someof the most prestigious international philanthropic foun-dations, and we have their ongoing support. We contin-ue to develop our network of philanthropic and partnerorganisations and individuals around the world. But moreimportant than any of this is our firm belief in the missionand potential of our new University. We look forward tothe years ahead with optimism and confidence.

PROFESSOR J. D. VOLMINKExecutive Director, NUDF

by the NUDF Executive Director

Retrospect and prospect

INTRODUCTION

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Institutional BACKGROUND

In January 2004 the University of Natal mergedwith the University of Durban-Westville to formthe University of KwaZulu-Natal, combining the

complementary strengths of these two institu-tions to constitute a first-class, truly African insti-tution of higher learning – South Africa’s first truepost-apartheid university.

As a newly-merged institution, it is necessaryfor the University of KwaZulu-Natal to recogniseand honour the histories of its component parts.

Founded in 1910 as Natal University College(NUC) in Pietermaritzburg with 57 students, theUniversity of Natal was granted independentUniversity status in 1949, already a multi-campusinstitution since extending to Durban after WorldWar 1. The distinctive Howard College buildingwas opened in 1931 in memory of Howard Davis,killed during the Battle of the Somme in WorldWar 1. In 1946 government approved a Faculty ofAgriculture in Pietermaritzburg and, in 1947, aMedical School for African, Indian and Colouredstudents in Durban. Edgewood Teacher TrainingCollege was incorporated in 2000.

The University of Durban-Westville was estab-lished in the 1960s as the University College forIndians on Salisbury Island in Durban Bay and, in1971, was granted University status. In 1972 itmoved to Westville and was re-named theUniversity of Durban-Westville.

Operating across the five campuses –Edgewood, Howard College, Nelson R. MandelaSchool of Medicine, Pietermaritzburg andWestville – the University of KwaZulu-Natal’sFaculties, which are in the process of consolidat-ing, offer an unparalleled variety of undergradu-ate and postgraduate programmes straddlingtrans-disciplinary Schools in all major fields of aca-demic endeavour.

Academic excellence will always be the yard-stick by which universities are judged. Translatedinto real terms this means the institution’s actual

A truly African University

Howard College Campus

Westville Campus

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contribution to the origination of new knowl-edge, new technology and innovation throughresearch. The University’s component campusesare each globally recognised for excellence inresearch and teaching in particular academicfields that they have made their own, and thesum of these now combined spheres of expert-ise places the University of KwaZulu-Natal in thefront rank of the subcontinent’s tertiary institu-tions. United Nations agencies, major interna-tional foundations, prestigious scientific bodies,and opinion leaders in industry, government,and the civil society sector all continue to seekthe expertise of University of KwaZulu-Natalacademics.

The University has formal links with hundredsof higher education institutions internationallyand attracts students and academics fromaround the world. It also operates a study-abroad programme through which students areable to spend a semester studying at foreign uni-versities while earning degree credits. These linksprovide academic staff and students with oppor-tunities to interact, work with and learn fromthe best minds in the world, thereby ensuringthat the University’s degrees and research pro-grammes remain globally competitive.

The University’s strategic initiatives, under-pinned by transformation and responsiveness toits community, meet the challenges of an inte-grated, competitive and technological environ-ment. The University is proud of its contributiontowards improving the quality of life inKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and beyond.

The component campuses of the Universityeach have their own proud traditions of resist-ance to apartheid. A history of fearless activismamongst academics and students on all of itscampuses provides the new institution with amoral and ethical foundation upon which tobuild a truly new South African university. Thestudent intake of the merged University is inexcess of 40 000, making it the largest residen-tial institution of higher education in SouthAfrica. With Black and female students compris-ing 82% and 55% of the student body, theUniversity’s record in striving for access andequity is unmatched by any other comparableinstitution in the country.

Edgewood Campus

Medical School Campus

Pietermaritzburg Campus

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of the NUDFOVERVIEW

Terms of referenceThe role of the NUDF is to acquire grants, donations,bequests and gifts that will assist in advancing the goals ofthe University of KwaZulu-Natal. These contributionscome from individual and organisational donors, bothwithin South Africa and abroad. In terms of its mandate,the core task of the NUDF is to promote and seek exter-nal resources for institutional advancement. This includes,inter alia, the establishment of new research and teachingcentres, new physical infrastructure, new scholarship andbursary schemes, new curricula and new academic pro-grammes. Also included are new forms of internal andexternal service provision and a range of other initiativesthat serve to build and strengthen the University.

As part of its own outreach programme, the NUDFalso provides some pro bono fundraising assistance on aselective basis to non-governmental and community-basedorganisations whose goals and ethos are consistent with,or complementary to, those of the University.

StatusThe NUDF is registered as a Charitable Trust in terms ofSections 30(1) and 10(1) of the South African Income TaxAct of 1962, as amended. It is also responsible for liaisonwith the Friends of the University of Natal Incorporatedand the University of Natal Charitable Fund, both ofwhich are registered not-for-profit organisations dedicatedto advancing the interests of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in the United States and United Kingdom respec-tively.

GovernanceUltimate legal and fiduciary responsibility for the NUDFand its activities rests with a Board of Trustees, whichcomprises senior members of the University’s ExecutiveManagement, members of the University Council andConvocation, and representatives from the broader com-munity. In addition, the NUDF is guided in respect ofstrategy and policy by a Board of Governors drawn fromall the major sectors of society. The Board of Trusteesmeets four times annually, or more frequently if neces-sary, and the Board of Governors meets twice annually.

Senior managementFor purposes of everyday management, the NUDFanswers and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor andPrincipal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal who, as amember of the Board of Trustees, provides a bridgebetween his own office and the Board. The ExecutiveDirector of the NUDF, Professor J. D. Volmink, is a ProVice-Chancellor and member of the University’s executivemanagement team. He is closely assisted by the DeputyDirector, Mr Bruno van Dyk, and the Associate Director,Mr Milcho Damianov. Together with the Vice-Chancellor,this triumvirate comprises the senior management of theNUDF.

Financial records and reportingThe NUDF and the University are subject to independentfinancial audit on an annual basis. Copies of the mostrecent audited financial statements are available uponrequest, whilst full records of expenditure are compiled forany donors who might require them. Visits by donors andother partners are welcome and the NUDF is alwayspleased to show them the products of their contributions.The NUDF has personnel whose dedicated roles are toensure that recipients within the University submit anyreports that might be required on time and in line with theexpectations of donors and partners.

Members of the Board of GovernorsDr W. A. M. Clewlow (Chair)Mr B. KurzDr N. LabuschagneMr W. F. LambertProfessor M. W. MakgobaMr J. R. McCarthyProfessor E. NgaraDr P. L. PatelMr A. RogoffProfessor G. D. L. SchreinerProfessor H. StanilandMr N. H. TheunissenDr C. van der PolProfessor J. D. VolminkMr A. ZulmanMr R. H. Clarkson (ex-officio)

of the Board of Trustees

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DR W. A. M. CLEWLOW (Chair)Corporate executive and

philanthropist

DR C. VAN DER POL(Deputy Chair)

Retired corporate executive

PROFESSOR M. W. MAKGOBAInterim Vice-Chancellor and

Principal, University ofKwaZulu-Natal

MR M. MIABusiness leader and Member ofCouncil, University of KwaZulu-

Natal

DR Z. MLISANAMedical practitioner and

Co-President of Convocation,University of KwaZulu-Natal

MR A. ROGOFFCorporate executive

PROFESSOR J. D. VOLMINKExecutive Director of the

NUDF and Pro Vice-Chancellor,University of KwaZulu-Natal

DR B. HLATSHWAYODesign Chemical Engineer:Tongaat-Hulett Sugar Ltd

MR K. MAKANDirector: Kay Makan

Electronics

MR P. KEARNEYDirector: Diakonia Council of

Churches

MEMBERS

of the NUDF 1998-2003PROJECTS

The NUDF processes hundreds of grant instalments and donations every year.

These contributions have helped to support a variety of initiatives within the

University that are too numerous to mention individually. However, the NUDF

is particularly proud to have been associated, since 1998, with the major

projects that are documented in the following pages.

Major

African Centre for

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The ultimate aim of the African Centre for CropImprovement (ACCI) is to help alleviate hunger inAfrica by training doctoral students from African

countries in the applied breeding of crops. Funded by theRockefeller Foundation and based in the Faculty ofScience and Agriculture on the Pietermaritzburg campus,the ACCI focuses on African crops such as cereals, roots,tubers and pulses, and on breeding techniques thatincrease drought tolerance and improve food security forsmall-scale farmers.

Doctoral students are required to spend two yearsdoing coursework in the Faculty, after which they returnto their home countries to complete a further three yearsof field study, with support from their supervisors. Thefirst cohort of eight students from five African countrieshas now completed two years of coursework and returnedhome to start plant breeding research projects. Whilethese students start their fieldwork, ACCI DirectorProfessor Mark Laing and his staff are busy with the nextgroup – twelve PhD students from eight African countries– who began the coursework component in 2004.

The opening of ACCI House at the University’s agri-cultural research station, Ukulinga Farm, in addition to theexisting ACCI offices and seminar rooms on thePietermaritzburg campus, has ensured that the project hassufficient space for the expansion of its activities.

A new approach to hunger alleviation

ImprovementCROP

Above: An ACCI student inspects millet plantsat the University’s agricultural researchstation, Ukulinga Farm.

Below: The 2004 Masters group.

Adapted from an articlethat originally appearedin NUInfo. ][

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Amarula

The awe-inspiring African elephant, universally recog-nised as a symbol of wisdom and strength, is increas-ingly restricted in South Africa to small fenced

reserves. The days when elephant herds were free toroam large natural wilderness areas, unaffected by indus-trialisation and modernisation, are long gone. And theeffective incarceration of these intelligent and complexcreatures impacts negatively upon their psychology andbehaviour.

A research team headed by Professor Rob Slotow ofthe University’s School of Life and EnvironmentalSciences has recently completed an assignment to stopyoung male elephants from killing rhino in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi and Pilansberg National Parks. This aberrantbehaviour is linked to stress, resulting from the relocationof elephants from one reserve to another. Theteam is currently monitoring elephant introducedinto the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, and hasdeveloped a new technique to measure stress inelephants. These interventions will ultimatelyresult in more humane protocols for the conser-vation of elephant in small reserves.

Distell, the manufacturer of Amarula CreamLiqueur, has committed itself to a substantialsponsorship for the Amarula Elephant ResearchProgramme, over the next five years. TheProgramme’s scientists, Professor Slotow, DrMichelle Hamer and Bruce Page, are based onthe Howard College campus. They are focusingon solving a number of key elephant conserva-tion questions and the Amarula programme hasenabled them to establish partnerships with ateam of South African and international aca-demics, government conservation agencies andprivate game reserve managers. Their strategy isto work closely with reserve managers and ecol-ogists to generate specific and locally appropri-ate elephant management plans for each reservein which they operate. These plans are based ondata collected using the resources provided byDistell, and will provide managers with guide-lines for the responsible and sustainable conser-vation of elephant in small reserves.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Adapted from an article that originally appeared inPartners in Development Vol. 14 no. 1.

Research Programme

The psychology of elephants

ELEPHANT

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DR MICHELLE HAMERRO

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Archbishop Denis E. Educational Fund

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Arare indigenous sapling - Celtis milbradii - sways ina garden on the Howard College campus, a quiettestament to the life and vision of the late

Archbishop Denis E. Hurley. Planted to celebrate the sec-ond anniversary of the establishment in August 1999 ofthe endowment fund that bears his name, the tree, whenmature, will be characterised by a buttressed trunk andwide sheltering canopy.

Denis Hurley OMI, formerly Archbishop of theCatholic Church in South Africa and Chancellor of theUniversity of Natal, was a committed and world-renownedanti-apartheid activist. His vision of a South African soci-ety based on social justice and equality was embodied inthe resounding speeches, challenging sermons and fear-less actions of his long and active life, and his exampleinspired several generations of clerics, academics and ordi-nary South Africans to strive for these ideals. He gave hisname and his unqualified support to the Archbishop DenisE. Hurley Educational Fund, and the success of each stu-dent who benefits from the Fund constitutes part of thecommemoration that the University owes to this greatman.

Like the Celtis milbradii, the Fund provides shelter –not from the elements, but from financial difficulty.Recipients are students with the potential to succeed aca-demically, but who lack the financial resources to pursueuniversity study. The Fund’s primary aim is to further theUniversity’s mission of promoting access to higher educa-tion for academically deserving, yet economically needystudents. In pursuing its mandate, ‘the Hurley Fund’ is cur-rently supporting postgraduate students studying dietetics,law, organisational development and music. In addition,through its ‘friend-raising’ initiatives with student and staffaligned organisations, the Fund aims to cultivate a cultureof philanthropy that will provide sustainable long-termbenefits for the University.

An admirable legacy

HURLEY

Above: The late Archbishop Denis E Hurley.

Below: Archbishop Hurley participates in an anti-apartheid demonstration during the struggle years.

Background: Celtis milbradii in the wild.

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Centre for CIVIL SOCIETY

The concept of civil society was originated by theItalian scholar and revolutionary Antonio Gramsciand refers collectively to those non-governmental,

community-based and faith-based organisations that areneither part of the state nor of business and industry. TheCentre for Civil Society, established in July 2001 in theFaculty of Community and Development Disciplines onthe Howard College campus, is committed to understand-ing and supporting the complex network of social andorganisational relationships and practices that constitutecivil society in South Africa.

Established on the basis of generous grants from TheAtlantic Philanthropies and the C. S. Mott Foundation, theCentre began with a staff of one but has rapidly expandedsince to a staff of 19 who concern themselves with main-taining the wide range of thriving local, national and inter-national linkages that the Centre has established since2001.

The Centre’s mission has two central thrusts. The firstis to promote the study of civil society as a legitimate andflourishing area of scholarly activity in South Africa. Thesecond is to develop and promote partnerships aimed atknowledge-sharing and capacity-building in the civil socie-ty sector. To realise its mission, the Centre providesresearch grants and post-doctoral fellowships to academ-ics, research institutes, independent scholars and civil soci-ety organisations in order to develop a critical mass of lit-erature on the sector. It conducts in-house research proj-ects, hosts an in-house seminar series and publishes anddistributes regular research reports. Research projectsundertaken to date include studies on the nature of philan-thropy in South Africa, on civil society and African inte-gration, on economic marginalisation, and oncontemporary social movements.

The Centre also serves as an informationnexus for civil society practitioners. Its websiteand library are extensively utilised, and its month-ly Harold Wolpe Memorial Lectures are extreme-ly popular. Its postgraduate teaching and in-serv-ice training programmes include a national pro-gramme to provide civil society practitioners withskills relevant to their needs.

In addition to its core funding from the C. S.Mott Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies,the Centre has attracted support for specificresearch and teaching programmes from, interalia, the Ford Foundation and USAID.

Generating social capital

The Centre’s research projects

include studies on the nature of

philanthropy in South Africa,

economic marginalisation and

contemporary social movements.

Above: Children at a creche in Cato Manor benefitfrom civil society investment, while (below) socialmovements assert their right to make their viewsheard.

Centre for

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The stimulation of entrepreneurship, and especially ofenterprise development at community level, is anational priority for all concerned with the state of

the South African economy. The Centre forEntrepreneurship (CFE), established in 2001, is a cross-campus initiative aimed at promoting entrepreneurshipboth within the University and amongst the wider commu-nity. The Centre is involved in initiating activities in allstrategic areas of entrepreneurship development, includ-ing teaching and training, research and development,entrepreneurship at community level, capacity-building ofsupport systems, and networking.

Established on the basis of generous funding from theAnglo American Chairman’s Fund and the NationalResearch Foundation (NRF), the Centre, under the direc-torship of Professor Abhijit Bhattacharya, has launchedfive new undergraduate and postgraduate courses inentrepreneurship over the past two years. Its membershave published nationallyand internationally, a num-ber of doctoral dissertationsin the area of entrepreneur-ship have been supervised,and short-duration courseson enterprise developmentfor final-year students havebeen introduced. Technology-based ventures by students,particularly from the techni-cal disciplines, are stronglyencouraged and a partner-ship with the ShuttleworthFoundation has been estab-lished as a basis for this.

To accelerate the processof community-based enter-prise development, the CFE is involved in setting up atechnology training and incubation centre in Umlazi, incollaboration with the Department of EconomicDevelopment and Tourism. Initially, this facility will beused primarily for training unemployed youth and willhouse several basic manufacturing technologies. CFE alsoconducts community enterprise development and capacity-building programmes in Kwa Mashu, Willow Fountain,Ulundi, Newcastle and other more remote areas ofKwaZulu-Natal.

A national priority

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Prof Battacharya seen here with some of the womeninvolved in the Rural Women Empowerment Programme(RUWEP) in Ulundi. This project is run in collaboration withthe School of Nursing.

The Centre is involved in

initiating activities in all

strategic areas of

entrepreneurship

development.

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Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (Hivan)

HIV/Aids is not simply a health issue – it affects everysector and level of society – and thus demands multi-disciplinary, cross-sectoral responses. The Centre

for HIV/Aids Networking (Hivan), formally launched in2002 under the co-direction of Professor HoosenCoovadia and Professor Eleanor Preston-Whyte, aims tostimulate multi-disciplinary research and partnerships inthe field of HIV/Aids, and to provide mechanisms forcross-sectoral networking around research, training andintervention. The Centre exists as an enabling ‘hub’, link-ing individuals and organisations to promote a proactiveand cohesive response to the epidemic.

Established on the basis of a sizeable commitmentfrom the Carnegie Corporation of New York andreinforced with a further major award from TheAtlantic Philanthropies, Hivan also currentlyreceives funding from, inter alia, the NationalInstitutes for Health (NIH) in the USA, theRockefeller Brothers Fund, and Bristol MyersSquibb.

Hivan has offices both at the Nelson R. MandelaSchool of Medicine and at the formerly mission-runMcCord Hospital located close to the University.McCord, with which Hivan has a particularly closepartnership, is now a semi-private facility that haslong been at the forefront of HIV/Aids treatment andcare in KwaZulu-Natal. Many of Hivan’s staff arebased at McCord, where they work alongside health-care and welfare professionals in their daily interac-tions with HIV-infected and HIV-affected people.

Community-based biomedical, social science andmulti-disciplinary research and intervention projects,some at McCord Hospital and others at clinics andNGOs elsewhere in the province, as well as a prolif-eration of community outreach programmes andactivities, provide Hivan staff with the bulk of theirwork. In addition, Hivan facilitates multi-sectoralHIV/Aids intervention partnerships across all themajor sectors of society, operates a website and anextensive on-line database, and runs practical train-ing and capacity-building programmes forresearchers and civil society practitioners.

Two quarterly publications are also produced.Sondela (‘coming closer’) is a resource for communi-ties that do not have access to information in elec-tronic form, while SHARE (Sectoral HIV/AidsReview) aims to facilitate information-sharing anddialogue between the academic, public, private andcivil society sectors.

A hive of activity

PROFESSOR HOOSENCOOVADIA

PROFESSOR ELEANORPRESTON-WHYTE

Doris Duke MEDICAL RESEARCH

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The new state-of-the-art Doris Duke Medical ResearchInstitute at the Nelson R. Mandela School ofMedicine has thrust the University of KwaZulu-Natal

into the front rank of medical research on the African con-tinent. The Institute is both a recognition of decades oftireless study and research by academics at the School ofMedicine, several of whom have become world leaders intheir fields, and a challenge to the up-and-coming genera-tion of medical researchers to use the facilities and oppor-tunities it provides in the solution of a matrix of intractableepidemiological problems.

Funded in the main by the Doris Duke CharitableFoundation, and by Pfizer (SA), the 13th World AidsConference Trust, the governments of Flanders andJapan, Investec Securities, the Victor Daitz Foundation,the Stella and Paul Loewenstein Trust and the Universityitself, the Institute was officially opened on 29 July 2003.In attendance were the Interim Vice-Chancellor andPrincipal, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, DeputyPresident of the Republic of South Africa, Mr JacobZuma, and President of the Doris Duke CharitableFoundation in the USA, Dr Joan E. Spero.

The Institute has many functions and houses a pletho-ra of projects too numerous to mention. But its core func-tion is to consolidate, reinforce and enhance the consider-able research strengths of the Faculty of Health Sciences,with a particular but not exclusive emphasis on biomedicalHIV/Aids research. The facility, which spans approxi-mately 5 000 square metres and includes 10 specialist lab-oratories, a level P3 laboratory designed in line with inter-national specifications and the innovative Victor DaitzHIV/Aids Information Gateway, houses several multidisci-plinary research centres and is utilised for both researchand training.

The Institute’s scientists are empowered by the sophis-tication of the technology it houses to undertake highlyspecialised research processes at the molecular and bio-molecular levels. But while they apply themselves to theexamination of these microscopic terrains, the purpose oftheir research will remain focused on addressing nationaland regional health priorities. A clearly articulated goal isthe creation of a critical mass of expertise in each majorresearch area by developing research and mentoring pro-grammes with institutional partners, among others,Columbia University, Yale University and the University ofOxford, and by attracting research specialists of the high-est calibre to work with and train local scientists.

The state of the art in medical research

Institute

Above: Professor Hoosen Coovadia and Dr SibongiseniDhlomo in the one of the Institute’s state-of-the-artlaboratories.

Below: Two views of the Institute’s laboratory buildingwhich houses ten specialised and custom-designedlaboratories.

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EQUITY Acceleration Programme (EAP)

The Equity Acceleration Programme (EAP) is theUniversity’s key mechanism for growing and nurtur-ing Black and women academics and integrating

them into the establishment academic staff. Instituted in1999 as part of the University’s long-term strategic equi-ty planning, the EAP is at the heart of the institution’sequity drive. The programme entails the appointment ofsuitably qualified, meritorious junior lecturers and lecturersfrom designated groups to supernumerary posts, for aninitial three-year contract. Participants who complete theircontractual period satisfactorily are offered permanentemployment.

A particular effort is made to draw participants intothe collegiality of academic life, and an integral compo-nent of the programme is a formal mentoring scheme. Amentor is appointed to each participant for the first threemonths, to assist participants in orientating to academicand administrative processes and procedures. Thereafterthe participants select their own long-term mentors.

Currently managed by the Equity Office under the direc-tion of Ms Reena Budree, the EAP is widely acknowledgedto be a forerunner of its kind in the higher education sectorin South Africa. It is a programme of which the Universityis justifiably proud. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation andThe Atlantic Philanthropies are to be thanked for their sup-port of this key transformation device.

Accelerating equity

The Fiftieth Anniversary Endowment Fund was initiat-ed towards the end of 1998 and was the brainchildof BSc Civ Eng (1949) alumnus, Jack Hulley. As the

name suggests, the Fund commemorates the fiftiethanniversary of the establishment of full university status ofthe former University of Natal.

A call for contributions towards this Fund is madeannually to all those alumni who are celebrating, and havealready celebrated, their fiftieth graduation anniversary.The initial response from graduates who were students atNatal University College in 1948 was tremendous – pro-viding the Fund with a very solid foundation. It is envis-aged that in years to come contributions to the Fund willhelp to ensure that the University maintains its position asa centre of excellence.

A foundation for excellence

Fiftieth Anniversary ENDOWMENT Fund

The EAP is at the heart

of the University’s

equity drive.

The Fund will help to

ensure that the

University maintains its

position as a centre of

excellence.

LITERARY STUDIESCentre for African

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One of the world’s most important collections ofAfrican literature, previously housed at theUniversity of Texas in Austin, is being relocated to

the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Pietermaritzburg cam-pus, where it will become the nucleus of a new Centrefocusing on the study of African literatures. University ofTexas academic Professor Bernth Lindfors, a prolific andworld-renowned scholar, has painstakingly built up the col-lection over the last 40 years. Considered to be theworld’s most resourceful bibliographer of African litera-ture, Professor Lindfors received an Honorary Doctorateof Literature from the former University of Natal in 2002.

On the basis of a sizeable donation from The AtlanticPhilanthropies, as well as contributions from theDepartment of Arts and Culture, the Anglo-AmericanChairman’s Fund and the University of Natal ResearchFund, the University has been fortunate to acquireProfessor Lindfors’s library of more than 13 000 books,journals and rare tape and video materials, acknowledgedto be the largest in the world. The collection, whichincludes journals from all over Africa and signed first edi-tions by such giants of African literature as Chinua Achebeand Nadine Gordimer, has been described as “a rare andquite unique collection” which is “unparalleled anywherein the world”.

The Lindfors Collection is located in a fully staffed aca-demic research facility and will continue to invest in newacquisitions, providing a much-needed resource for thestudy of African literatures. The collection is expected toattract the attention of, and visits from, scholars of Africanliterature from the continent and the world. It is envisagedthat the new Centre will become a key regional andnational research centre, a springboard for new African lit-erary scholarship, and a dynamic centre for colloquia andconferences.

Adapted from an article that originally appeared in Partners in Development Vol. 14 no. 1.

Bringing it all back home

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OPERA School and Choral Academy

The words ‘Africa’ and ‘opera’ are not commonlyassociated with one another. But South Africa is anintensely musical country, and one where several

diverse cultural traditions coexist in growing comity withone another. As recently as 1992, the country’s firstopera by a black composer – Princess Magogo – was per-formed in Zulu, and a leading operatic publication hasnoted that an abundance of potential operatic talent is tobe found in townships across the country.

Against this background, the Opera School andChoral Academy (Osca) was formally established threeyears ago under the direction of Professor David Smith ofthe School of Music on the Howard College campus.Launched at a special concert in London in 2000, Oscahas generated international expectations that SouthAfrica might become a world centre of vocal excellenceand pedagogy. With start-up funding from The AtlanticPhilanthropies, as well as support from the Candide Trust,Osca represents a welcome investment in the develop-ment of previously un-resourced potential in a regionknown for its musical – and especially vocal – talent.

The redesigned Jubilee Centre at Howard College,which features a 235-seat theatre on the upper level, andthe training school comprising rehearsal, practice andteaching rooms and a reception area below, is now thehome of Osca. Several graduates have already receivedscholarships to further their operatic studies at presti-gious international institutions. As a venture in the per-forming arts that addresses the interests and capabili-ties of formerly disadvantaged groups, Osca is bothunusual and refreshingly vibrant.

According to the University’s Interim Vice-Chancellor, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, “throughthe Opera School and Choral Academy we are seeingboth an African interpretation of classical opera and thewriting and singing of African music in an operatic man-ner. And I think it is consistent with theconcept of the Africanisation of music, theAfricanisation of several aspects of higherlearning in South Africa.”

Unleashing an abundance of musical talent

Above: Professor David Smith, Head of Osca at thepiano with students in performance.

Below: Opera students in full cry.

Unilever Centre

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ETHICS

In an increasingly cynical world where poverty andinequality are on the increase, the application of ethicsto everyday life – and the reconciliation

of competing ethical traditions – hasnever been more urgent. The UnileverEthics Centre, now into its sixth year, is apioneering educational venture in com-parative ethics education that draws uponall the main ethical traditions of our soci-ety, especially those of Africa. Foundedand directed by Professor MartinProzesky, one of the Centre’s first taskswas to develop a comparative ethicscourse, the first of its kind in South Africa.

In addition to its focus on the ethicaltraditions of Africa, another groundbreak-ing feature of the Centre is its multi-disci-plinary approach. Alongside the essentialdisciplines of history and philosophy, oth-ers such as psychology and ethically complex life sciences,including genetics and human neurobiology, form part ofthe Centre’s coursework. There is a very strong emphasison applied or practical ethics: students are expected toapply comparative ethics to actual environmental, legal,political and economic issues.

The Centre is committed to promoting the notion of‘ethical fitness’, particularly in the context of post-apartheid transformation, and does so both in itsUniversity courses and in its wide range of off-campusofferings to schools, professional bodies, the media, busi-nesses and sporting bodies. Steadily increasing enrol-ments in the on-campus anchor course (from eight stu-dents in 1998 to around 300 in 2003), student requestsfor more such courses (several more have been introducedat both undergraduate and postgraduate levels), andincreasing off-campus demand, all speak of a widely feltneed for ethical leadership in our society at large.

The Centre has experienced a demand for its work inthe fields of professional ethics for school educators, bio-medical ethics and HIV/Aids, African values in the busi-ness world, ethics in the accountancy profession, andsports ethics. Its most recent major project is the AfricanEthics Initiative. On the basis of generous funding fromThe Unilever Foundation for Education and Developmentand The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Centre is currentlyawarding scholarships, making staff appointments andplanning conferences on ethics in the African context.

The ethics of everyday life

The 2004 staff of the Unilever Ethics Centre: (Top row) Felix Murove, Diana Hawkins, Professor BenParker.(Bottom row) Dr Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, ProfessorMartin Prozesky, Melissa Stobie.

The Centre is committed

to promoting the notion

of ‘ethical fitness’,

particularly in the context of

post-apartheid transformation.

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Five-year INCOME summary

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R90.3 million

R51.4 million

International36%

National64%

Individuals1%

PrivateSector22%

Trusts14%

Foundations63%

Income Summary 1998 to 2002

Year Individuals Private Sector Foundations Trusts Annual Cumulative

Total Total

1998 401,815 5,557,437 6,670,275 2,336,296 14,965,823 14,965,823

1999 269,692 7,620,535 4,065,653 1,919,889 13,875,769 28,841,592

2000 214,613 5,857,818 11,094,759 2,097,376 19,264,566 48,106,158

2001 272,801 4,509,772 27,973,707 2,159,935 34,916,215 83,022,373

2002 328,691 6,964,310 39,896,354 11,464,102 58,653,457 141,675,830

All figures are in South African Rands (ZAR)

Income by National and InternationalSources: 1998 to 2002

Income Growth 1998 to 2002

Income by Source: 1998 to 2002

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IndividualsAbbott, B D Abbott, Clem W Abdulla, Jamal Abrahams, Brian Ellis Abrahams, Samuel Ellis Abrams, Leonard John Acker, Brian Andrew Ackerman, A M Adams, Berna Agnew, Neville Herbert Alcock, K H Alden, Rose Mary Alexander, John & Mary Algu, K Allan, Michael James Allan, Peter Amory, A M Anderson, Joan Mary Andrews, Penelope Elizabeth Appalraju, Yogendra

Soobramoney Applewhite, John Terance Arcache, D N Armstrong, Patricia Arnold, Desmond Claude Arnold, Lionel Maxwell Asher, Peter John Ashwell, P C Askew, Daphne Louisa Aspeling, Barbara

Bailes, T L Bailey, Fay I Ball, Catherine Barbour, Edwin Alfred Barrett, Anthony McNaghten Barrett, Arthur George Barrett, P J Barton, Dudley James McKenzie Baumann, L G Baxter, Frederick Donald Bayat, Ayesha Bayley, Clive David Joseph Beardall, Emmaline Mary Beattie, Rory William Beck, Jean Moira Beerta, K H Beesley, Edward Behrmann, Herbert Ian Beja, Samuel

Bekwa, Charles Nknungwini M Benn, Alan Berjak, P Beyers Naude, Christiaan

Frederick Bishop, John Robert Blackbeard, Daphne Mary Blampied, Nigel Bryan de

Blancpie Blaney, D E Board, James Rodolph Bolton, Moira Bond, Hazel Dawn Bone, Richard Peter Booysen, P de V Bosch, Jane Boshoff, Donovan J B Boshoff, Jacobus Petrus Bowes, N I Bowles, Graham A Bradfield, Leigh Phillipson Branford, William Richard

Grenville Brook, D W Brooke, Colin Thackwell Brown, Deryk Lester Brown, Penelope Jean Browne, Graham David Browne, Martin Bruggemann, Helga Elida Bruns, Carl Heinz Bryce, Muir Ralph Drummond Burton, Basil Vivian Bush, Brian Meredith Hardwicke Busse, Kathleen Button, Shirley Anne Selby Bux, Iqram Bydawell, Catherine Margaret

Cajee, Ismail Calder, David Reginald Cameron-Crichton, Susannah Campbell, Glen Kerry Canham, Peter Arthur South Canning, G R L Cassim, Bilkish Cassimjee, Suleman Cele, Lungile Constance

Zinyane Challen, Michael Elwin David Challis, C

Chambler, Ian Chaplin, Eleanor Maud Chapman, Michael James Faulds Chaundy, Charlotte Elizabeth Christensen, Finn Piers Churcher, Charles Stephen Clark, Antony Keith Foster Clark, Edith Louise Clark, Lester Craig Clarke, Leslie Charles Clarke, Patricia Ann Clarke, Patrick John Clarkson, K Claude, Marianne Clow, S E Colam, John Blyth Collett, Brian Hedley Collett, Rhona Collins, Russell Kenneth Cooke, Herbert Michael Coombe, John Ryland Cooper, Hendrick William Copeling, Christopher David Cowden, John Williams Cowley, Nicholas Paul Cox, Gavin Charles Crass, Robert Sanderson Crichton, J S Criticos, Costas Croft, Leslie T Crook, William Montgomery Cundill, Erica D

Dahle, June R Daly, Michael John Chatterton Daniel, John Benjamin McIntyreDavey, Ellen Jean Davidson, Herman Davies, Peter Walter Ambler Davis, Elsbury John Day, P W De Bruyn, A C S De Klerk, W A Deeb, Felix Anthony Delgado, Norman Harold

Combe Denman, M F Dhansay, Abdul Razak

AbdurahmanDicks, Sybil Dickson, Roger Keith

Note: Individuals and organisations that have made more than one donation are listed only once.

If your name or that of your organisation has been omitted in error, kindly alert the NUDF.

Dods, Oliver Thomas Domingo, Joseph Richard Dominik, W J Donovan, Daniel Doorgaparsad, G Douglas, Desmond Alexander Dowling, Kevin Marc Drewes, D Drinan, Robert Du Toit, Claire L Du Toit, Karen Du Toit, Pierre Duane, Donald Keith Dubbeld, Gijsbert Cornelis Ducasse, Desmond Vyvyan Duke, Pam Durno, Junae

Eaton, Barbara Joan Edwards, Margaret Isobel Eekhout, Laurence Egenes, Harold Oscar Elkan, Deborah Elliott, Gavin Edgar Booth England, Wilfrid Bernard Erasmus, R T Evans, Philip Kenneth Evans, R J

Fatti, Adrian Carl Fellows-Smith, J P Ferguson, R F Ferguson, R J Fielden, Margaret Patricia Fitchett, Mavis Nancy Fitzsimons, James Matthew Fleming, Colin James Foreman, Alick Marks Forsdick, Maureen Skeen Foster, Henry Foxon, Paul Jonathan Francis, Peter Clement Austin Francis, Victoria Franklin, D M Fraser, Dennis Harvey Fraser, Keith Russell Fraser, Nancy Eleanor Friedman, C R Friese, W

January 1998 to September 2003DONORS

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Gafney, John William Gallwey, Kathleen Shelgah Mary Gangaram, Anitha Gardner, Colin Oxenham Garland, Ian Frederick Garner, Edward Septon Clayton Gelb, Daphne George (OMI), Francis Gerber, J P Gibson, William Adriaan Gilroy, Bernard Milne Goddard, Henry Godfrey, Wayne Michael Gois, E A Gompels, Annette Elizabeth Goodway, C Gorven, M Gorven, T Gourley, B M Govender, D Govender, Deenadayalan

Ganese Govender, Kamaladevi Govender, M D Govender, Nadaraj Govender, T Grainger, Colin Grant, George Russell Greenfield, E M Greenway, A J Grice, M Grimm, Anthony Grindrod, P M Gundry, D L Gunthorp, I W Gutridge, Elizabeth Mary

Haines, Dennis William Hall, Lester Eves Handley, John Rupert Francis Harcombe, Jean Elizabeth Hardman, Margaret Hunter Haribhai, Harish Chimanlal Harper, Rosemary Harris, Grant Harte, Jeffrey John Harvey, C J D Harvey, D E Harvey, Veronica Anne Haygarth, Gordon Henderson, R J W Henwood, Desmond Henwood, John Quinton Hift, Walter Hill, Helen Edith Hindle, Roy Baring Holder, Graham Henry

Hopewell, Dora Gertrude Hopkins, Rosemary Horn, Denis Herbert Suttle Horn, Reginald Paul Suttle Horner, Dudley Houdet, J J-P Hough, F Hudson, John Hughes, Sheila Hulley, David JohnHumphreys, Craig Oclee Hunter, D R Hurley (OMI), D E Hurley, Helena Mary Hutchins, Richard Charles

Imber, Michael Inderjeeth, Charles AnoopkumarInglis, Colin James

Jack, Ann Jacobs, Patrick William McCarthyJacobson, Robyn Ann James, William Jenkins, Elwyn Rought Jex, M S Jobst, Dieter Jones, Alfred HerbertJones, Elizabeth Anne Jones, Trevor Edward Jourdan, Anne Juta, Ethleen JeanetteKader, S K Kallmeyer, J Kane-Berman, Susan Jane Kempe, Margaret Kenmuir, Neville Edward Kennedy, Robert F Kern, Madoline Patricia Khan, Nabeweyah Killick, Donald Joseph Boomer King, Arnold Tom Wallis King, Robert Bruce Kirkness, Peter Roy Kirsten, Godfrey TrevorKlein, Hilda Kneale, Helen Knox, Gordon D Kolosa, M Konyn, Isobel Elize Krauss, Natalie Kropman, Meyer Kuhne, F A

Laccetti, Noeline Ladlau, Rosemary Kathleen Lalloo, U G

Lamb, Michael Ernest deLestang

Lambert, John Lane-Mitchell, Deborah Lyn Lange, Harold Ernest Lapp, Douglas Larkin, A E Law, Joan Margaret Basden Le Roux, A L Lebona, Sebueng Leeman, George Clements Legobye, B E Leon, R N Letcher, Trevor Levin, Harold Levy, Sydney Lewis, Catherine Linde, D R Linder, Peter Lister, L A Lloyd, David Andrew Barrett Luther, Charles Anthony Lyon, Gordon William

Machin, Ingrid Mary Mackey, Terence Courtenay Mackness, James Andrew MacLeod, Donald Croft MacLeod, Donald John MacMillan, R G Maelane, Kgadi Petrus Mafuya, Pelisa Nokuzola Maharaj, Keeran Kumar Maharaj, S D Maharaj, Tekprakash

Jugpershad Maharaj, Tulsiram Satyanand Mahomed, Mahomed Faruk Maker, Alan Malan, Marjorie Ann Maleka, Yvonne Moipone

Matshediso Maleke, Nupe Mabelebele

Eileen Malherbe, Ernst Gideon Malherbe, Paul Nel Mantshiyo, X A Marais, C P Marcellin, Paul Gerard Marivate, Charles Daniel Marot, Maurice Rene Marot, R M T Martin, Kenneth Edwin Martin, Margaret Hume Martin, Patricia Amy Martin, Walter Rintoul Martine, Anthony John

Masojada, Miloslaw Edmund Maspero, Sheila R Matthews, Berenice Zoe

Margaret Matthews, P E Matthews, Samuel W A C Maughan Brown, David May, Vincent McCallum, Douglas Malcolm McCarter, P W A McCarthy, Elizabeth McCourt, Robert McCready, Helen Janet McDonald, Regis McInnes, James Stewart McKenzie, Peter John Campbell McLean, Ian Angus Hugh McLeer, Thomas McNally, Kevin Garth McQuoid-Mason, David Jan Mees, Henry Ronald Pfeil Meidner, Hans Anton Mekoa, Ramagobotla John Meskin, P D Meyer, Emile Mgejo, K E Mgojo, Khoza Elliott Mbuyisa Mickel, Robert Edward Millar, Mervyn Martel Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Thomas Moberly, Margaret June Moberly, Peter Keble Moelane, K P Mohlala, Matime Ernest Molaba, Chiloane Alpheus Monageng, Peter Kgosi Thebe Moodley, K V Moodliar, D Moor, D C Moores, Phyllis Patricia Mophiring, Karabo Morcom, Enid Morphew, Allan Granby Mort, Thelma Mosese, Matsa Ephraim Msimang, Mthulisi Thabizolo E L Mudaly, Kubendran Mudely, Selvanathan Mulholland, Michael Mumby, Ailsa Ramsay Mumford, Flora Eunice Rowlett Munro, Alan Hector

Naicker, G K Naidoo, Josephine C Naidoo, Soornarain Subramoney

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Nair, Paul Clement Chandoo Nair, Vasi Nathanson, Mary Nattrass, Stanhope Roy Neary, Terrance Neethling, C Neethling, Estelle Nel, E Ney-De-Wilde, Vera Neytzell-De-Wilde, F Neytzell-De-Wilde, Vera Dorothy Ngara, Emmanuel Ngwenya, Vusimuzi Victor Nicol, Martin Niven, Cynthia Mary Norden, Christian Emmanuel Normann, Knut Aksel Otto Norton, Jean Davidson Norton, Robert Anthony Nourse, Randolph Hugh Ntoi, Baba Diligent Delightful Ntshona, V K Nurnberger, K B

Oakes, William Tufnell Oberholzer, Stefan O'Brien, Edward O'Connor, D M Ogilvie, John Alexander Okell, John Cyril Olivier, Keith Oltmann, Erich Friedrich Orbin, Margaret A Orton, Jonathan Osborn, David John Balfour Osman, Amod Osry, Michael Adendorff Oxley, Alan John Paice, Charles Thomas Paine, F R D Palmer, Elizabeth Milner Palmer, John Pammenter, Norman William Paola, Louis Joseph Paola, N J Parfitt, Otto William Parkin, E A B Parkinson, William Nicholls Paterson, Shirley Olive Pather, M Paton, David Patrick, Derrick Heath Patzer, M Payne, J Pegel, K H Pender, Richard Harry Perkin, Michael John Rundle

Peters, P U C Phillips, Frederick Donald Pineo, Roger Michael Bramley Plasket, Ronald Peter Player, Lewis Herbert James Pledge, Nora Constance Potter, Tully Power, Anne Pringle, M E Prozesky, Martin H Pudney, Erica Dorothy Pudney, Guy Neville Pugsley, Ernest William Osmond Purnell, Leila Charmain

Raab, Roger E Rabb, John Bernard Radford, N A W Radloff, Charles Godfrey Radloff, E M Raftery, Margaret Mary Raftesath, John Christopher Rajaruthnam, Ponnusamy Ramasar, Pramda Rambharos, Shishupal Ramharakh, S Rampersadh, Sathyandra

Phulackdhari Ramsamy, Appalnaidu Ramsamy, S Rapeport, Louis Rayner, Nancy Alison Rea, J A Reddy, Poonsamy Shunmugam Rennie, M S Reynolds, Roma N A Richardson, G W Richardson, Robert Neville Ridley, Simon Peter Rissik, G A Roberts, Emilie Robertson, Bruce Michael Robertson, Evelyn Joy Rodel, K L Rose, E P P Ross, Samuel Murray Roxburgh, Andrew Martin Rudner, I

Salberg, D B Salmon, R J Salmon, Robert George Sanders, E J Saunderson, Douglas Wilson Saunderson, P J Saxby, Roger C A Schickerling, Doreen Thelma

Schmidt, Friedrich Schmidt, Norman Fritjoff Bang Scogings, Timothy Peter Ralph Scurr, W R Searle, Pamela M Sebastian, Peter John Seedat, M A Seedat, Yackoob Kassim Sellers, James Alexander Sellers, John Martin Setterberg, Brian Sharratt, Stanley Blaxland Shaw, Frances Christian Sheard, Nora Frances Shenker, Alec Norman Siederseleben, Matthias Silva, Alma Leslie Mildred Joy Simpson, Denis Simpson, Pat Simpson, Robin Neil Simpson, Sheila Singh, Sanyuktha Skinner, Elizabeth Ann Slaney, Denis Emery Smart, Caroline Smith, Joyce Elizabeth Mary Smythe, P M Solberg, Karl Fredrik Souchon, Elisabeth Daphne

Mary Spinney, Virginia Stallbom, Kevin Edwin Stange, E H Stange, M A Starkey, Patricia V Stegen, Reino Martin Stent, Paul Anthony Stubbings, Oswald Quintin Swanepoel, Marita Jane Swart, J H

Tait, Elizabeth Margaretha Tarboton, Gerald Stott Tatham, Errol Inglis Tayler, Hilton Edwin Taylor, John Christopher

Beverley Taylor, Peter Waddilove Taylor, Virginia Frances de la M Tenold, Margaret Teversham, James Thienel, Agnes Deoda Thomas, Margaret Stuart Thompson, J N Thomson, Agnes Whitton Thomson, G M Thorsen, Stig-Magnus

Timol, Abdul Haque Tollman, T Trinder, James Trollope, W G A Troskie, L Trotter, George Tucker, A E Tucker, Mark Charles Turner, Raymond

Uken, Meinhard Ludwig Urry, Pauline

Vaid, Amina Ahmed Van den Berg, John Van der Byl, AR Van Dyk, Bruno Van Eck, Giovanna Van Reenen, D D Van Wyngaard, John Verbeek, Jennifer Ann Viljoen, Michiel Hendrik Viljoen, Peter Henning Vinsen, John Frederick Volmink, John

Wallis, Malcolm John David Walter, Maurice Winn Ward, J D Warder, Odette Ware-Austin, Audrey Elsa Warhurst, Philip R Watkeys, M K Watson, P Watt, M P M C Wattrus, Louise Patricia Waud, Andrew James Weinberg, Mark Wells, Randal Anthony Wessels, M L West, G O White, James Harrison Wilks, Ian Williams, John Wilsenach, A J Wilson, Clive Roy Wilson, Stanley Edward Wittenberg, Gunther Hermann Woolfson, Lionel

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Organisations,foundations and trusts3M S A (Pty) Ltd (Isando)3M S A (Pty) Ltd (Mayville)A Adam CoA E C I Ltd (Head Office)A E C I Operations Service (Pty) LtdA M Moolla Charity Trust (Head Office)Aaron Beare FoundationABB Electrical SystemsAbbott Lab S A (Pty) Ltd (Head Office)ABSA Bank (Durban - Regional Office)Adams & Adams AttorneysAdams & Co (Pty) LtdAdams Family Charitable Trust (Head Office)Adcock Ingram Critical Care LtdAdcock Ingram Ltd (Head Office)Adrian Dominican SistersAfrican Life AssuranceAfrican Mercantile BankAfrican Oxygen Ltd (Afrox) (Head Office)AfricareAgricultural Economic (Pty) LtdAir Quality Forum (Head Office)Airports Company SAAlbert Wessels TrustAlex Blaikie TrustAlexander Forbes Group (Pty) LtdAlliance Peroxide CC (Head Office)Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd (Head

Office)Alpha Ltd (Head Office)Alstom SAAmatikulu Prawns (Pty) LtdAndersen Consulting (Head Office)Anderson Aherin Associates ccAndrew W Mellon FoundationAnglo American Chairman’s Fund

Educational TrustAnglo American Corporation of S A Limited

(Head Office)Anglogold Fund Educational TrustAnthony and Karen Beare Charitable TrustArrow Africa (Pty) LtdArtworksAspen PharmacareAssociated AdditivesAstra PharmaceuticalsAstra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals (Pty) LtdAtlantic Philanthropies (SA) (Pty) LimitedAtomic Energy Corporation of South Africa

Ltd (Head Office)Attorneys Fidelity FundAusten Smith AttorneysAveng Management Company (Pty) LtdAventis Pharma (Pty) Ltd

De Beers Industrial Diamond Division (Pty)Ltd

Degaturn (Pty) LtdDeneys ReitzDepartment of Classics, University of NatalDeutsche Bank (South Africa)Dimension Data Holdings LtdDistillers Corporation (SA) Ltd (Head Office)DistellDole SA (Pty) LtdDominican SistersDoris Duke Charitable OrganisationDrs Pillay, Mackintosh and Partners (Head

Office)Dulux (Pty) Ltd (Umbogintwini)Durban CorporationDurban South Doctors’ GuildDuromed cc: Med Equipment Suppliers

E G Woods Will TrustEchalaz & Osborne (Pty) LtdEdgars Stores Ltd (Head Office)Edward L Bateman Ltd (Head Office)Edward Stanley Murphy Will TrustEE PublishersElectrical Repair Engineering (Pty) Ltd (Head

Office)Eli Lilly S A (Pty) Ltd (Head Office)Elias Freed Will TrustEmbassy of JapanEngen Petroleum LtdEstate Late John Walter NelsonEstate Late Arthur Desmond AttwoodEstate Late D E KarlsonEstate Late F J ShearerEstate Late G M I M SpencerEstate Late K G AlcockEstate Late Margaret F WarrenEstate Late Maurice Webb Estate Late N H CustersEstate Late R A MoorheadEstate Late Roy Weaver WoodEstate Late L A NemethEstate Late M E S FitzsimonsEthicon (Johnson & Johnson)

Facilities Management Group (FMG)Faisma Educational TrustFAMDOCFFS Refiners (Pty) LtdFirst National BankFirstRand FoundationFlemish GovernmentFoschini Services (Pty) LtdFrankipile South Africa (Pty) LtdFreddy Hyman GroupFresenius Kabi SAFriedrich Ebert Stiftung (Braamfontein)

B O E Bank LtdB P Southern Africa (Pty) LtdBale BuchananBankfin Fleet Management ServicesBarlow Rand Education TrustBarloworld LtdBaroque Medical and ElectronicsBayer (Pty) Ltd (Durban)Bayer (Pty) Ltd (Head Office)Bayside Aluminium (Head Office)Bearing Man LtdBell Equipment Company (Pty) LtdBidvest Group LtdBilliton Development Trust (Head Office)Billiton Process ResearchBoehringer Ingelheim (Pty) Ltd (Durban)Boehringer Ingelheim (Pty) Ltd (Head Office)Bona People's FundBonus Building SuppliesBristol-Myers Squibb (Pty) LtdBritish American Tobacco South Africa (Pty)

LtdByk Gulden Pharmaceuticals (Head Office)Byk Madaus (Pty) LtdBytes Technology Group

C E H Barber BequestCampbell, Bernstein and IrvingCandide Charitable TrustCanon Collins Educational TrustCardiomedics cc (Head Office)Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation (Head Office)Carnegie Corporation of New YorkCharities Aid FoundationCharles Stewart Mott FoundationCheckers (Chatsworth) TrustCHEMERG ccChemical Services LtdChep S A (Pty) LtdCheque Printing Co Pty LtdCipla-Medpro (Pty) LtdCisco System SA (Pty) LtdClaremont FarmClassic Surf GearClaude Harris Leon FoundationCLINDEVCoates Bros S A LimitedCommunication SolutionsCredit Guarantee Insurance Corporation of

Africa Ltd (Head Office)CroMedica (Pty) Ltd (Head Office)Crosfield South AfricaCSIR Defence Tech

D G Murray TrustDark & Lovely Education Trust (Head Office)De Beers Fund Educational TrustDe Beers Geology Kimberley

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Friends of the University of Natal (USA)Fulton Trust

Geyser Liebetrau Du Toit & LouwGillette S A LtdGlaxo Wellcome South Africa (Pty) Ltd

(Durban)Glenrand M.I.B. LimitedGreat Supply ccGreystone Farming EnterprisesGrinaker Construction Limited Grinaker Construction NatalGrintek CommsGromed Organics

H E Joosub Charitable TrustHardware Assemblies (Pty) LtdHathorn, Cameron & CoH B Sutcliffe Scholarship FundHealth Systems TrustHermann Ohlthaver TrustHexagon TrustHighveld Steel & Vanadium Corp LtdHilton CollegeHlulani TrustHoechst Marion Roussel LtdHollard Insurance Co LtdHoneywell SA (Pty) LtdHulett Aluminium LtdHuntsman Tioxide

IBAH (Pty) LtdIllovo Sugar Ltd (Durban)Independent Newspapers Holdings LtdIndustrial Development Corporation (IDC) of

S A LtdIneos Silicas (Pty) LtdIngenix InternationalInterconnect SystemsIntervid TechnologiesInvestec Bank LtdInvestec Private Trust LtdIrvin & JohnsonISCOR LtdIsrael South Africa FoundationIST Holdings

J D Kirsten TrustJ Leslie Smith & CoJanssen Pharmaceutica (Pty) LtdJanssen-CilagJanssen-Cilag (Pinetown)Japan FoundationBowman Gilfillan John & Kernick Johnson and Johnson (Pty) Ltd (Halfway

House)Joint Education TrustJones & WagenerJuta & Co Ltd

Karsten Farms (Pty) LtdKaytechKellogg Co of S A (Pty) LtdKelp Products (Pty) LtdKPMG (Durban)KwaZulu-Natal Managed Care CoalitionKZN Corporate Network Systems

Lafarge SA LtdLegal WiseLeo Burnett Holdings (Pty) LtdLeomat Construction (Pty) LtdLever Ponds (Pty) LtdLever Ponds (Pty) Ltd (La Lucia)Liberty Life Educational FoundationLindsay Smithers FCB Bond (Pty) LtdLubrizol S A (Pty) Ltd

M E Masojada & PartnersM S D (Pty) LtdMackenzie FoundationMarcus Medical (Pty) Ltd Marist BrothersMarriott Merchant BankMaskew Miller LongmanMcCarthy Retail LtdMDS Pharma Services SAMeadow Feeds Mills (Bryanston)Medical Education for S A Blacks (MESAB)Medical Protection SocietyMedtronic Africa (Pty) LtdMennonite Central CommitteeMerck (Pty) LtdMerlin Gerim SA (Pty) Ltd t/a ConlogMicrosoft Matching Gift ProgrammeMINTEKMissionary Oblates of Mary ImmaculateMissionary SistersMonaghan Farm SchoolMondi PaperMondi ForestsMonsanto S A (Pty) LtdMoreland Developments (Pty) LtdMorgan West (Pty) LtdMSD PharmaceuticalsMsunduzi MunicipalityMultichoice Africa (Pty) LtdMurray & Roberts (Durban)Murray & Roberts Gillis-Mason

Nampak Management ServicesNatal Bioproducts InstituteNatal Blood Transfusion ServiceNatal Portland Cement Co LtdNational Renal CareNational Research FoundationNational Starch & ChemicalNBS Bank

Nedcor LtdNelson Ball Charitable TrustNelson Mandela Children’s FundNestle (South Africa) (Pty) LtdNestle (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (New

Germany)Netplan Consulting Electrical EngineersNew Clicks Holdings LtdNIB Management CompanyNicor OutsourcingNitran Surgical SystemsNottingham Biostatics LtdNovartis South Africa (Pty) LtdNovo Nordisk (Pty) LtdNPC Eagle Cement

Old Mutual (Cape Town)Oude Meester Foundation for the

Performing Arts

Palmer Strachan FoundationParson & LumsdenPeter Crowther TrustPfizer Laboratories (Pty) Ltd (Sandton)Pharmacia & Upjohn (Pty) LtdPick 'n Pay Corporate ServicesPick 'n Pay Retail (Claremont)Pietermaritzburg Legal CirclePioneer Food GroupPlascon Paints (Natal) (Pty) LtdPolifin LimitedPretoria Portland Cement (PPC)Price Waterhouse Coopers (Berea)Professional Provident Society of South

AfricaProtein Research TrustProtestant Association for Co-operation in

DevelopmentPublic Affairs Division, University of Natal

Quintiles Clindepharm Ltd

Rainbow TechnologiesRDI Reutech Defence IndustriesReckitt and Coleman Pharmaceuticals (Pty)

Ltd (Head Office)Rehoboth VoelboerderyRevertex Chemicals (Pty) LtdRhone-Poulenc Rorer (Durban)Rhone-Poulenc Rorer S A (Pty) Ltd (Port

Elizabeth)Richards Bay MineralsRoche DiagnosticsRoche Products (Pty) Ltd (Isando)Roche Products (Pty) Ltd (Durban)Rockefeller Brothers FundRose and Reuben Silbert Charity FoundationRR Vice Charitable Trust

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S A Biomedical (Pty) LtdS A Breweries LtdS A Eagle Insurance Co LimitedS A Macadamia Growers AssociationS A Music Rights Organisation Ltd

(Braamfontein)S A Sugar Millers Association LtdSA Nurserymen's AssociationSage FoundationSanlamSanlam (Durban)SANPADSAPPI LimitedSAPPI Saiccor (Pty) LtdSappi Saiccor (Pty) Ltd (Umkomaas)Sarkin Family TrustSasol LtdSasol PolymersSasol Technology (Pty) LtdSazzi Computer SolutionsScaw Metals LtdSchering (Pty) LtdSchering-Plough (Pty) LtdScientific Group (Pty) Ltd (Johannesburg)Scientific Group (Pty) Ltd (Durban)Searle South Africa (Pty) LtdSeedling Growers Association of S A

(Dorpspruit)Semikron S A (Pty) LtdServier Laboratories S A (Pty) LtdSet Point TechnologyShell & B P South African Petroleum

Refineries (Pty) LtdShell S A (Pty) Ltd (Cape Town)Shepstone & Wylie TomlinsonShepstone & WylieSiemens LtdSiemens Ltd (Pinetown)Sisters of Saint JosephSisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Skye Advanced TechnologiesSmith & Nephew (Pty) LtdSmith & Nephew Medical Educational TrustSmithkline BeechamSouth African Eagle Insurance Co LtdSouth African Reserve BankSouthern African Music Rights Organisation

Ltd (SAMRO)Southern Life FoundationSpoor & Fisher (Pretoria)Springbok AtlasStandard Bank FoundationStandard Bank of S A Ltd (Johannesburg)Standard Bank of South Africa (Durban)Starmed (Pty) LtdStella and Paul Loewenstein Charitable and

Educational TrustStellenbosch Farmers’ Winery Group Ltd Stockowners Co-operationStowell & CoStudents’ Representative Council, University

of NatalSugar Industry Trust Fund for EducationSurgical Research SocietySwiss Reinsurance of Southern Africa Co

LtdSwiss-South African Co-operation

T Birch & Co (Pty) LtdT T Cradock TrustTaeuber Management Trust (Pty) LtdTara Consultants (South Africa)Tara Consultants LtdTatham Wilkes & CoTekwini Education and Development TrustTelkom S A Ltd (Durban)TheradexTongaat-Hulett Group Ltd (Glenashley)Top Crop NurseryToyota S A Manufacturing

Troubadour ProductionsTyco Health Care

UBS Warburg SecuritiesUlster CarpetsUmbogintwini Operations ServicesUmgeni WaterUnilever (Pty) LtdUnilever Foundation for Education and

DevelopmentUnion Co-operative LtdUnited International Pictures S AUpstream Training Trust

VancometricsVASSAVenn, Nemeth and HartVictor Daitz Charitable FoundationViking Fishing Company (Deep Sea) (Pty)

LtdViking Medical & Scientific (Pty) LtdVoermol FeedsW K Kellogg FoundationWakkerstroom Natural Heritage AssociationWarner Lambert SA (Pty) LtdWBHO Construction (Pty) LtdWebber Wentzel BowensWilliam Hind Memorial TrustWoodhead, Bigby & IrvingWorld Wide Fund for Nature

Young & Satharia

List of January 1998 to September 2003DONORS

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For the past two years the NUDF has been engaged inan extensive process of critical reflection and plan-ning. The outcome has been the NUDF

Organisational Development Plan: 2003 to 2007, a com-prehensive charter for the organisation incorporating thefollowing three programmes:

The Attention to Fundamentals ProgrammeThe Attention to Fundamentals Programme focuses oncapacity-building and management and operating systemswithin the NUDF. It includes staff development activities,a commitment to improving equity, development of newfundraising policies and procedures, recruitment of staff torelieve and understudy current senior personnel, andrefinement of management and operating systems with anemphasis on improved client liaison and reporting.

The Integrated Development and FundraisingProgrammeThe Integrated Development and Fundraising Programmehas two major components. The first is production of anintegrated development and fundraising portfolio for theUniversity. The second is a concerted fundraising cam-paign based on the portfolio. The portfolio will be updat-ed and reproduced on a regular basis and the first iterationis due to be published in the third quarter of 2004.

The Philanthropic Network ProgrammeThe Philanthropic Network Programme aims to increasefunding received from South African sources and diversifythe NUDF’s international funding sources away fromNorth America. At its core is creation of an extensive net-work of philanthropic agents, largely in the form of volun-teers, in strategically placed locations in South Africa andabroad. The philanthropic network is being developedalongside and operationalised incrementally for the pur-poses of the Integrated Development and FundraisingProgramme.

Fundraising target: 2003 to 2007As part of the plan, the NUDF has set a fundraising targetfor the five-year period of R280 million. This is double thetotal income for the period 1998 to 2002. Particularemphasis is to be placed on harnessing support fromalumni and increasing investment in the University by theprivate sector.

If the NUDF achieves the goals set out in the plan, itwill not only have created a financial platform for advance-ment of the institution it serves, but it will also have devel-oped the capacity and experience, both among its ownstaff and within the University more broadly, to sustain adevelopment office that will serve the institution proud formany years to come.

FUTURE

• Capacity-building and management

and operating systems

development within the NUDF.

• Production of an integrated

development and fundraising

portfolio for the University and a

concerted fundraising campaign.

• Creation of an extensive network of

philanthropic agents.

• A fundraising target for the five-year

period of R280 million.

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for Donors and PartnersINFORMATION

ries contractual obligations dictated by the grantee.However, there is no reason for individuals who leavebequests or give donations or gifts not to take thesame approach, with a contractual agreement withthe University. In these cases, tax benefits will alsousually apply.

Naming rights and acknowledgementThe University is always prepared to consider awardingnaming rights to particular initiatives, such as newresearch centres or institutes, bursary or scholarshipschemes, and physical infrastructure like lecture theatres,resource centres or even entire buildings. Donors maydedicate their contributions to honouring a person,whether living or deceased, or they may secure namingrights for themselves or their organisation should this bedesired.

Unless anonymity is preferred, a full list of all donorswill appear in its various publications.

New initiatives and details about sponsors are regular-ly released to, and publicised in, the local and nationalpress. Publication of these releases cannot, however, beguaranteed. The NUDF and the University are of coursewilling to consider whatever other forms of acknowledge-ment may be desirable and appropriate.

Tax benefitsIn terms of Section 18(a) of the South African Income TaxAct, all gifts and donations made to the University by indi-viduals or organisations in South Africa are tax deductible.The University has also established charitable trusts in theUnited Kingdom, the United States and Canada whichpermit tax relief for donors. The NUDF will gladly assistprospective donors with the technicalities of tax benefits ifnecessary.

The right to chooseThe NUDF promotes an array of projects, programmesand fundraising appeals that have been prioritised by theUniversity. Information about current lead projects andother initiatives can be obtained directly from the NUDFor from its website (http://www.ukzn.ac.za/nudf).

Donors can create their own projects and causes. Youmight want to help a promising youngster to train as amedical practitioner, to contribute to revolutionaryresearch, or to assist with purchasing important works forthe University’s libraries. Or you might wish to supportnew academic programmes in your own discipline or con-tribute to the general Development Fund of the institutionitself. The decision is entirely yours and the NUDF will dowhatever it can to assist you to make the choice thatmatches your ideals and vision.

Modes of givingThe following are the most common modes of giving:

• A bequest is an instrument used by many alumni andfriends to leave a portion of their estate to theUniversity. Bequests can take the form of cash orother items of value and can be dedicated to specifiedcauses or willed for unspecified use by the institution.Bequests are exempt from estate duty. The NUDF canprovide information about this.

• A donation or gift is a contribution to the University,or to one of its projects, made by a living individual orsome other legal entity. Like bequests, donations orgifts may be given in cash or kind and may be dedicat-ed to specified causes according to the choice of thedonor or giver. In most cases, tax exemptions or ben-efits are available.

• A grant is a donation or gift that usually emanatesfrom an organisation for a particular purpose and car-

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of the NUDF

PROFESSOR JOHN D. VOLMINKExecutive Director

MR BRUNO VAN DYKDeputy Director

MR MILCHO DAMIANOVAssociate Director

MS CAROL BUNNSenior Development Officer

(Gauteng)

MS JUBY GOVENDERData-base Manager and

Researcher

MS COLLEEN HARRINGTONClient Liaison and Project

Manager

STAFF

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MR RUDI KIMMIECoordinator: Archbishop Denis E.

Hurley Educational Fund

MS ANSUYA LALSABPersonal Assistant to the

Executive Director

MS THAPELO MOLATUDIPublic Relations and

Administration Officer (Gauteng)

MS RASHINA MOODLEYFinance and Administration

Manager

MR DEAN MORRISONAdministrative Assistant

MS DEOVOLENTE MTHOMBENIAdministrative Officer

MR MICHAEL SIKHAKHANEDevelopment Officer

MS LIZ YOUNGSenior Bequest Officer

of the NUDFSTAFF

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DetailsCONTACT

The main office of the NUDF is located on the HowardCollege Campus of the University in Durban. A subsidiaryoffice is based in Rivonia in Gauteng. The NUDF also hascontact people in the USA, the United Kingdom andAustralia.

www.ukzn.ac.za/nudf

DurbanContact person: Colleen HarringtonAddress: NUDF

University of KwaZulu-Natal King George V Avenue Durban 4041, South Africa

Telephone: +27 (0)31 260 2019 Facsimile: +27 (0)31 260 2812E-mail: harringt@ukzn.ac.za

GautengContact person: Thapelo MolatudiAddress: NUDF

Private Bag X87Bryanston 2021, South Africa

Telephone: +27 (0)11 234 3403/4/5Facsimile: +27 (0)11 234 2344E-mail: molatudit@ukzn.ac.za

USAContact person: Roy A. GentleAddress: 3317 Stanford Street

MD 20783 USA

Telephone: +1 301 422 0359E-mail: carol.corneilse_roy.gentle@att.net

UKContact person: Sean JonesAddress: 19 Isles Road

Ramsbury SN8 2RTWiltshire, United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)1672 520 921Facsimile: +44 (0)1672 520 690E-mail: eduactive@onetel.com