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CSI 2011Investing in our planet, our people

Contents

Message from the Chairperson 2

Message from the Managing Director and CEO 3

Company overview 4

CSI overview 5

Environment 6Kids in Kruger 8

Arbor City Awards 10

Keep Kruger Clean 12

Northern Namibian Forestry Committee 13

Botswana Predator Conservation Trust 14

BirdLife South Africa 15

Education 16Move-it Moving Matters 18

Island View Terminal 20

Boitjhorisong Resource Centre 22

Junior Achievement Swaziland 23

Social Development 24UNICEF Sports for Development 26

Female Entrepreneur of the Year 28

Ikhaya Lobomi 30

Beacon of Hope 31

Epilepsy South Africa 32

Food and Trees for Africa 33

Heritage 34Sibikwa Arts Centre 36

Buskaid 37

Employee Volunteer Programme 38

Selection and funding of projects 40

2 Total South Africa CSI Prospectus 2011 3

Message from the

Managing Director and CEO

For a number of years now, Total South Africa has invested in numerous corporate social investment projects, some of which are highlighted in this publication. We are very proud of all of these projects as they have made a significant difference and contributed to sustainable development in a number of areas.

Within the South African business context, corporate social responsibility has become strategically focused and most businesses align their corporate social investment with their business objectives in spearheading transformation. The approach to corporate social investment is shifting from that of a charitable one to a more partnership-orientated approach where sustainable relationships are built and it is this very philosophy that drives Total South Africa’s CSI portfolio.

To illustrate – over the years Total’s funding of the Female Farmer of the Year (now known as Female Entrepreneur of the Year) has paved the way for small subsistence farmers to become full grown export businesses, employing several hundred people and contributing to the GDP of our country.

Environmental conservation, another core focus area of Total’s CSI portfolio, is of ever-increasing relevance to the citizens of the world. Total South Africa has been a long standing funder of Arbor Day and Arbor Week, contributing to the planting millions of trees over the years. As global warming continues to play havoc with weather patterns across the world, Total’s worldwide research and development teams are working to find cleaner and more efficient products to ensure that we leave a sustainable planet for future generations.

We are forever mindful of the responsibility we have to make a sustainable contribution to the future of the country and we embrace this responsibility through our corporate social investment programme.

Zodwa ManaseChairperson

Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Jean-Denis RoyèreManaging Director and Chief Executive Officer

Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Total South Africa has set a benchmark in how to make a meaningful difference in the communities within which we carry out our business. We purposefully prioritise and invest in our corporate social responsibility programme.

We have four key focus areas in which we work with several initiatives under each area. They are:

• Education

• Heritage

• Socialdevelopment

• Environmentalconservation

It is important that Total South Africa works closely with its CSI partners so that they can develop into self-sustainable entities. This way we know that when the time comes for us to move away, that they are able to continue to grow and thrive on their own.

Corporate social investment is not only the responsibility of the company, but also the responsibility of each and every Total employee. The Total Attitude of boldness, listening, cross functionality and mutual support have resulted in our Employee Volunteer Programme where our people go out and make a difference in the lives of their fellow countrymen, women and children.

Although we have made remarkable progress since the dawn of democracy, we realise that South Africa still has a long way to go in spreading and embracing the true spirit of ubuntu (humanity). The same applies to our people, the Total employees. We believe that we will reach the top of that ‘hill’ by putting one foot in front of the other, step by step.

Message from the

Chairperson


While South Africa has made great strides during its democracy to uplift its people, great need still exists in many communities around our country. Poverty, unemployment, poor education and lack of access to basic infrastructure combine to present significant hurdles to upliftment and the hope of a better life.

Corporate South Africa has a vital role to play in bringing about meaningful change and improved living conditions to impoverished, under-resourced and disadvantaged communities. In order to make a sustainable and long-lasting impact, Total South Africa believes CSI needs to be driven strategically.

In making investments into the communities we serve, we consider national development imperatives, the nature and impact of our core business, our geographical footprint and the needs of South Africa’s most vulnerable people. We are guided by the Group CSI Policy, which outlines a strategic focus in the following key areas:

Environmental conservation• Marineandland-basedbiodiversityconservation

• Environmentaleducation

• Conservationofnaturalhabitats

• Urbangreening

Education• Teachertraining(primaryandsecondaryeducation)

• Englishlanguage,mathematics,scienceandtechnologyeducation

Social development• Womenempowerment

• HIV/Aidsprogrammes

• Disability

• Soccerdevelopmenttournaments

Heritage• Drama

• Arts

• Music

• Dance

CSI overview

Investing to make a meaningful difference

Established in 1954, Total South Africa forms part of the multi-national French-based company, which has operations in more than 130 countries across the globe. This ensures that our company is able to benefit from shared access to internationally acclaimed best practice, technological expertise and top flight business innovation, while retaining a commitment to the local South African context.

With a portfolio of 530 service stations located throughout South Africa and 50 in neighbouring countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland), our company is a key player in the country’s petrochemical market. We produce products that range from jet fuel and liquid petroleum gas to lubricants, grease and kerosene and through these have an impact on many different aspects of the economy. Our commercial and specialist portfolio offers an extensive range of products and services to the agricultural, mining and commercial markets.

As a leading South African energy brand, we constantly strive to be a world-class marketing company. We are driven by our core values of professionalism, transparency, pride and diversity, which are derived from our local organisational culture and the Group Ethics Charter. These reflect and support our commitment to responsible business conduct.

A new energy environment has emerged in recent years, shaped by soaring oil prices, higher operating costs and other factors. This environment is here to stay.

The Group has developed four cornerstone behaviours of boldness, listening, cross functionality and mutual support, better known as the Total attitude. These behaviours are a unifying force that helps us stay competitive and cement our identity around attitudes of which we can be proud.

Transformation is closely aligned with the Group’s mission. We remain committed to the transformation agenda of the country, which we believe is an effective means of bringing about meaningful change and redressing economic imbalances entrenched in the economy. Through a supportive business culture, we embrace diversity and transparency and strive to create a company that caters for the diversity of our staff.

Company overview

Welcome to Total South Africa

Shareholding and subsidiariesThe French-based parent Total group owns a 50,1% share in Total South Africa, with the remaining shares being held by black economic empowerment partner TOSACO (25%) and Remgro (24.9%). Total South Africa owns a 36.36% share in the Natref Refinery and has wholly owned subsidiaries in Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.


At Total South Africa we believe that the country’s natural heritage is one of its greatest assets, but we also recognise that many of Africa’s beautiful spaces and diverse species are under threat. Our environmental focus area provides a vehicle through which the company carries out its commitment to preserving the natural environment for future generations. Our focus on environmental conservation includes the preservation of marine and land-based biodiversity and natural habitats and a range of urban greening projects that aim to beautify the areas in which our communities live. We also engage in extensive environmental education that seeks to share the wonders of the natural world with children. By highlighting the importance of conservation and providing people with the chance to appreciate the slendour and diversity of Africa’s wonderful places, we hope to instill a culture of pride in our natural heritage and a sense of responsibility for its ongoing preservation.

Environment

Preserving Africa’s natural beauty


Total South Africa has a long-standing relationship with the Kruger National Park and one of its flagship investments involves support for the Kids in Kruger project.

Thisground-breakingproject,oneoftheMyAcreofKrugerinitiatives,wasstartedwiththe aim of providing local children from surrounding communities with the opportunity toexperiencethewondersandbeautyoftheKrugerNationalPark.Ingeneral,thesechildren come from underprivileged communities and although they live just outside of the borders of the park, many of them could live their entire lives without ever being abletoaffordatripintoKruger.

As their generation will grow up to be future custodians of South Africa’s natural heritage, it’s critical that they come to appreciate the wonder that our national parks have to offer and are educated about the importance of conservation. By taking them intotheparkandteachingthemaboutnature,ecosystemsandconservation,KidsinKrugerprovidesthemwitharichexperienceofthenaturalworld.Theirgeneralknowledge of the environment is enhanced through the educational focus of the project,whiletheopportunitytoexperiencethegloryoftheKrugerNationalParkfirst-hand can instill a lifelong love of and respect for nature. Children take their knowledge and attitudes back to their families and communities, further enhancing the impact of the project.

TheKidsinKrugerinitiativehasgrownsignificantlysinceitsinception.Aneducationalfacility was initially built at the Phabeni Gate entrance to host local learners on day trips, but there was growing demand from both under- and well-resourced schools acrossthecountrytobeinvolved.Inresponseandwiththesupportofsponsors,MyAcreofKrugerextendedthePhabeniGateeducationalfacilitytoincludedormitoriesfor 420 children. This dramatically increased the project’s footprint, allowing learners fromschoolsinotherprovincestostayovernightandenjoythebenefitsthatKidsinKrugerhastooffer.ThefacilityprovidesanidealplaceforlearnerstobeeducatedaboutwhattheywillseeontheirtripthroughKrugerandabouttheimportanceofprotecting plants, animals and ecosystems, not only in national parks, but in their communities as well.

Todate,KidsinKrugerhashelpedover220000learnersbetweentheagesof8and16 to experience one of Africa’s greatest wild places. Total South Africa is proud to be part of a project that builds a sense of value for conservation in future generations and has extended its relationship for a further two years until 2013.

Kids in Kruger

Teaching children to value conservation

❝Our goal is towards sustainable education to teach our children the importance of the environment through hands-on interaction and experience.❞Bryn Pyne-James, Senior General Manager, SANParks Fundraising.

In 2011, the My Acre of Kruger project was fully incorporated into SANParks and plans are in place to extend the Kids in Kruger model to other national parks around the country. This will expose more South African children to the country’s diverse range of natural environments and ecosystems.


Arbor Week and Arbor City Awards

Drakenstein scoops 2011 Arbor City Awards

Visit the Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape and you will see evidence of great pride and hard work invested in making the municipality one of the greenest and most beautiful in the province.

New housing developments, usually so stark and bare, now boast 2 600 young trees planted in the past three years as part of a 3 000 tree campaign to beautify the area. An exquisite tree flowering garden graces the town of Wellington, while the 54-year-old Paarl Arboretum, situated on the banks of the Berg River, showcases thousands of trees and shrubs and some 650 different plant species.

Driving through the municipality’s towns, visitors are struck by the many majestic oak trees scrupulously maintained as part of the tree management programme and by the town entrances which have benefited from extensive greening initiatives. In thepastthreeyears,theDrakensteinMunicipalityhasplanted3000trees,manyofwhich have helped to uplift previously disadvantaged communities.

Arbor City Awards, funded for many years by Total South Africa, has recognised and rewardedtheseeffortsbynamingtheDrakensteinMunicipalityasthe2011winner. The municipality received R250 000 in prize money and more trees to further its greening efforts.

For the past nine years, the Arbor City Awards has focused on a particular province, but from 2011, will be run on a national basis.

❝Working in this field can be very rewarding. Take for example the work we did in Mbekweni, a township on the outskirts of Paarl. When we put in a park there and planted some trees, you could see a noticeable difference in the people living there. Their attitude became more positive and they are increasingly aware of the value of trees. It has been an honour to receive this award as it shows that we are doing something right. It is our intention to plant 1 000 trees every year and put the prize money towards this goal.❞Albert van der Merwe, Manager: Parks Section, Drakenstein Municipality


Keep Kruger clean

Eradicating litter from communities and parks

Fortunately, litter can be eradicated with the help of campaigns that educate people abouttheproperdisposalofwaste.TotalSouthAfricasponsorsKeepKrugerClean,adrivetoremovelitterfromtheKrugerNationalPark.Onceayear,staffmembersjoinlocalcommunities, educators and schoolchildren to pick up litter in the park. The campaign also includes an important educational element which teaches learners about the dangers of litter, both in national parks and in their communities. They learn that litter from surrounding areas often ends up in the park, carried there by wind and rivers and that littering in their communities is dangerous, unsightly and unhealthy.

Whiletheannualanti-litterdayisanimportantfocus,KeepKrugerCleanisayear-roundinitiative. Total sponsors the ongoing provision of litter-education leaflets and paper litter-disposal bags, which are handed out to visitors at various park entrance points.

Since2008,youngvolunteersfromlocalcommunitieshavebeenworkingasKruger’slitter eradication ambassadors. Working on weekends and during school holidays, these volunteerscarrythemessageofKeepKrugerCleantoeveryonewhoentersthepark.They also act as ambassadors in their own communities, spreading the message about the importance of keeping the environment litter-free.

Litter is an unsightly scourge that is dangerous to both animals and people. In the Kruger National Park, rangers often find animals that have ingested plastic bags, glass and other litter that can harm or even kill them and littering mars the landscape in many other national parks and communities across the country.

Northern Nambian Forestry Committee

Greening schools in Northern Namibia Children in northern Namibia have helped to green their immediate school environment by planting more than 20 000 trees in a Total-funded competition, run in partnership with the Northern Namibian Forestry Committee, to promote urban greening and highlight the deforestation challenge presented by rapid urban migration. Each school is provided with 20 seedlings, which a class or group of learners is responsible for planting, watering and nurturing. The competition assesses their knowledge of tree-planting as well as the selection of the planting site, the land preparation, protection methods employed and the number of trees that survive.

❝ It is wonderful to see the local communities and school learners coming out in such support for the Keep Kruger Clean initiative. Litter is an unfortunate challenge but one that can be overcome through ongoing education and partnerships, such as the one we have with Total.❞Lucy Nhlapo – HOD: Tourism and Marketing, Kruger National Park


Over 2 000 young people in Maun, Botswana have benefited from the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust’s (BPCT) Coaching for Conservation programme, which uses sport to engender self-respect and inspire a generation of kids who care about the environment.

With the help of funding from Total, BPCT recently opened this new state-of-the-art conservation education centre, which will provide primary school teachers, coaches and pupils with a place to gather and acquire training, knowledge, skills and resources to encourage conservation and teach respect for self, others and the environment.

Botswana Predator Conservation Trust

Instilling respect for self, others and the environment

Every year thousands of seabirds, spotting an easy meal in fishing bait, become entangled in the fishing lines of longline fishing boats and drown. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that such fishing activities are responsible for the death of around 21 000 seabirds off South Africa’s coastline every year. Around 70% of these birds are albatross and it’s estimated that 19 of the world’s 22 albatross species are endangered as a result of longline fishing.

However,fishingisanimportanteconomicactivitythatsupports many South African communities, providing a livelihood to thousands of people. The challenge is to find a sustainable solution that allows fishing to continue without further endangering the lives of these magnificent birds. BirdLife South Africa has taken over a pilot project initiated by the WWF that is saving the lives of thousands of birds while providing people with disabilities with skills and jobs.

At the Ocean View Association for Persons of Disability (OVAPD), ten people with disabilities are hard at work making tori lines – streamers that are attached to the fishing boats’ longlines to scare away the birds. Total South Africa has, since 2009, funded the project which has manufactured around850linesfordistributiontodemersalhaketrawlersand pelagic longline tuna fishing boats.

What started as a pilot project has grown significantly. Workers at OVAPD have greatly increased the speed at which they manufacture the tori lines and are able to suggest improvements to the lines when fishermen experience problems with the current design. They have also started supplying Asian vessels that come to fish in South African waters under joint venture fishing licences and have developed line cutters to cut lines from turtles and sharks. Local fisherman are extremely supportive of the project as they can purchase ready-made lines that meet the specifications set out in their permit conditions.

BirdLife South Africa

Saving seabirds, creating jobs

Birds most in danger of being caught in the longlines include the white-chinned petrel, shy albatross, black-browed albatross, pintado petrel and Cape gannet.

❝The investment from Total South Africa is helping prevent the extinction of many bird species, maintain and improve the conservation status of all bird species and integrate bird conservation into sustaining people’s livelihoods.❞Bronwyn Maree, BirdLife South Africa


Education

Supporting the educational journey of a nation

A good education provides a solid foundation and promises a prosperous future not only for the individual child who receives it, but for the nation as a whole. Total South Africa recognises that gaps in education remain one of South Africa’s biggest challenges and is committed to assisting government in its efforts to bring better education to our children. In particular, the company focuses on maths, science and technology education – a national education imperative and an area that speaks to the company’s own need for a sustainable skills base in the future. Total also recognises the adage that a healthy body equals a healthy mind and has entered into an exciting partnership with an NGO that supports the promotion of physical education in previously disadvantaged schools.


Move-it Moving Matters

Healthy bodies, healthy minds

Thanks to Total South Africa’s contribution, more than 3 000 children in Soweto will be introduced to a programme that gets them moving via an ingenious series of games, improving everything from balance, timing and spatial awareness to co-operative teamwork.

TheMove-ItMovingMattersprogrammeisthebrainchildofDrClaireNicholson,anexpert in the field of physical education and the previous head of human movement studiesattheUniversityoftheWitwatersrand.Nicholsonexplains“Itisaprogressiveprogramme which combines a number of competencies, namely balance, locomotion, neuro-motor control, transference of weight, spatial awareness, timing and rhythm, cardiovascular endeavour, hand- and foot-eye co-ordination and manipulation and competitiveandco-operativeteamwork.Motordevelopmentisattheforefrontofeducation, but in 1999, physical education (PE) was dropped from the curriculum. Since then, schools have been breeding children who come into the working world with deficits.”

A lack of physical activity leads to numerous problems in later life, including posture and balance. The introduction of Life Orientation as a subject meant that physical education re-entered the school curriculum, but a lack of time, trained teachers and resources resulted in the subject being put on the back-burner. Legacy issues from Bantu Education also compounded the situation with a whole generation having grown up without understanding the role of physical exercise as integral to holistic education. The programme aims to reverse this situation by making physical activity a top priority. It also aims to empower learners by allowing teachers to play a role only in facilitation.

The programme makes use of kit bags in four levels: a blue bag, red bag, yellow bag and green bag. Total funded learners in the intermediate phase will make use of the blue bag, which contains equipment such as juggling balls and a mini soccer ball which can beattachedaroundthewaisttoplayagamecalledKiatch-It(kickandcatchit).

On 27 June 2011, teachers from 30 schools participated in a day-long workshop at MamboPrimaryinChiawelo,Sowetotoenablethemtotraintheirpupilsinsportsandactivities. Total’s contribution of R3 million over the next three years will enable them to penetrate 32 Soweto schools.

❝We as teachers are excited because we have been worried about the condition of the children. They are always sitting in classes; you never see them jumping, skipping, rolling around and just being active and that is what we need to see.❞Lillian Dimpe, a teacher at Ikemeleng Primary School in Naledi

❝ In the same way that a learner needs a maths set for geometry, so the Move-It Moving Matters programme enables the learner to read, discuss and use the equipment in the bag to experience the actions required. Through repetition, motor skills are acquired and confidence and competence is developed, which promotes experiences of enjoyment through movement.❞Dr Claire Nicholson, creator of Move-it Moving Matters


Island View Terminal

Computer donation brings smiles to young learners in Merebank

In 2011, Total South Africa implemented the country’s first fully integrated service station technology that improves visibility and efficiency at more than 330 Total dealerships. Taking more than three years to complete, the project had an unexpected spin-off for three schools in the Merebank area.

Following the roll-out of the ISIS system, some of the computers from thevariousdepotsbecameobsolete.Understandingthatmanyschoolslacked basic computers, Total’s Island View Terminal came up with an idea for a project that involved upgrading and donating these computers to disadvantaged schools.

Following approval of the project from head office, a needs analysis of schools within a 10km radius of the terminal was conducted. These schools formed partofanareaknownasMerebank,locatedintheSouthDurbanbasin.Whileit was important to target the neediest schools, it was also recognised that the beneficiary schools needed some basic infrastructure and educator capacity. Three schools were identified: Settlers Primary, Nizam Road Primary and PRP Secondary School. During the needs analysis it was also realised that the classrooms destined for the computers would require upgrading in the form of furniture, painting and security – an investment of R300 000. 2011 saw the official handover of the computer rooms to the schools.

Learnersandteachersareunanimousintheirsupportfortheproject.MrIVNaidoo,principalatSettlersPrimarySchoolexplains,“Weareveryhappyand privileged to have such a modern computer room. Computer studies has become an integral part of our school curriculum. As educators we have a wonderful opportunity to empower ourselves as well as teaching it back to the students.”

Learnersareequallyexcited,“Computersareveryinteresting.Ilovecominginto the computer room; everything is so clean and fresh. I like the soft chairs and the red colour; it’s also the coolest classroom in the whole school.”

❝We are moving towards an era when computers will be a necessary tool in the teaching process. With our new computer centre, the pupils are inspired to learn and it has quickly become the favourite period during their school day. The new room has instilled a sense of pride in our pupils who respect the computers and keep the room clean. Thank you to Total South Africa for choosing us as a beneficiary to your schools programme.❞Mr D Ranjith, principal at Nizam Road Primary School

About Total South Africa’s Island View Terminal

The Island View Terminal was built in 1957 and is situated in the Port of Durban in an area known as the Cutler Complex. The complex covers an area of 116 hectares and was developed as the major bulk storage and handling facility for chemical and petroleum products in both liquid and gas form. The terminal houses oil and fuel storage facilities and the most modern grease plant in Africa. It is also a major distribution centre from where Total products are distributed to its retail outlets and consumer customers.

❝With the installation of this new computer room, the pupils are very excited to learn about computers and how they can help them in their academic programme. As a result there are never any problems during the class. I just love teaching in here and look forward to the future of teaching with these teaching aids.❞Ms Melanie Ramdass, computer educator


Boitjhorisong Resource Centre

Science, maths and technology centre helps learners achieve their best

Junior Achievement Swaziland

Nurturing a culture of entrepreneurship

The shortage of graduates in mathematics and science is having an adverse effect on business and industry, undermining South Africa’s economic growth and global competitiveness.

This has been exacerbated by the shortage of trained and qualified mathematics and science teachers. Total South Africa’s corporate social investment programme is helping to bridge the gap by directing funds to the Boitjhorisong Resource Centre (BRC), located in Sasolburg in the Free State. With Total South Africa’s ongoing support, the centre has become

an important community hub, providing essential mathematics, science and technology education to learners.

In 2011, learner support interventions will be delivered over school holidays, afternoon and Saturday classes as well as through the cohort learner support system. The cohort learner programme’s aim is to provide extensive support to promising Grade 10-12 learners in the hopes that they will excel in mathematics and physical sciences and pursue related careers. Forty learners from four of BRC’s beneficiary schools (Cedar, Nkgopoleng, Iketsetseng and Sakubusha) were selected to take part. Support is being provided in the form

Total Swaziland is committed to nurturing a culture of entrepreneurship among small and medium-sized businesses.

That is why, in an effort to create an entrepreneurial environment, it provides support to the Junior Achievement (JA) Swaziland programme. This programmewasestablishedintheKingdomofSwazilandin2007,astheSchool Age Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (SAYE) and relaunched in 2010 as the Junior Achievement Worldwide Swaziland.

Junior Achievement Swaziland is a non-profit organisation that continues to advance its mission of building Swaziland’s economy by equipping its youth with the tools, training and confidence required to become long-term contributors to the domestic and global economy. The JA Programme has already reached the lives of 10 000 children and has enjoyed great success.

In2011,LusotiHighSchoolwontheJASwazilandExpoCompetitionfortheiragricultural programme which involved growing and selling fresh vegetables using environmentally responsible methods. The group walked away with a trophy, certificate, prize money of E2 000 and the opportunity to represent SwazilandintheJAAfricaregionalcompetitioninNairobi,Kenya.Theyalso won the award for Best Corporate Social Responsibility, planting over 500 seedlings at a nearby children’s care point. This is the second year that LusotiHighSchoolhaswontheJASwazilandExpoCompetition.

InattendancewereHisExcellencythePrimeMinister,theHonourableMinisterofEducationandTrainingandtheAmbassadoroftheUnitedStatesof America to Swaziland along with the sponsors and other distinguished guests.

About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organisation dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programmes. JA programmes help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it; how to create jobs which make their communities more robust; and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities.

of teacher professional development, a whole school improvement programme, a learner support programme and the supply of material.

In addition to the support provided to learners in 2011, the centre’s focus was on the provision of teacher training courses in mathematics and physical sciences at GET and FET levels. This included an accredited B Ed teacher course, content and curriculum-based teacher workshops and a mentoring programme for individual teachers. Through these interventions, subject knowledge and teaching skills were enhanced, which proved beneficial to both teachers and learners.

MinquizisregardedasSouthAfrica’spremier annual national science competition for Grade 12 learners, encouraging an interest in science, engineering and technology. As part of the Boitjhorisong Resource Centre’s promotion of science and technology-related subjects, its beneficiary schools tookpartintheregionalMinquizcompetitionheldinMay2011,atNorth Primary School. Twenty schools participated, with a total of 60 learners and 20 teachers involved. Four top learners will form a team that will represent the Fezile Dabi district at the national competitions to be held in October 2011.

Through its ongoing support, Total South Africa has provided the BRC with the resources needed to improve learners’SMTperformance.Byequipping learners with this knowledge, we can start to address the shortage of skilled technical graduates and work towards a successful future.


Some of the most vulnerable members of society include women, children and people with disabilities; groups that the South African government has targeted for special support through the creation of the Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities. Total South Africa is committed to helping uplift and empower these people and those affected by HIV/Aids, through the social development focus of its CSI programme.Projects in this focus area include those that help to create jobs; provide sustainable livelihoods for communities; protect and care for people infected by HIV/Aids; and provide support for their families. From championing the cause of female farmers to funding organisations that care for the terminally ill in some of the country’s deepest rural areas, our intention is to create supportive structures that meet the needs of vulnerable people and allow them to contribute to and participate fully in society.

Social Development

Championing the rights of the most vulnerable


In a country that’s passionate about sports, it’s unsurprising that South African children of all ages and across all socio-economic groups have a deep love for sport of some kind or another. Children also love to play and are naturally inclined towards physical activity. At a fundamental level, sport and play are basic rights for children. In fact, the Convention on the Rights of the Child states that countries should “recognise the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts”.

Children’s natural love of sport and play provides an excellent vehicle through whichtoreachandeducatethem,somethingUNICEFisdoingthroughitsSports for Development programme. A national programme supported by Totalforthepastthreeyears,SportsforDevelopmentadvancesUNICEF’swork to address young child survival and development; basic education and genderequality;HIV/Aidsprevention,treatment,careandsupport;childprotection from violence, exploitation and abuse; and policy advocacy for children’s rights.

Throughout South Africa, sports coaches and volunteers have been trained to use sport as a vehicle to teach young children of school-going age vital life skills. They have engaged with over half a million children, getting them to learnaboutthingslikeHIV/Aidsandviolencepreventionthroughparticipationin various sporting codes.

TheprogrammereliesonthecloseworkingrelationshipbetweenUNICEF,itspartners and the Department of Education. It seeks to support government’s nationalprioritiesandthefulfillmentofchildren’srights.Usingacluster-school approach for maximum impact, Sports for Development builds on the benefits of mass participation by bringing together many children from within a community to play and learn together.

While imparting life skills through sport is the main focus of the programme, a recent evaluation showed that it is delivering wider benefits. Children who have benefited from the programme have increased self-confidence and self-esteem and are able to participate more openly in class. They are better able to co-operate with each other and work in teams. Overall, their attendance at school has improved and many of them have clearer career aspirations.

TheprogrammeitselfhasexpandedandUNICEFisinvestigatingnewopportunities for engagement as the role of sport in schools has evolved. The Department of Education’s renewed focus on the sporting codes has created the opportunity for the formation of school leagues, which will bring together sporting teams on an inter-house, inter-school, community, district, regional, provincial and national basis.

UNICEF Sports for Development

Harnessing sport to teach life skills

❝Sport, recreation and play are a fun way to learn values and lessons that will last a lifetime. Sport is not just an end in itself, but also an effective tool to help improve the lives of children, families and communities.❞UNICEF


Across Africa, female farmers produce more than 70% of the continent’s food, but their efforts and ability are often overlooked. The Female Entrepreneur of the Year awards, funded by Total South Africa in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, seeks to change all that, championing the stories of successful emergent female farmers across the country.

These are stories of hard work and innovation, of women who overcome what are often seemingly insurmountable odds to turn ‘making a living’ into running a thriving business. They stand as inspiration to their communities, who benefit from their farming activities, either through food security or the creation of jobs.

InthesmallvillageofToosengintheGa-MphahleledistrictoftheLimpopoprovince,

Female Entrepreneur of the Year

Making miracles happen

Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2009:

Sweet smell of success Sisters Ntsiuoa and Sebolelo Kobo, recipients of the 2009 Female Entrepreneur of the Year award, started the hydroponic Lema Intensive Farming Venture in 2003, growing a range of organic vegetables.

Since then, their enterprise has grown significantly, expanding into the production of essential oils. Along with lavender, thyme, rosemary and chrysanthemum, they are investing in indigenous essential oil blends and have started educating their local community about the uses and benefits of their products.

Winning the award has helped them develop their farm’s infrastructure and placed them on the map. Government has assisted with the construction of a dam and irrigation system and they have plans to open a bed and breakfast and massage salon, where Sebolelo, a qualified aromatherapist, will be able to use the Kobo’s range of essential oils.

one such woman is quietly working miracles. Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2010,MavisMathabatha,headsupacommunityprojectthatcultivatestheMoringa,otherwiseknownastheMiracleTree,theleavesofwhicharegroundintoapowder.

KnowninmanypartsofAfricaforitssignificantnutritionalbenefits,theMoringahasgone largely unnoticed in South Africa until now. The leaves have more vitamin and mineral content than carrots, spinach, banana and oranges combined; contain more proteinandcalciumthanmilk;andhaveallnineessentialaminoacids.Mathabathadiscovered these benefits while discussing the problem of malnutrition and poverty withReverendMcClintockfromSparrowMinistries,whomentionedhowsuccessfullytheleaveswereusedinMalawi.

With other women in her community, she formed Sedikong sa Lerato, which seeks to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in the community. Through the project, seedlings are distributed free of charge to childcare projects and rural households, while the MoringaleafpowderisalsosoldthroughtheLammangataMoringaproject.

In addition to alleviating the problem of malnutrition and providing education and upliftmenttohercommunity,Mathabathahasalsocreatedjobsfor22people.Sheused the R365 000 prize money from the Female Entrepreneur of the Year awards to debush and fence a further ten hectares for planting. Plans are also in place to educate community members, other emerging farmers, traditional healers and governmentstakeholdersonthemanybenefitsoftheMoringatree.

❝Winning this award and receiving the prize money has been like a miracle. It has enabled us to take more steps to realising our dreams.❞Sebolelo Kobo

❝ I want to make an impact in my area, province and across the country with this project. Most village families seldom have access to meat and vegetables so the children don’t get the vitamins and minerals they need for physical and mental development. However, once the mothers started adding the powdered leaf to their food, the difference was soon noticeable.❞Mavis Mathabatha, Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2010


Beacon of Hope

Harnessing the power within In the rural Lesotho village of Maliele, women from the local community have come together to make a difference, joining hands in the fight against poverty, unemployment and disease through the establishment of Linakangoeli.

Linakangoeli is the Sesotho word for ‘glow-worm’ and was chosen as a metaphor for the extraordinary power that exists in human beings. It is evident in these women from Maliele, each of whom donates a small amount of money to the project each month.

Together with funds from partners like Total Lesotho, this money is used to help provide for impoverished village children and orphans who have lost their parents to HIV/Aids and TB. Total’s investment assists in paying for school fees and registration fees, stationery, school transport and school uniforms and school shoes for primary and secondary learners. It also helps Linakangoeli to care for the healthcare needs of sick children and has established food gardens to meet their nutritional needs. Every year, the children are treated to a Christmas party.

This is a community hard-hit by disease, poverty and lack of access to basic services. But the women of Linakangoeli have proved that determination and a passion to make a difference can deliver real results. Total salutes these women for their energy, resourcefulness and selfless spirit of giving.

The Valley of a Thousand Hills in KwaZulu-Natal is a place of both beauty and extreme poverty. Communities here have been hardest hit by the HIV/Aids pandemic and, in the deep rural areas, terminally ill patients are far from hospitals and care homes.

IntheKwaNyuswacommunity,husbandandwifeteam, pastor Zimele and nursing sister Patience Mavataarereachingouttosufferersandtheirfamilies by providing holistic care services and a message of hope.

The clinic at Ikhaya Lobomi has beds for 15 terminally ill men, women and children but the organisation’s reach into the community goes far beyond these walls. While community members can visit the outpatient clinic, a team of trained home-based caregivers visit between three to four patients every day, ministering to their needs whileprovidingcommunityeducationonHIV/Aids prevention and treatment.

Tackling the issues of poverty and child-headed households, Zimele and Patience are also instrumental in ensuring that 40 families receive monthly food parcels and that community members have access to a weekly soup kitchen. Funding from Total has supported all of these efforts and provided home-based carers with much of the equipment they need to offer proper treatment and care.

Where funds are not available, the organisation ensures that families are still able to provide a proper burial for their deceased loved ones. A team of volunteers includes social workers and a psychologist, whose services are so critical to the emotional and psychological well-being of patients and the families they leave behind.

Ikhaya Lobomi has extended its reach, establishingsatellitecarecentresinUmgababaandUmbumbuluontheSouthCoastandUmkhizwanainCatoRidge.Entirelyreliantondonor funding, it has achieved remarkable things with limited resources.

Ikhaya Lobomi

Providing care for those who need it most

❝As a pastor and a Christian, this work has been a calling for me. There is so much need here in the Valley of a Thousand Hills but God provides. The funding we receive from Total South Africa helps us to continue our work in touching the lives of countless families in this community.❞Zimele Mavata, co-founder of Ikhaya Lobomi


A new investment in Epilepsy South Africa has entrenched Total South Africa’s commitment to assisting persons with disabilities. While the organisation’s chief focus is on people with epilepsy, it also provides a range of services to other vulnerable groups and persons with other disabilities.

Epilepsy is often co-morbid with other physical and mental disabilities and Epilepsy South Africa seeks to provide holistic support, upliftment and the opportunity for people to gain a degree of self-sufficiency.

Guided by the ethos of ‘turning obstacles into true potential’, the organisation provides care and support for people with epilepsy while advocating awareness and the importance of breaking down stigma.

But perhaps some of its most impactful work is done through its economic development and empowerment programme, through which it creates opportunities for employment and provides people with epilepsy and disabilities with the skills necessary to attain a level of financial independence. Various programmes are targeted at helping people with different levels of capacity attain their full potential.

In the Free State, beneficiaries are growing spinach and tomatoes in vegetable tunnels, while woodwork and weaving workshops run at the branches provide people with skills to make and sell their own goods. Income generation projects are supported by entrepreneurial training to help people, many of whom are women, start, run and grow their own small enterprises. It is to these initiatives that much of the funding from Total South Africa has been channelled.

With branches throughout South Africa, Epilepsy South Africa has an extensive reach, touching the lives of people who live with a range of disabilities.

Epilepsy South Africa

Turning obstacles into true potential

❝The support we have received from Total South Africa will be invaluable in helping us to provide people with epilepsy and other disabilities with a meaningful and dignified life and in managing stigma and spreading awareness.❞

Wynand du Toit, Epilepsy SA

Food and Trees for Africa

Growing skills in gardening When the educators and learners at Windsor Secondary School wanted to expand their small food garden, they sought the help of the Total South Africa Ladysmith depot, who got Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA) involved. Since 2009, the school has used Total’s funding to plant mealies, chillies, spinach, onions, lavender, tansy, yarrow and rosemary. Educators who attended the propagation unity workshop are transferring their skills to learners, who are involved in the day-to-day management and care of the garden.


With so many pressing challenges facing our country, the arts are all too often forgotten but they form a vital part of the tapestry of our country, adding richness to the lives of people from different communities and walks of life. Theatre, art and music have played an important role in South Africa’s history and, by providing a window into different ways of being in the world, have the power to bring about empathy and change. Total South Africa’s Heritage portfolio is therefore dedicated to the support and advancement of our cultural and artistic heritage across multiple disciplines.

Heritage

Building partnerships to enrich our artistic heritage


Sibikwa Arts Centre

Building partnerships to enrich our artistic heritage

In order to maximise impact, Total South Africa directs the majority of its funding towards the Sibikwa Arts Centre. This relationship dates back to 1994, when the Sibikwa Community Theatre Project approached Total South Africa for assistance.

SibikwawasstartedbySmalNdabaandPhyllisKlotzin1988,inresponsetoagroupofDaveyton, East Rand parents who had voiced their concerns about their children’s poor attendance at school, lack of focus and the increasing violence and the lack of amenities in the townships. Today the centre is an integral part of the cultural life for people living on the East Rand and is recognised as a leading arts and cultural organisation in southern Africa.

From humble beginnings, Sibikwa (Nguni for making an announcement) has grown from a small community theatre project to a centre of artistic excellence that now includes a dance studio, rehearsal rooms, administration offices, a media resource centre and library, a professional dance company, an African indigenous orchestra and an ad hoc professional theatre company. Sibikwa also has two performance spaces: a studio theatre and a performance workshop space named Gazata.

One of the many projects that Sibikwa is involved in and made possible by Total South Africa’s funding is the Sibikwa Saturday Arts Academy (SAA). This is one of the centre’s cornerstone projects aimed at filling the gap in arts education. The Academy was established in 1996 and hosts between 170 and 200 learners each year, from the ages of 6 to 24 years, the majority of whom are from disadvantaged communities. These youngsters are given an opportunity to be trained by professional artists and arts educators. The school runs over 37 Saturdays and offers a number of performing art disciplines including dance, drama, music and visual arts. Classes are divided into age levels and each year the learners participate in national examinations in drama, tap and contemporary dance. Sibikwa’s team of highly qualified teachers and assessors seeks not only to equip its learners with arts knowledge and skills, but to provide training in leadership, life skills and interpersonal skills with the hope of encouraging a culture of learning through the creative arts. The interpersonal and life skills provided by the Academy are likely to encourage youth from impoverished backgrounds to play a more positive role in their communities.

Sibikwa held a special performance on 16 June 2011 to celebrate Youth Day. The

performance was open to the public and showcased the dancing, music and acting talents of the learners, with around 250 members from the surrounding communities in attendance. The performance received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the media and the community and resulted in the uptake of a number of new learners to the Academy.

Due to Total South Africa’s ongoing support of its programmes, Sibikwa has been able to reach thousands of young people, fostering a love and appreciation for the arts that aims to nurture creative expression and create a lasting appreciation for our rich artistic and cultural heritage.

Standing ovation for Sibikwa For the second year in a row, Sibikwa came back from the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown with a Standard Bank Ovation award. The Standard Bank Ovation Awards were introduced in 2010 to recognise excellence on the National Arts Festival Fringe programme rewarding productions that are innovative, original and creatively outstanding. In 2010, the Sibikwa Arts Dance Company was honoured and, in 2011, it was the turn of the Sibikwa Arts African Orchestra, recognised for Re-Alignment 1, a collaboration between the orchestra and three jazz musicians. The orchestra’s original compositions received a quirky infusion of jazz as well as West African rhythms.

BASA Award for Total South AfricaTotal South Africa recently walked away with a Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Award for International Sponsorship. Held in Newton, Johannesburg on 29 August 2011, the 14th annual BASA Awards paid tribute to businesses which are actively making a difference by sponsoring arts and culture projects throughout the country.

Total South Africa was nominated in the International Sponsorship and Youth Development categories for its sponsorship of the Buskaid Trust.

Buskaid is a charitable trust founded in 1997 by British viola player Rosemary Nalden in response to a BBC radio interview highlighting the

difficulties of a group of young string players in Soweto. The project currently comprises approximately 80 students ranging in age from 5 - 29, all of whom are drawn from the less privileged local community.

As a result of Total South Africa’s sponsorship, the Buskaid Ensemble was able to accept an invitation from the South African Embassy in Syria to represent South Africa culturally abroad during the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The ensemble was met with great acclaim at all the events at which it performed.

Rosemary Nalden, Director of Buskaid explained, “The BASA award is a prestigious and fitting recognition of Total Souuth Africa’s contribution towards the promotion of arts and culture in South Africa.”

❝ As a company we invest in initiatives that we believe in and Buskaid is one such initiative. ❞Reina Cullinan, Marketing Manager, Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd


Employee Volunteer Programme

Harnessing the power of our peopleTotal South Africa recognises that the open-heartedness of its people is one of the company’s greatest assets. As South Africa focuses increasingly on the power of volunteerism to deliver change and bring hope to those who are less fortunate, we realise that the goodwill and generosity of our people can be harnessed to bolster our efforts in uplifting communities and caring for the environment. Total South Africa has always had a vibrant culture of giving and our staff has been involved in countless projects to help those who cannot help themselves. This spirit of community service needs to be infused into the company’s work culture and to this end, Total South Africa will be relaunching a renewed Employee Volunteer Programme.

Through this we hope to re-energise and re-focus the volunteer and community-building work of our staff members, ensuring that they are both supported in and rewarded for the selfless work that they do.

We will continue to provide them with resources for community projects that are aligned with our CSI objectives and will encourage each Total South Africa network to undertake at least one charity project in their chosen communities. We look forward to supporting our people as they reach out to touch the lives of South Africans across the country.

Bursary scheme students excel

In 2009, Total South Africa launched a bursary scheme with the objective of awarding bursaries to children of service station employees. The selection panel, which comprised dealer and Total South Africa representatives, looked at all applications received and awarded bursaries to Tears Mghamuni and Simphiwe Zwane.

Tears Mghamuni is the daughter of Solomon Gezani Mghamuni who for the past 14 years has been working as a forecourt attendant at Gateway Petrostop in Tzaneen, Limpopo. Tears was awarded the bursary to begin her first year of study at the University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus for a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics). In 2010 she successfully completed her first year of study, achieving two distinctions.

Simphiwe Zwane is the daughter of Bhekisisa Pheneas Makama, who has been employed as a forecourt attendant at Henry’s Service Station in Brakpan, Gauteng for five years. Simphiwe Zwane was awarded the bursary to fulfil her dream of studying a Bachelor of Education at the University of Pretoria. She achieved three distinctions in her first year. Interns give back to the community

As part of their yearlong internship with Total South Africa, Interns are encouraged to partake in a CSI activity, where they give much needed support to a community project of their choice. In 2011 the interns chose to help the children of Siyabonga Dorothy’s Ark Community Development Centre. Siyabonga is a beacon of hope for many impoverished people in the Roodepoort area. The Centre, which was started as a soup kitchen by Dorah Mazibuko in 1996, is today registered as a non-profit organisation providing a haven for 40 abandoned, abused and orphaned children.

On Saturday 17 September, interns visited the centre, to spend time with the children. They also donated gifts of clothing, stationery and non-perishable goods and helped out by painting the roof of the centre, putting up a new washing line and installing shelves for books and clothing.

Nyameka Makonya, Sustainable Development Manager at Total South Africa explains, “As a major player in the South African fuel industry, we are involved in a range of corporate social investment initiatives, but it is especially significant to see our interns getting involved to help such a worthy cause that uplifts the lives of the needy children.”

In addition to their support for Siyabonga, Interns also made a small donation to another Roodeport project, the Thusanang Project: a soup kitchen and homework centre for orphaned and vulnerable children.

Total Interns with founder, DorahMazibukoandvolunteers from the Centre


Total South Africa carefully considers the projects in which it invests. A focus on long-term sustainability and impact is key.

We seek out credible partners who have a good reputation of expertise in the area and who contribute their own resources to the initiative and we look for synergies that will extend the positive impact of our investment. We work closely with these partners to monitor and evaluate the progress of projects according to pre-defined objectives and goals.

All projects and programmes must hold benefit to the community and should be viable in the long-term. They must have measurable outputs, which will be agreed upfront and used for future evaluation. In order to ensure ongoing success and delivery to beneficiaries, Total South Africa evaluates programmes on an annual basis and continued funding depends on the outcomes of such evaluation. In general, beneficiary organisations need to reapply for funding annually. Total South Africa does not fund individuals.

All applications for funding must be submitted to Total South Africa in writing. We endeavourtoanswerallapplications.However,duetostrategyandbudgetaryconstraints, not all will be successful.

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