LegalWise Corporate Social Investment ReportJuly 2011 - June 2012

“A small group of thoughtful people could change the

world. Indeed, it's the only thing that

ever has.” Margaret Mead

INTRODUCTION

LegalWise’s Corporate Social Investment for the 12 month period ending June 2012 focussed on consolidating our relationships with partners and beneficiaries with the focus being on education, empowerment through skills development and job creation.

The target set for the BBBEE scorecard in the Socio-Economic Development category was exceeded and the target set for Enterprise Development was reached.

Staff were encouraged to do things “The LegalWise Way” through engaging in issues they are passionate about.

We told our stories in local media, the WiseUp magazine and the internal InVoice newsletter.

LEGALWISECSI PROFILE

Main focus areasEducationYouth developmentJob creation

Flagship projects

– youth development through Faith, Future and Football.

– youth development through football and skills training.

– encouraging the love of reading at underprivileged schools.

– addressing high unemployment levels at the bottom of the pyramid.

– small business development mobilisation for our Agents and Members.

LegalWise Soweto Hope Academy

Little Legends Foundation

Youth Literacy Libraries

The Townships Project

LegalWise Scooterise Project

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Education Broadens the MindLegalWise believes in achieving excellence through people and aims to equip them with knowledge and skills to enable them to achieve their full potential. Several educational

initiatives received support from LegalWise during the period.

Armando Barbosa(son of Rika Barbosafrom Head Office) was selected as a prefect.

35 LegalWise staff members received Internal Bursaries to study work related degrees / courses.Below are some of the graduates.

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - William Butler Yeats

68 children of LegalWise staff members received scholarships.

“I'm grateful for being able to attend the Civil & Commercial Mediator's course. This opportunity to better my education not only enrichedmy life, but helps me to equip our legal counsellors with the skills to renderexcellent and up to date legal advice to our members.“ Laurie Greyvenstein

Phemelo Mabote (daughter of Caseline Mabote from the HR department) achieved a 79% average in Grade 3.

"LegalWise has moulded me and given me an opportunity to further my studies and also given me a chance to build a career in law. LegalWise is a second home for all of us but as an individual one has to grab an opportunity in both hands and don't look back. Looking back from where I've come from to where I am now, I am proud of myself"Nomsa Phampham

EDUCATION

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16 External Bursaries were awarded to dependents of LegalWise Members.

“The LegalWise bursary has helped to fill a financial gap in my study fees and working with the LegalWise Bellville branch staff has equipped me with valuable skills. I am very thankful for the opportunity to cultivate my potential”Jozaandre Booysen,LLB 3rd year

“Working at Legalwise has been a unique experience as it has taught me how to save money for the client as well as for the Company.” Sika Ackotia, LLB graduate (working at the Johannesburg branch)

“To be afforded an opportunity to empower myself and change my life remains the best gift for me. The power of education is beyond anything and the LegalWise bursary laid a foundation for me to reach my dreams and make a difference at the same time.” Roseline Sefuthi, LLB graduate (working at the Germiston branch)

Le-ann Henry,LLB 4th year

Kylen GhiraoLLB 2nd year

Stephanie Naidoo,LLB Graduate

(working at thePretoria branch)

Moeketsi Setshiro,LLB 3rd year

Neo Molefe,LLB Graduate

(working at thePretoria branch)

Kayla Lourens,LLB 2nd year

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“Behind every stack of books is a flood of knowledge” -Anonymous

LegalWise sponsored 24 teachers from underprivileged schools nationwide to attend a three day course in Library Management, held in Florida and Cape Town simultaneously.

LegalWise partnered with Breadline Africa and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in theMandela Day Youth Literacy Library project which launched 13 container libraries at

underprivileged schools nationwide.

Cape Town Florida

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

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The LegalWise Little Legends Library was launched in July 2011. The children were delighted to have access to books. In partnership with Edublox, LegalWise established the basis for an education program which would benefit the children attending the Foundation.

12 Children from the Little Legends Foundation attended basic computerliteracy training at the LegalWise Academy.

LegalWise sponsored back-to-schoolstationary packs for 200 children from theLittle Legends Foundation and theLegalWise Soweto Hope Academy.

LegalWise sponsored two coachesfrom the Little Legends Foundation enabling them to study Sports Management at ETA.

Jeremy Seethal Rafique Hassim

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“The future is not a destination toward which we are passively approaching,it is the product of our actions today and our determination

to make something better happen tomorrow” Graham Brown

LegalWise continued to support youth development through the Little Legends Foundation and

Ambassadors in Sport. Both organisations aim to better equip their young athletes who attend their programs with the

necessary life skills to reach their full potential.

Little LegendsFoundationRandburg

LegalWiseHope Academy

Soweto

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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“All the historic evidence indicates that significant community development

only takes place when local community people are committed to investing themselves

and their resources in the effort.

That’s why you can’t develop communities from the top down, or from the outside in”

John McKnight and Jody Kretzman, ABCD Institute

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“You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.” -Winston Churchill

Staff made donations tothe Alma School which

caters for disabledlearners through theCasual Day initiative.

Staff mobilised to volunteer in theircommunities for Mandela Day.

Staff support the annualCANSA Shavathon .

EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERING

Mandela Day

LegalWise employees continue to offer their time and enthusiasm for worthy causes!

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LegalWise staff donated over 1 000 blankets to underprivileged children for Youth Day 2012

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LegalWise continued to invest in job creation initiatives in an attempt to address the high levels ofunemployment in South Africa. Two bakeries were sponsored in 2011 - namely the Heavenly Treats

Bakery in Kimberley and the Divas Bakery in Bergville, KZN.

The Divas Bakery in Bergville is run by a group of ladies who have been baking together for a number of years. They sell their produce at the local taxi rank and havea fairly brisk trade. The bakery has ensured that they are able to service many more customers as well as expand their product range. When asked how things were going, the comment was “We are making too much money!”

The Heavenly Treats Bakery has been set up at the Jehovah Jireh Foundation, an organisation which receives support from the LegalWise Kimberley branch. The organisation feeds about 600 underprivileged children daily and the bakery will go a long way to generating an income for the project and providing bread for the feeding scheme.

“2011 is South Africa’s Year of Job creation” - Jacob Zuma

ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

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A project to mobilise the LegalWise sales agents wasinitiated with the agents attending a training day hostedby Honda – the agents who qualify will participate in anincentive scheme which will ultimately result in themowning their own scooters.

LegalWise ran a scooter competitionin the January issue of the WiseUpMagazine, inviting our Members tosubmit ideas of businesses whichcould be operated on a scooter.The winners were each awarded aHonda ANF 125 scooter to mobilisetheir business ideas.

After the successful completion of the Townships ProjectMicro-franchising Launch, LegalWise sponsored an AssetBased Community Development workshop in order tosource additional small township businesses which couldpossibly be developed into Micro-franchises.

“It is with great pleasure that as Itype this mail I'm the holder of abrand new Honda scooter. I wouldlike to pass my sincere thanks to all LegalWise staff, management &head office for showing identification with its clients.” Chris Nkomo,Scooter competition winner.

Chris Nkomo, with Reshma Singh, BM Randburg

Suresh Ramnath at the Pietermaritzburg

branch

Cherezaan Cassiem, with Marne van Rensburg,

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“Start with what we have,

Build with what we know”

“Every living person has some gifts or capacity

of value to others. A strong community is a place

that recognises these…” McKnight & Kretzmann

Asset Based Community Development workshop held in Soweto

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“Every single person has capacities,

abilities, gifts and ideas and living a

good life depends on whether those

capacities can be used, abilities

expressed, gifts given and ideas shared.”

Jody Kretzmann