The African Heroes Trust aims to develop human capital in South Africa through sport by identifying and developing potential world champions and leaders. It will leverage the popularity of past South African sporting professionals to support talent identification, skills transfer programs, and job creation opportunities for former athletes. The Trust takes a collaborative approach and works with strategic partners to create meaningful social change through sport in South Africa.

1. The African Heroes Trust
“Creating an African legacy through utilizing
African sporting and business heroes”
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
Partners

2. The purpose of African Heroes Trust is human capital development.
Realizing and harnessing the human potential and possibilities in Africa
The African Heroes Trust (AHT) is a section 21 organisation which is created and operated by current/past sporting
professionals and influential business persons. South Africa is abundant with local heroes, we have many „role models‟ in
both business and sport. AHT wishes to create a platform for such „assets‟ to be recognised and to create the environments
for skills and knowledge transfer to the „up and coming‟ heroes.
AHT wishes to support the sporting heroes of „yesterday‟ through job creation, thereby supporting those who have entertained
us on the field . In conjunction AHT wishes to support, grow and nurture the potential future heroe‟s in the goal of creating
World Champions. Therefore the trust‟s core focuses are:
• Human capital development – Utilising the power of sport to positively influence social change & development
• To create World Champions – To cast a wider “catchment net” for talent identification and development
• To recognise/develop leadership and future leaders – AHT‟s view is Africa needs great leaders in all capacities
• Job creation and empowerment for past professionals
• Leveraging the popularity of the Sporting professionals to influence and support the green economy
AHT is taking a collective approach to creating powerful change by partnering with
strategic partners and combining the strengths to “plug the holes in the dam wall”.

3. African Heroes Trust – Innovative, Professional & with a Business approach
Vision
To be the foremost organization in innovation,
talent identification and individualized
development for African sport and leadership
Mission
African Heroes Trust will identify and develop
potential sporting champions and leaders of the
future through the transfer of past professionals‟
skills and knowledge. We adopt a professional
approach towards talent identification and
development, thereby creating opportunities for
all South Africans

4. African Heroes Trust Summary Purpose
Summary Mandate Description
The purpose is driven on two levels: The identification and advanced
Human capital development in SA sports development of potential World Champions and Leaders; The empowerment
and up skilling of past professional sportspersons for commercial use
Some of the past professional sportspersons gave many years of their life in
service of a sport they loved and entertained thousands of persons. AHT is
Job creation for past professionals
about recognising them and providing them with job opportunties through
various avenues
South Africa has a wealth of talent within its borders which often 'slips
Identification of potential world through the cracks'. Included here are the many role models and unsung
champions and leadership heroes, AHT will create a platform for those persons to interact and impact the
youth of today in communities, schools, rural and urban
Creating opportunities for talent youths to be recognised and then to receive
Individual athlete and leadership
the correct training for them to have the best chance of realising their
advanced development
potential

5. African Heroes Trust Official and Support Partners
Official Partners
Operational Legal Advisors Auditors (PwC)
Support Partners

6. Current persons – South African Sporting Heroes
African Heroes Trust Representatives
Andre Arendse Hezekiel Sepeng Desiree Ellis
(Founding Member) (Founding Member)
Oscar Pistorius Linda Buthelezi Makhaya Ntini
(Founding Member) (Founding Member)
Baby Jake Mtlala Geraldine Pillay Sias Du Plessis
(Founding Member) (Founding Member)

7. African Heroes Chairman

8. The African Heroes Trust
Development Model

9. The African Heroes Trust believes Africa needs sporting champions and leadership
African Heroes
Trust
Creating the
opportunity for as
many people as
possible to
Leverage participate Leverage
Champions Leaders
Measured identification of Measured
potential World identification of
champions potential Leadership
Talent development and Leadership development
professional training in programs and individual
preparation for higher leadership advancement
levels of competition
Educators Students
Athletes Coaches

10. The identification, Nurturement and Preparation for the Higher Levels of Sport
Is a Key Focus For the African Heroes Trust
NOTES
Mass Clinics Mass participation, programs developed by
Heroes (i.e. Makhaya Ntini)
Talent Identification
Use current models/measurement tools to
(benchmarks/measurement/reporting) identify talent
Smaller groups; High performance squads
Advanced Development Technical development & preparation for
higher or senior levels
AHT Handover AHT Handover
Educational institutes; Club level; Federations
Placement
Mental, Physical and Skills abilities for
higher levels of competition

11. The African Heroes Trust
Projects and Campaign Examples

12. AHT partook in the Martina Navratilova Kilimanjaro Charity Climb in Dec 2010

13. AHT Talent identification example – Calvin Lee Maelangwie (Senior National High Jump Champion)
Background
Calvin‟s story is one of inspiration and a true indication of the importance of AHT. He is an example of the talent in SA that
needs to be identified and nurtured. He moved from the Northwest Province to Gauteng with R600 in his pocket and a bag
of clothes. To make ends meet he used to be a car guard. In this time he still became the SA National high jump champion.
Personal Details
• Calvin Lee Maelangwie
• Age 22
• Aspirations
• Compete for SA internationally
• Win a medal for SA at the olympics
• Basic requirements
• Accommodation
• Warm water
• Vitamins
Calvin and Hezekiel Sepeng • High jump shoes
• Career Record
AHT Assistance • 2005
• R5000 for competing and training kit (Sports Trust) • USSASA (provincial colours) – 2.05m
• Accommodation in Westdene (AHT) •2010
• Career assistance and advisory (AHT) • 1st Place Central Gauteng Championships – 2.11m
• Personal expenses assistance – financial • 1st Place Tuks League meet – 2.20m (Personal Best)
• 1st Place Yellow pages meet – 2.15m

14. Sports Trust and AHT Project – Installation of Sports Courts into selected areas
Sport Court is the world leader in outdoor playing surfaces. Our high-performance courts are International
engineered to withstand the diverse African climates. Representation
Installed on every continent
Sport Court has partnered with The Sports Trust in developing multi-purpose sport facilities
(futsal, netball, basketball, volleyball, tag rugby, wheel chair sport, etc) in the townships and - USA and Canada
- Brazil, Uruguay, Chile
rural areas of Southern Africa, with sustainable support and services inclusion.
- Spain, UK, France, Portugal
- India, Thailand, China, Japan
AHT Role and Responsibility:
• Human resource component to the Sports Courts
• Sourcing of local persons of the communities these courts are installed to
Currently installed in:
maintain and manager the courts. Gauteng - Soweto
• Training and development of the local youth. Persons selected will be a role KwaZulu Natal - Inchanga
model figure who will attract the development of selected community youths.
Eastern Cape - Okiep
• March 2011 - Limpopo
Endorsed and Used by:

15. Support of the GREEN ECONOMY through leveraging the popularity of the African Heroes
AHT Supports the LET THE RIVER FLOW PROJECT
Outside the Free State towns of Frankfort and Fredefort, the Wilge River has become congested as a
result of a decade's worth of accumulated debris from vegetation along the banks of the river.The issue
is exacerbated by recent flooding of the river and the river's role in the flow of water from the Katse
Dam which is part of the Lesotho Highlands Water project.
The congestion of the river has already had an impact on local communities which rely on the river
water for survival. Water from the river is pumped into the Mafube municipal purification plant for
domestic distribution into the town of Fredefort and the surrounding townships
Plan of action
- Clean with mechanical and structural means all driftwood from the river including upstream.
- Transport all wood to central locations within the townships and make firewood available to the local
population for free.