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MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited
Integrated annual report 2018
Overview
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Our social investment
Through the
MultiChoice Enterprise Development Trust,
established in 2012 as our investment
vehicle for growing the local media and production industry, we provided training to
40 businesses
and approved funding for
16 businesses
, and a further
six startups
received grant funding.
The MultiChoice Enterprise Development Trust has committed over
R130m in loans, grants and
business development expenses to assist beneficiaries in acquiring skills development
opportunities, assets and equipment to over 100 entrepreneurs.
Through
Let’s Play
we reach
over 1m children annually and
encourage them to be more
active, to participate in sport,
and to gain benefit from
associated life skills. This
initiative includes the:
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Let’s Play Physical
Education Challenge
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Let’s Play Field Project
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Let’s Play Schools Rugby
Project
The
MultiChoice Diski
Challenge
is aimed at
supporting development in both
football and broadcasting. It
includes a football challenge for
the Premier Soccer League
reserve teams, broadcast
internships, leadership training
for coaches, and the
opportunity for community
channels on DStv to air the
matches for free.
The
Magic in Motion
Alumni Network
where we
host scriptwriting workshops by
Portia Gumede, a South African
writer and producer, who
teaches learners how to take a
great idea or notion and work it
to a credible story.
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