Kouga Wind Farm bursaries give more than just money
Since its inception in 2018, our bursary programme and its beneficiaries have blossomed. From helping just seven deserving students to reach their academic dreams in its first year, the programme has grown to accommodate 32 recipients this year. Administered by Masinyusane, the bursary not only covers tuition, books, and accommodation, but laptops and internet access […]
Bursaries make dreams reality
Over the past three years, the Kouga Wind Farm bursary programme has helped 33 students to study a range of courses at tertiary institutions across South Africa. The programme, administered by Masinyusane, covers everything from tuition and books to transport and accommodation. This year, students who had to return home during lockdown also received laptops […]
Go well, Wendy!
When CEO Wendy Parsons joined Kouga Wind Farm – one of the first wind farms in South Africa – in 2015, it had just been connected to the national grid. So those were exciting times with much to learn and new systems to put in place. For South Africa, the idea of renewable energy was […]
Giving kids a good start
A better life begins with a good education right from the start. That is why the Kouga Wind Farm Community Development Trust is working with the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Africa A+ Schools to improve the quality of learning and teaching in 33 of our community crèches. The Trust will invest R20 million […]
Getting reading right
The value of literacy among our children is so important. Kouga Wind Farm has employed two reading coaches at Sandwater Primary School. Their daily task is to sit with groups of Grade 3 learners and help them improve their reading skills. Antonese Nuwenhuis has been at Sandwater for two years and loves working with the […]
Grade 12 finishing programme
Kouga Wind Farm Community Development Trust is working with Rehoboth Training Solutions on a programme to assist adults who did not finish their matric, or who failed and need a few subjects to pass, to obtain an Amended Senior Certificate (ASC). Candidates are tutored mostly by retired teachers from the community and can write three […]
New appointments: Kouga Wind Farm Community Development Trust
Administrator:Bophelo Mpilo Development Centre (BIDC) The Trust aims to empower previously disadvantaged communities living within a 50km radius of the wind farm. Running the Trust on a day-to-day basis is a tough and very important responsibility, especially because the Trust is going to invest more than R800 million in the area over the next 15 […]
Women with energy
As a relatively new and progressive sector, the renewable energy space has seen more and more women rising through the ranks and taking on senior roles in the previously male-dominated energy industry. Kouga Wind Farm is evidence of this evolution, with five of its seven board members being female, which is unheard of in most […]
Wind farms fight Covid-19
With so many households unable to earn an income or put food on the table during the Covid-19 lockdown, Kouga Wind Farm has teamed up with Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm and Tsitsikamma Wind Farm to help as many families in the region as possible. Part of what is known as the Coastal-6, we have pooled […]
Five years of growing together
Since our commissioning on 17 March 2015, Kouga Wind Farm has been proud to be a part of our community. Over the past five years, we have invested our time and resources and joined hands with businesses, NGOs and the people of Sea Vista, Umzamowethu, Kruisfontein and KwaNomzamo to build a better, more sustainable future […]