Nthabiseng Moloi, executive head of people and brand at MiWay, says that the partnership will allow MiWay to share good news and highlight its contribution to positive developments and initiatives taking place in the country.

"Ultimately the stories on Good Things Guy celebrate the power and resilience of the human spirit and our desire to help one another. [These are] ideals that resonate with MiWay's ethos and brand," says Moloi.

"Everything we do is about people — whether it's finding solutions to make clients' insurance work better for them and enabling them to live their way, or coming up with new ways to help young people achieve their potential through our corporate social investment initiatives," adds Moloi.

"Like Good Things Guy, we know that everybody faces daily challenges, but that our common humanity holds the key to overcoming them and making the world a better place," Moloi says.

In conjunction with the MiHeart Project, MiWay also runs a programme called Leaders in the Making. It identifies eight promising grade 12 pupils from Moletsane Secondary School in Soweto and Maphutha Secondary School in Thembisa who can benefit from the mentorship and bursary programme.

Over the last eight years, MiWay has partnered with six schools and provided:
  • library refurbishments
  • computer labs
  • assistance with PPE requirements, and
  • sporting gear.
"When we invest in our youth, we invest in our future — and the Leaders in the Making programme is aimed at doing just that. Alongside mentoring by a member of our management team, we also provide psychological counselling if it's needed to help guide the students in navigating today's challenges, higher education and career choices," says Moloi.

"We know how powerful an impact a motivated and skilled individual with the right attitude can have – and MiWay’s CSI initiatives aim to identify and nurture such young people," Moloi says.

Brent Lindeque, founder of Good Things Guy, says that MiWay's approach to identifying and nurturing individuals with potential is aligned with his organisation's view — which is that there is a lot of good news that people don't get to hear.

"Good Things Guy exists to promote the good things people and businesses are doing and to show that their actions are bearing fruit. MiWay's CSI programmes fit this mould exactly and we look forward to working with them to change the things South Africans pay attention to," concludes Lindeque. 

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