PAST PROJECTS

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Ethekwini Municipality Research

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NGO Forums and Database

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Catalyx designed and built a database of 750 organisations in the eThekwini (Durban) Metro municipality that can be accessed through the city’s website.  In addition to this, several forums were created in the areas of training/employment, early childhood development, shelters and feeding schemes. 

In this effort, Catalyx was subcontracted and partnered with The Development House (TDH), who was subcontracted directly by the Thekwini Municipality. In line with Catalyx’s vision to be a catalyst in its work, it handed over the ongoing management of this initiative to Info for Africa with the desire for it to be a key programme of the city.

 

Link to view existing organisations or register a new one

YEES (Youth Education and Employment Study)

Catalyx was appointed by Ethekwini Municipality to do a study to find out who is doing what where and how in terms of job readiness and placement programmes in the metro.
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Durban Green Corridors

(Adventure Sports, Cultural Tourism, Youth Development, Environmental Stewardship)

Catalyx lead a consortium including The Ventures Group (TVG), South Africa’s leading adventure recreation company and Vuk’Africa Tours, a cultural tourism company based in the Valley of 1000 Hills, to redesign Durban Green Corridor’s strategy for their programmes along the Umgeni River. The Durban Green Corridor (DGC) is a Thekwini Municipality initiative in partnership with an environmental NGO called Duzi Umgeni Conservation Trust (DUCT), focusing on adventure sports, cultural tourism, youth development and environmental stewardship along the Umgeni River corridor.

DGC operates several sites along this route, including Isithumba Adventure centre near Inchanga, Enanda Adventures on the north side of the Inanda Dam, and Blue Lagoon at the mouth of the river. Catalyx focused on the first two sites, looking at ways to make the site more self sustaining with cultural tourism and adventure sporting activities. Catalyx’s interest in the project was the holistic focus linking business activities with developmental projects including youth development and environmental stewardship. The main project was concluded in August 2012.

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In 2016/2017, Catalyx seconded its staff member Andrew Layman to be the transitional CEO of Durban Green Corridors for six months, while a permanent CEO was found.

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Network Empowering Unemployed (NEU)

Joe White, the managing director of Catalyx, has founded this national network of civil society, government and business organisations that are involved in empowering the unemployed.

 

The goals of the network are to:

 

• Encourage collaboration

• Link organisations through a common database tool called Joblinx , enabling tracking and placement of students into opportunities.

• Develop a resources portal, where training materials and other resources can be shared across organisations.

• Funding mobilisation on behalf of member organisations.

• Coordinate research projects/impact studies among the organisations.

• Run workshops and training for the organisations.

• Drive advocacy efforts on behalf of sector.

 

The primary participants include:

 

• Training organisations

• Community based organisations

• Employers/Job linkage initiatives

• Government stakeholders (e.g. SETAs, Dept of Education)

• Entrepreneurial Development Organisations

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The network was established in mid 2011 and is a registered non profit company, and grew to over a 150 active participants form over 100 different organisations in chapters in Gauteng, Western Cape and KZN. The network became dormant for a few years and some of the members have been in the process of resurrecting its chapters.