1 280 learners benefit at school near Tiger Brands Peanut Butter plant in Mogale City’s Kagiso
Johannesburg. 30 July 2025. Tiger Brands, with the support of the Tiger Brands Foundation, has launched an in-school breakfast programme at Tsholetsega Primary School in Kagiso, Mogale City on Gauteng’s West Rand where Tiger Brands manufactures its Black Cat Peanut Butter range.
The in-school breakfast programme at Tsholetsega Primary School, which will be implemented by the Tiger Brands Foundation, will ensure its 1 280 learners receive a daily breakfast for the next five years.
IMAGE ABOVE: Eugene Absolom, Director: Tiger Brands Foundation; Executive Mayor Mogale City, Lucky Sele; Nozibele Rajuile, Principal at Tsholetsega Primary School; Jones Rajuile, District Director; Joe Ralebepa, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer at Tiger Brands, at the launch of the Tiger Brands in-school breakfast programme at Tsholetsega Primary School in Kagiso, West Rand, Gauteng.
In addition to the breakfast programme, Tiger Brands and the Office of the Executive Mayor of Mogale City will donate 300 pairs of new quality school shoes to the most deserving learners at the school.
The launch of the in-school breakfast programme at Tsholetsega Primary School is part of Tiger Brands’ efforts to improve food security in the communities in which the company operates its facilities. In Chamdor, just two kilometres from Kagiso, Tiger Brands opened a state-of-the-art peanut butter manufacturing plant in early 2024, where its Black Cat Peanut Butter is produced.
“As a leading food manufacturer and employer in the country, food security is an important social priority for Tiger Brands. Our socio-economic development strategy focuses on sustainably building resilient, food-secure and healthy communities across South Africa by working with implementation partners who are experts in their respective fields.
“We are a proud member of the business community in the Mogale City municipality and are honoured for the opportunity to work with our stakeholders and partners to support the education and prospects of learners at Tsholetsega Primary School,” says Joe Ralebepa, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer at Tiger Brands.
IMAGE ABOVE: Executive Mayor Mogale City, Lucky Sele (left); and Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer at Tiger Brands, Joe Ralebepa at the launch of the Tiger Brands in-school breakfast programme at Tsholetsega Primary School in Kagiso, West Rand, Gauteng.
Tsholetsega Primary School is one of two schools whose breakfast programme is sponsored by Tiger Brands at a total investment of R8,7 million over a five-year period. The second beneficiary is Phomolong Primary School, located in Henneman, Free State, where the company’s mill is based.
“This programme did not materialise in isolation. It is the product of meaningful stakeholder engagement grounded in trust, collaboration and a shared commitment to social upliftment .I would like to acknowledge and commend the two institutions, not only for the resources they bring , but the manner in which they chose to engage us, the municipality, the school community, and the broader environment they now serve,” says Executive Mayor, Lucky Sele.
The Executive Mayor also emphasised that the nutrition support provided to learners by Tiger Brands would help to keep their concentration and academic performance at peak levels.
The Tiger Brands sponsorship of the two schools is an extension of the Tiger Brands Foundation’s existing and long-standing in-school breakfast programme in partnership with the Department of Basic Education’s National School Nutrition. Launched in 2011, the programme provides a daily nutritious breakfast to 55 000 learners across 68 schools located in the most food-insecure communities across all provinces. More than 149 million meals have been served since 2011. In addition to the daily breakfast, the Tiger Brands Foundation has donated 65 new school kitchens and renovated existing school kitchens at participating schools.
Tiger Brands has invested approximately R2 million to date on monthly stipends for food handlers, including for their accredited training in hygiene, food safety, food nutrition, entrepreneurship and employment opportunities.
The schools are also provided with all cooking and dining utensils – spoons, bowls – as well as aprons for the food handlers.