Quick facts
- Handover
- Zitikeni Secondary School, Tembisa, Friday 29 May 2026
- Uniforms handed over
- 50 full school uniforms
- Sponsor
- Growthpoint Properties, through the Growthpoint Gives staff initiative
- Partner
- Threads for iKasi Foundation
- Packaging
- Each uniform was packed in a bag carrying the recipient's name on a card
- Partnership
- The second handover with Growthpoint, making it year two
- Start time
- The multi-purpose hall was full by 09:00
- Campaign
- The 1000 Uniforms Campaign
This past Friday, 29 May 2026, 50 learners at Zitikeni Secondary School in Tembisa walked into a classroom and found 50 brown paper bags lined up across a red-draped table. Every bag had a card on the front. Every card had a name. Inside each bag, a full school uniform sponsored by Growthpoint Properties through the Growthpoint Gives staff initiative, in partnership with Threads for iKasi Foundation. This was not our first handover with Growthpoint. It was our second.
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Zitikeni Secondary School learners with the Threads for iKasi Foundation team after the handover, 29 May 2026. (Learner faces have been blurred to protect their privacy.)
A Bag With a Name On It
By 09:00 the multi-purpose hall at Zitikeni was full. A Growthpoint Gives banner stood next to a Threads for iKasi pull-up that read "A golden thread for the African child." The school principal opened. The Threads for iKasi team explained why a uniform matters. Then the names started being called.
When a learner's name was called, they walked up. The volunteer behind the table found the bag with their name on the card and handed it over. The learner looked inside, every time. There was usually a pause. Sometimes a laugh. Sometimes a thank you whispered too quiet to hear. Then they walked back to their seat carrying a bag that, by Monday morning, would be unpacked and ironed and worn into a classroom. 50 times we watched that happen.
The 50 personalised handover bags prepared at Zitikeni Secondary School, alongside the Growthpoint Gives banner, ready for the morning's handover.
Year Two: Choosing to Return
We started the 1000 Uniforms Campaign with a simple idea: a school uniform is not just fabric. It is belonging. It is the smallest, most visible signal a learner gets that someone, somewhere, believes they should be in school today. Last year, Growthpoint stood with us at our earlier handovers. They wrote the cheque, they showed up, they helped pack bags. And then, this year, they came back.
In a country where most CSI partnerships are one-and-done, choosing to return matters. Growthpoint Gives is a Growthpoint staff initiative that takes the values of the company and turns them into community work. The same staff who came to our handovers last year drove out to Zitikeni this year. Same partner. Same belief. New uniforms walking through new school gates.
Every uniform handed over by name. A learner receives their bag from a Threads for iKasi volunteer, with the foundation's pull-up banner reading "A golden thread for the African child" visible alongside the Growthpoint Gives backdrop. (Learner has back to camera; no faces visible.)
The 1000 Uniforms Campaign
The 1000 Uniforms Campaign is a Threads for iKasi Foundation initiative to deliver 1000 full school uniforms to learners across South African townships who cannot otherwise afford them. Every uniform is sponsored, sized, packed, and handed over by name. The Zitikeni Secondary School handover adds another 50 learners to the journey.
Each bag at Zitikeni was sponsored at cost by Growthpoint Properties through Growthpoint Gives. Threads for iKasi Foundation handled sourcing, sizing, packing, the school relationships, and the handover day itself. The campaign continues, and we are working on the next schools for Year 2.
Why We Blur the Faces
If you are scrolling through our photos from Friday and you notice that the learners' faces have been softly obscured, that is deliberate. The smile on a young learner receiving a school uniform she could not otherwise afford is not a moment we want to monetise on the internet.
We can show you the colour. The energy. The dignity. The partnership. The scale. What we will not do is make any individual learner identifiable in a public post they did not opt into. The pride is real. You will have to take our word for it.
The combined Threads for iKasi Foundation and Growthpoint Gives team at Zitikeni Secondary School after the handover, between the Growthpoint Gives backdrop and the Threads for iKasi banner.
Sponsor a Uniform
A school uniform is the smallest, most visible signal a learner gets that someone believes they should be in school today.
Whether you sponsor one uniform, a class, or a full school, your contribution goes directly to a named learner at a Tembisa school that needs it. The cost per learner is small. The impact is not.
Join the 1000 Uniforms CampaignWhat Comes Next
Threads for iKasi Foundation extends sincere gratitude to Growthpoint Properties and the Growthpoint Gives team for choosing this community for the second year in a row. To Zitikeni Secondary School and its leadership, for opening your hall and your morning. To the volunteers who packed late into Thursday night so that every bag had a name on it.
The 1000 Uniforms Campaign continues. More schools are waiting. If you, your company, or your community group wants to sponsor a uniform, a class, or a school, the door is open. A golden thread for the African child, weaving the fabric of our communities, one school at a time.
Questions people ask about the Zitikeni handover
How many uniforms were handed over at Zitikeni Secondary School?
50 full school uniforms were handed over to learners at Zitikeni Secondary School in Tembisa on Friday 29 May 2026.
When was the Zitikeni Secondary School handover?
The handover took place on Friday 29 May 2026, starting in the school's multi-purpose hall by 09:00.
Who sponsored the Zitikeni Secondary School handover?
Growthpoint Properties sponsored the uniforms through the Growthpoint Gives staff initiative, in partnership with Threads for iKasi Foundation.
Was this the first handover with Growthpoint?
No. This was the second handover with Growthpoint, making it year two of the partnership.
What did each learner receive?
Each of the 50 learners received a full school uniform, packed in a bag with their own name on a card on the front.
What is Growthpoint Gives?
Growthpoint Gives is a Growthpoint Properties staff initiative that takes the values of the company and turns them into community action.
Where is Zitikeni Secondary School?
Zitikeni Secondary School is in Tembisa, Gauteng, South Africa.
What is the 1000 Uniforms Campaign?
The 1000 Uniforms Campaign is built on the idea that a school uniform is not just fabric. It is the most visible signal a learner gets that someone believes they should be in school.