About Izibalo
Izibalo NPC was founded by Ms Lynn Glover who has been assisting students with extra Maths tuition in East London since 1995 and Mr Edumisa Mtoli who assists with private extra Maths tuition for the past 11 years in Mthatha and East London. Together they have seen and assisted hundreds, if not thousands, of learners excel in the subject by adopting the individual tuition strategy where sessions are conducted based on the needs of the individual learner as opposed to those of the class and the curriculum.
The plight of the disadvantaged learner has especially become an area of great concern since the access to extra tuition is often financially out of reach for them. It was at that point that they decided to roll up their sleeves and build the solution by establishing a non-profit company. Since being incorporated in June 2022 and the first lesson conducted in August 2022, Izibalo has grown in structure, governance and improved the service given to beneficiaries.
Through graduating from the Border Kei Chamber of Business Good Deeds NPO support programme, being identified as the representative of the BKCOB in the 9th Inspiration Awards, Izibalo became the 2023 winner of the Inspiration Awards.
Izibalo also is a beneficiary of the Mercedes Benz South Africa Incubation Hub programme 2.0 and is one of the top 3 performing non-profit organizations for 2023 which resulted in the sponsorship of funds to set up and operate the first Maths Pod in Greenpoint Secondary School in 2024.
We are active in our community and work well with other local NPO’s like developing a numeracy box for the Coach-In-A-Box project by Edusport Youth.
Izibalo was initiated in a space donated by the Gompo Library Friends of the library as their way of showing support and meeting their mandate of looking after the library and developing it. Siyakholwa Development Foundation pays a portion of the volunteer stipends through their social employment fund.
We also have a good working relationship with the Eastern Cape Department of Education through a memorandum of understanding that allows us to occupy space in identified quintile 1 to quintile 3 no fee schools in the Eastern Cape.
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Izibalo is a fully compliant organisation that is registered as a Non-profit company, Non-Profit Organisation and with a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) Tax exempt status. Compliance is governed by a capable board of directors.
Sikhokele Mvubu
Chairperson
Sikhokele Mvubu is a legal advisor at the University of Fort Hare and an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. He holds a LLB (University of Fort Hare) and LLM in Public Procurement and Regulation (University of Stellenbosch) and, a PGDip: Drafting and Interpretation of Contracts from University of Johannesburg. He is now pursuing an international qualification in Chartered Company Secretaries under Charted Governance Institute of Southern Africa (GCISA).
Ranjana Gigi
Deputy Chairperson
Ranjana Gigi is the founder of the Swiss Board of Aid a non-profit organisation that supports hospitals, clinics, schools, and children in the Eastern Cape for the past 13 years. Originally from Switzerland she emigrated to South Africa to help as many people as possible with the opportunities she has had. She is a doctor by profession and doing research in sexually transmitted diseases around the Eastern Cape.
Roy Hewett
Secretary
Roy Hewett is a retired school principal of Port Alfred High School (1991 – 1999) and Hudson Park High School (1999 – 2016), and is a seasoned maths educator and school administrator. He is a board member for Bulungula College NPC and played a role in establishing the school’s systems and training. Currently he works as a publishing coordinator (editor/proofreader) at Harry’s Printers. Roy is also a columnist for two regional newspapers.
Lynn Glover
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Lynn Glover is passionate about the youth in the country and concerned about the number of children taking mathematics. She holds a BCompt degree in accounting science (UNISA) and was Master Maths franchisee from 1995 to 2023. She was franchisee of the year in 2005 and has been recognized for excellence 9 times during her tenure. With 29 years of maths tutoring experience, she has assisted many learners reach their dreams by enabling them to choose the career of their choice.
Edumisa Mtoli
Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Edumisa Mtoli is a social entrepreneur and a past Master Maths franchisee (2010 – 2016) with over 13 years maths tutoring experience. A passionate maths educator with a higher certificate in F.E.T maths education (UNISA). He is a lifelong learner with certification in entrepreneurship and leadership from the Investec Startup School and a certified Amazon Web Services cloud practitioner.