DONATIONS

Whale Mark incorporated under Section 21, a Registered Public Benefit Organization (PBO), Section 18 A Tax Exemption Status Company..

By adopting a project of your choice, for your company’s image in the Multipurpose Whaling and Marine Expo Museum we can achieve something very extraordinary for all partners and our children. All donations made will be fully deductable for income tax purposes and donations are limited to 10% of the donors' taxable income.

Please refer to Construction and Education for projects of your choice shown below.

A GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS SPONSORS/DONATIONS IN KIND WITH TAX REBATES

To procure funds/donations in kind/sponsorships is a science in every respect but made easy through SARS deduction policies. Government supports sponsorships vigorously in every respect especially when jobs can be created and we hope your contributions may shine a light on the Kitchen Table of so many underprivileged and poor individuals in South Africa.

OUR MISSION NOW

First and foremost to build the museum by your generous support and create new job opportunities. Secondly, once completed to create many job opportunities in-house in various fields of discipline.

 

1.	IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A SPONSOR OR DONATE FUNDS OR MATERIAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR MUSEUM PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES BELOW AND CHOOSE - 1(B/M) or 3(P/S)   OR
2.	JOBS OFFERED: DISADVANTAGED, UNEMPLOYED AND OR POOR INDIVIDUALS NEED TO APPLY AND ONLY APPLICANTS RESIDING IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT. PLEASE CHOOSE - 2(L/C) EITHER FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR SPONSORSHIPS FOR SALARIES AND FORWARD CV to Nicolene Botes, e-mail museum@whalemark.org.za or post to P.O. Box 1070, Parow 7499.

 
Your name will be placed on a Whale Mark Database and submitted to the Department of Labour whereby choices will be made later on and interviews conducted only once a certain level of sponsorships have been complied with. Each applicant will be considered as a matter of priority for Whale Mark and depending on qualifications shall be allocated to a specific discipline in terms of the prescribed criteria or choice made by the applicant itself.


WHALE MARK CERTIFICATES FOR DONATIONS RECEIVED

Irrespective of donation or material donated we will issue a colorful marine certificate to show our gratitude. In this regard a list of examples is available. Certain branding principles are available to companies and individuals alike.

WHALE MARK SECTION 21 COMPANY BANKING DETAILS FOR DEPOSITS
 
ABSA BANK
Cheque Account
Branch Code: 502110
Universal Branch Code: 632005
Account Number: 4069088417
Fund Raising Number: 071-869-NPO

DONATIONS PROCEDURES

If you would like to support the Whale Mark Multipurpose Whaling and Marine Expo Museum, please click HERE to download our donation/pledge form.

Please use the reference numbers below so that allocations of funds can be correctly tabled by vote in relation to the item. For example B/M and No 1 to select materials or choice of your own followed by your name:

1. Building Materials (B/M)

 
For a donation to Whale Mark Construction Materials i.e. Bricks ROK, Cement, Sand, Concrete Stone, Ready Mix Concrete, Building and Plastering Sand, Paint, Roofing Materials, Aluminum Windows and Glass, Tiles etc.
Reference: B/M and please choose item number on list below for your contribution.

 

1.	Whaling Museum
2.	Maritime Museum
3.	Fishing Museum
4.	Aquarium Tanks Plexiglass and Water Pumps for Sea Water
5.	Parow Museum reflecting history of Parow
6.	Library
7.	Tourism Department
8.	Photographic/Video Department
9.	Fishing Tackle Museum
10.	IT Office
11.	Safe Room
12.	Storage Room
13.	Administrative Offices various: Finances, Human Resources, Data Capturing Office, Call Centre, Directors, Receptionist Office, Visitors/Waiting Room, First Aid Room
14.	Children's Marine Play Centre
15.	Fishing Restaurant Museum and Training Centre
16.	Cashiers office
17.	Curio Shop
18.	Coffee Shop
19.	Workshop Maintenance
20	Two Classrooms
21.	Conference Centre
22.	Workshop Studio’s: 13 Unique Arts & Crafts product lines of For Export Nationally and Internationally
	1.	Pottery
	2.	Oil and Water Painting
	3.	Miniature Boat Building and Woodcraft
	4.	Petrified Bone,Stone,Sandstone Scrimshaw
	5.	Taxidermy
	6.	Marine Artifacts Restouration and Aqua Art
	7.	Mosaic Art
	8.	Jewellery: Sea-Shell Ornamental Art and Metal
	9.	Embroidery
	10.	Rubber and Plastic Moulding
	11.	Metal Art
	12.	Glass Blowing Art
	13.	Bookbinding and Historical Documents
23.	Freezer Room and Freezer
24.	Generator Room
25.	Kitchen, cupboards and wash basin
26.	Laundry Room
27.	Two bachelor flats for students or visiting quest
28.	Close Circuit Surveilance Office
29.	Various toilets equipment - standard pots, pans, basins and fittings etc.
30.	Carpets: Open for Proposals
31.	Window Blinds
32.	Tiles: Open for proposals
33.	Mosaics Wall and Floor Whale and Marine Designs
34.	Paving Bricks: Open for proposals
35.	Wind Turbines (4) and batteries
36.	Battery Room
37.	Solar Power Panels (6)
38.	Solar Geysers ( 5)
39.	IBR Roofsheets or similar
40.	Timber Roof
41.	Steel Stanchions and other roof steel structures
42.	Crete stone and Cornices
43.	Copper and polycop tubing various
44.	Drainage pipes and accessories
45.	Electrical conduits, wire, breakers, distribution boxes, lightfittings etc
46.	Guttering and down pipes
47.	Cast iron drains

 
2. Labour for Construction (L/C)

 
For a donation to Whale Mark Construction Labour Employment and Skills Development in conjunction with Department of Labour and Northlink College please see list of students and artisans below.
Reference: L/C and please choose item number on list below for your contribution.

Department of Labour's Contribution R37 per day for each student attending Practical and Theoretical classes per day
Student - Artisan R250 per day

 

1.	Bricklayers - 8	4	R110 per day student minus R37
2.	Plasterers - 10	5	R110 per day student minus R37
3.	Tilers - 5	3	R110 per day student minus R37
4.	Plumbers - 5	3	R110 per day student minus R37
5.	Electricians - 6	2	R110 per day student minus R37
6.	Carpenters furniture - 12	4	R110 per day student minus R37
7.	Joiners (Carpentry) - 8	3	R110 per day student minus R37
8.	Skimming - 6	3	R110 per day student minus R37
9.	Painters - 10	4	R110 per day student minus R37
10.	Construction Carpenters - 8	2	R110 per day student minus R37
11.	Security - 6	1	R110 per day student minus R37
12.	Foundation Construction and Cement Mixers - 20	2	R110 per day student minus R37
13.	Scaffold Builders - 4	2	R110 per day student minus R37
14.	Mobile Crane Operators (Code 14EC License minimum requirement) - Students 4 & Trainers 2	2	R110 per day student minus R37

3. Professional Services Rendered (P/S)

For a donation to the Multi Purpose Museum Professional Services rendering and to steer Project: Architect, Quantity Surveyor,
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Civil Engineer, Project Manager, Foreman, Qualified Artisans on site to train students on
practical applications of construction and theory provided by College to obtain certificates. Please see list of Professional Services below.
Reference: P/S and please choose item number on list below for your contribution.

1.	Architect
2.	Quantity Surveyor
3.	Mechanical and Electrical Engineer
4.	Civil Engineer
5.	Project Manager
6.	Project Manager Assistant
7.	Foreman 2
8.	Qualified Artisans 38

 
INFORMATION IN REGARD TO DEPOSIT OF DONATIONS

 

Louw De Waal Whale Mark Director- Finance / Treasurer: Owner and Director of the In-Balance Group Co. Responsible for documenting all financial transactions of Whale Mark including fundraising and donations. Previously worked for ABSA Bank for 12 years and comes highly recommended. Respected in business circles as a conscientious financial planner/consultant.

Louw de Waal

IN-BALANCEGROUP

CAIB (SA), MIAB
33 1stAve, Boston, 7530
P O Box 6339, Welgemoed, 7538
Office: +27 (0) 21 949 0396

Fax: +27 (0) 21 949 0397
Email : louw@inbalancegroup.co.za
 
 
INFORMATION IN REGARD TO PROJECT DETAILS

 

Ken Botes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer-Advisory Board Member: Matriculated at Cape Technikon Associate Member of the SA Institute of Public Administration as Assessor. He has extensive experience in the fields of marine compliance disciplines, conservation, tourism project developments and anti whaling. Author of various historical whaling books in English and Afrikaans in final conclusion and true life marine drama stage plays in collaboration with Dr. Willa Boezak which should be very entertaining. Always prepared to listen to anyone for better ideas or just listen. He has served as an International Whaling Observer, Whaling and Fisheries Inspector, Whaling Adviser and Journalist/Reporter on whaling issues. Hobbies include painting and fishing when he has time or just to unwind in his main priority in life is theology.

Ken Botes
Chairman/CEO
Member of Board of Advisors, Ex International Whaling Observer for IWC, Ex Whaling Inspector and Ex Fisheries Inspector for RSA MCM, International Whaling and Marine Reporter
Mobile: +27 (0) 83 416 3062
Office: +27 (0) 21 930 0779
Fax: +27 (0) 21 086 622 6856
Email: info@whalemark.org.za

SARS TAX DEDUCTIONS

28 Aug 2009: Tax Deductions For Learnerships

In a bid by government to encourage the upskilling of labour in all sectors of the economy, employers are being actively encouraged to enter into learnership agreements by making these agreements decidedly more attractive from a tax point of view. This boost for employers should lead to the registration of more learnerships, given the generosity of the concessions if they are enacted.

 
David Warneke, a Tax Partner at Cape Town's Cameron and Prentice Chartered Accountants, explains that a learnership agreement is one registered as such with a SETA (Sector Education and Training Authority), or a registered apprenticeship.

“At present, if a three-year SETA-based learnership is entered into with a learner without a disability, the employer qualifies for two tax deductions: the first in the tax year in which the learnership is entered into, with a maximum amount of R30 000 and the second in the tax year in which the learnership is successfully completed, also with a maximum amount of R30 000. Thus there is a total maximum of R60 000 of deductions available for the employer.”

 
“Under the new dispensation,” explains Warneke, “the employer will qualify for a R30 000 tax deduction or each year of the learnership and in addition there is a completion allowance of R30 000 multiplied by the number of years of the learnership agreement is available on successful completion (i.e. R90 000, making a total of R180 000 of deductions available).”
“Where the learner is a person with a disability, the amount of R30 000 is increased to R50 000, escalating the total deductions available to R300 000.”

Warneke further explains that at present, if the employment of the learner is terminated prior to successful completion due to any reason other than death or physical incapacitation of the learner, the R30 000 initially deducted has to be added back in the tax computation of the employer.

“Under the new dispensation the R30 000 allowances granted in years prior to that in which the learnership agreement is terminated, will not be added back. Instead, if the learnership is cancelled halfway through the employer’s tax year, the employer will qualify for a tax deduction of R15 000 for that year (i.e. half of a full year’s deduction). A new employer, taking over the learnership agreement from the same date, would be entitled to the remaining R15 000 deduction for that tax year and deductions of R30 000 for each of the remaining years in the learnership agreement.”

“The new employer would be further entitled to the full completion allowance of R90 000 if the learnership is successfully completed.”

“The concession on learnerships as contained in the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Act of 2009, is welcomed as we believe that they represent a significant step towards the upskilling of labour in South Africa,” concludes Warneke.

Article supplied by David Warneke, Tax Partner at Cape Town's Cameron and Prentice Chartered Accountants david@campren.co.za