Who We Are
Creating a culture of continued improvement.
Our History
Where we started our journey.
Kwano Founded
4th January 2014
Kwano was set up and a partnership was established with Murray High School
First 10 students
4th January 2014
Kwano recruited their first 10 students… signalling the start of something great.
Equine Librium farm
6th January 2014
The program was based off-site at Equine Librium farm, which is located outside of the town.
Kwano registered as a Charity
6th January 2014
KCA was registered as a charity… with a Board of Trustees.
Attended Local Races
1st February 2014
Tsitsikama MTB Challenge Knysna Festival Tour de Plett
Kwano reaches 15 students
1st April 2015
Kwano expanded to 15 students, based on increased capacity.
First Multi-Stage Race
1st April 2015
KCA sent the team to a 3 day Sani2C Race…where they placed 60th out of 600 teams.
National and Local races
1st April 2015
Sent teams to several local and national races (E.g Kingfisher, Knysna Festival, Tsitsikamma Challenge etc)
Relocated base
1st January 2016
Re-located to Cairnbrogie Dairy Farm.
Partnership with Specialized
3rd September 2016
Kwano established their partnership with Specialized.
Sipho Mthembu joins Kwano
7th November 2016
Sipho Mthembu was recruited as Cycling Leader.
Established a new base at the High School.
7th January 2017
Established a Kwano Base at the High School in Kwanokathula.
Expanded to 20 students
23rd January 2017
Kwano expanded to 20 students.
32 Students…
1st March 2017
The charity expanded to 32 students… including their first female students.
First Female Students
1st March 2017
Local and National Races.
6th June 2017
Kwano sent their teams to several local and national races (Eg. Karoo2Coast, Wines2Whales, Origin of Trails etc)
Placed 3rd out of 14 schools
13th June 2017
Kwanos teams placed 3rd out of 14 school in the Spur Series.
Sabrina MTB Race
30th June 2017
First podium in Open event… 2nd at Sabrina MTB race
Hotchillee “Rider Development Summit”
20th November 2017
They attended Hotchillee “Rider Development Summit”.
Wattbike donation
2nd December 2017
Kwano was donated Wattbikes so the boys could train.
Expanded the amount of girls
15th January 2018
Expanded the girls program
Major Beneficiary
1st May 2018
Buffalo Foundation select KCA as major beneficiary
Recruited Trevor Snyman as the Educational Leader
7th July 2018
Kwano recruited Trevor Snyman as the Education Leader
After School Academic Program
9th July 2018
The charity launched the After School Academic Program.
York Enduro
4th August 2018
The Kwano team was invited to participate in 4 day York Enduro. The team placed 9th out of 20 strong semi-pro teams. Siphe finished 5th in individual
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