Interfront 2023 Annual Report

55 GOVERNANCE PART Company Secretary The role and responsibilities of the Company Secretary include, but are not limited to, the following: • Making directors aware of all laws and regulations relevant to Interfront. • Scheduling Board and committee meetings. • Ensuring that the directors and management operate within an authority framework approved by the Board. • Taking responsibility for the preparation of all or parts of the Annual Report and ensuring that statutory deadlines are met. • Acting in good faith, avoiding any conflicts of interest, and ensuring that appropriate guidance is provided to the Board in all matters relating thereto. • Ensuring compliance with all the statutory provisions of the Companies Act, inter alia , and lodging the Annual Return as prescribed. • Ensuring compliance with the MOI. Declaration by the Company Secretary I, the undersigned, Madelein Pepperell, in my capacity as Company Secretary, certify that the company has lodged with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission all such returns as are required of the company in terms of the Companies Act and that all such returns are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, correct and up to date. M. PEPPERELL Company Secretary 31 July 2023 Social Responsibility Interfront commenced its Bursary and Graduate Internship Programme during the 2013/2014 financial year. The purpose of the Bursary Programme is to promote diversity in Interfront and the wider IT sector. Bursaries are provided for both undergraduate and postgraduate students from designated groups. Interfront continued its support of its current bursars for the 2022/2023 financial year and an amount of R177 050 was spent towards this. Interfront has an establishedGraduate Internship Programme to develop the youth of South Africa, as part of Interfront’s social responsibility. The aim is to appoint young inexperienced IT graduates and provide training to retain them after their Graduate Internship Programme has been completed. Eight graduate interns joined the programme during the 2022/2023 financial year, and more detail can be found in  Part D: Human Capital Management  .