05 Interests, trusts, and foundations

Apart from being a business guru, Sydney Press was also invested in other personal interests, which included psychiatry, trees, and horse breeding. Sydney established various foundations to aiding humanity, namely:

• The Sandton Civic Foundation
• The South African Tree Society and Planning Foundation
• South African Foundation for Scientific Study and Research

Sydney Press also served as a trustee on several trusts, such as:

• The Transvaal Urban Foundation
• Founding member of the Productivity Council and the National Productivity Institute
• Harry Oppenheimer SA Institute for International Affairs
• The National Development and Management Foundation

Synopsis of the records related to Interests, trusts, and foundations

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5.1 Minutes of the meeting of Board of Directors of the Evermore trust (01 July 1968)

5.2 Newspaper article titled ‘’The future’’/ by Chairman of the Transvaal Urban Foundation.