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- Geek Managed Services, Geek Managed Services is a technology services business with 25 years of experience in providing connectivity, IT management, cyber security and cloud centric solutions to small to medium businessesGeek Managed Services is a technology services business with 25 years of experience in providing connectivity, IT management, cyber security and cloud centric solutions to small to medium businesses. “We are not your traditional IT services provider; we may be able to provide those traditional services solutions, but we always aim to do so in a very humancentric way. I think that it a core differentiator for us in this market,” says Kemlyn Pillay, general manager, Geek Managed Services. Pillay added that Geek Managed Services has cracked the code in supplying IT services that are based on the philosophy of Human Tech Solved. “What that is that we are a team of eternally curious people. We don’t just show up at work and try to close tickets. We are curious about solving our customers’ problems and we are driven to solve our customers unmet and unarticulated needs with great tech solutions. I like to say that we are customer obsessed and hyper focused on the customer experience with us.” Geek Managed Services strives to build relationships with its customers as a partner in their businesses. The team makes a point of trying to empower their customers and getting them to use the technology at their fingertips a lot better and enjoy what is provided to them. “We are able to align your technology with your business aspirations. Rather than being a hindrance and a cost factor in your business we want to be an enabler. There is a professionalism that is needed in the growing Durban market – and this has been a very proud thing for us to champion in the tech industry,” explains Pillay. Geek Managed Services is a Microsoft Gold Partner and has five cloud competencies across multiple cloud disciplines namely Microsoft Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, Datacenter, Application Development and Small & Midmarket Cloud Solutions. “We are very proud of our status as a Microsoft Gold Partner and we are always pushing ourselves to learn more and grow our roles and our business solutions. We always want to solve the modern workday problems with awesome cloud solutions.” In the current workplace environment, Geek Managed Services have had to come up with new solutions and its Virtual Managed Service is a current service offering which also responds to Covid -19 considerations. This service takes care of all your IT and technology services in the business at a fixed cost per device. This includes cloud applications and modern workplace requirements through Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Solutions. Cyber security is managed with Black Fog. Geek Managed Services has a custom application which is called Virtual Geek and that is a device management tool that is used to provide proactive and routine maintenance for businesses. All devices such as laptops and desktop computers can be taken care of with this application. “The great news is that wherever your team is we can take care of your IT needs without having to be in front of you or in your business premises,” added Pillay. In addition, Geek Managed Services hosts virtual workshops for its customers. These sessions cover a range of topics from general home wi-fi trouble shooting issues, to how to get the most out of your home internet, to data privacy and protecting your company’s data. The details of the workshops are available on the Geek Managed Services website. These are also offered in person to businesses if required – with all Covid-19 precautions in place. “Most of our clients start with an initial consultation where we get to know the business and the “pain points” and then we can recommend a workshop to enable your business and team to be more efficient as well as can save you money through better use of technology. Adoption of technology is key nowadays and a lot of businesses don’t realise that’s what makes a difference,” concluded Pillay. All of Geek Managed Services are available on their website and their app is available for download from Google Play or the App Store.
Geek Managed Services is a technology services business with 25 years of experience in providing connectivity, IT management, cyber security and cloud centric solutions to small to medium businessesGeek Managed ServicesGeek Managed Services is a technology services business with 25 years of experience in providing connectivity, IT management, cyber security and cloud centric solutions to small to medium businessesGeek Managed Services is a technology services business with 25 years of experience in providing connectivity, IT management, cyber security and cloud centric solutions to small to medium businesses. “We are not your traditional IT services provider; we may be able to provide those traditional services solutions, but we always aim to do so in a very humancentric way. I think that it a core differentiator for us in this market,” says Kemlyn Pillay, general manager, Geek Managed Services. Pillay added that Geek Managed Services has cracked the code in supplying IT services that are based on the philosophy of Human Tech Solved. “What that is that we are a team of eternally curious people. We don’t just show up at work and try to close tickets. We are curious about solving our customers’ problems and we are driven to solve our customers unmet and unarticulated needs with great tech solutions. I like to say that we are customer obsessed and hyper focused on the customer experience with us.” Geek Managed Services strives to build relationships with its customers as a partner in their businesses. The team makes a point of trying to empower their customers and getting them to use the technology at their fingertips a lot better and enjoy what is provided to them. “We are able to align your technology with your business aspirations. Rather than being a hindrance and a cost factor in your business we want to be an enabler. There is a professionalism that is needed in the growing Durban market – and this has been a very proud thing for us to champion in the tech industry,” explains Pillay. Geek Managed Services is a Microsoft Gold Partner and has five cloud competencies across multiple cloud disciplines namely Microsoft Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, Datacenter, Application Development and Small & Midmarket Cloud Solutions. “We are very proud of our status as a Microsoft Gold Partner and we are always pushing ourselves to learn more and grow our roles and our business solutions. We always want to solve the modern workday problems with awesome cloud solutions.” In the current workplace environment, Geek Managed Services have had to come up with new solutions and its Virtual Managed Service is a current service offering which also responds to Covid -19 considerations. This service takes care of all your IT and technology services in the business at a fixed cost per device. This includes cloud applications and modern workplace requirements through Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Solutions. Cyber security is managed with Black Fog. Geek Managed Services has a custom application which is called Virtual Geek and that is a device management tool that is used to provide proactive and routine maintenance for businesses. All devices such as laptops and desktop computers can be taken care of with this application. “The great news is that wherever your team is we can take care of your IT needs without having to be in front of you or in your business premises,” added Pillay. In addition, Geek Managed Services hosts virtual workshops for its customers. These sessions cover a range of topics from general home wi-fi trouble shooting issues, to how to get the most out of your home internet, to data privacy and protecting your company’s data. The details of the workshops are available on the Geek Managed Services website. These are also offered in person to businesses if required – with all Covid-19 precautions in place. “Most of our clients start with an initial consultation where we get to know the business and the “pain points” and then we can recommend a workshop to enable your business and team to be more efficient as well as can save you money through better use of technology. Adoption of technology is key nowadays and a lot of businesses don’t realise that’s what makes a difference,” concluded Pillay. All of Geek Managed Services are available on their website and their app is available for download from Google Play or the App Store. Full Name of Company: The immedia ecosystem (Pty) Ltd. t/a Geek Managed Services Nature of Business : Tech services / IT services Services/Products: Cloud Services, Connectivity, Managed Services, Cybersecurity Customer Base: SMB-SME No. of Employees: 50-60 B-BBEE Status: Level 2 VISION Human. Tech. Solved. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Anice Hassim COO: Bevan Andries Financial Manager: Shoayb Dawood CONTACT DETAILS Head Office Physical Address: Level 1 eNCA Building, 73 Richefond Circle, Ridgeside Office Park. Umhlanga, 4321 Tel: +27 (0)31 566 8080 E-mail: support@geekms.co.za Website: www.geekms.co.za Full Name of Company: The immedia ecosystem (Pty) Ltd. t/a Geek Managed Services Nature of Business : Tech services / IT services Services/Products: Cloud Services, Connectivity, Managed Services, Cybersecurity Customer Base: SMB-SME No. of Employees: 50-60 B-BBEE Status: Level 2 VISION Human. Tech. Solved. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Anice Hassim COO: Bevan Andries Financial Manager: Shoayb Dawood CONTACT DETAILS Head Office Physical Address: Level 1 eNCA Building, 73 Richefond Circle, Ridgeside Office Park. Umhlanga, 4321 Tel: +27 (0)31 566 8080 E-mail: support@geekms.co.za Website: www.geekms.co.za Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: The immedia ecosystem (Pty) Ltd. t/a Geek Managed Services Nature of Business : Tech services / IT services Services/Products: Cloud Services, Connectivity, Managed Services, Cybersecurity Customer Base: SMB-SME No. of Employees: 50-60 B-BBEE Status: Level 2 VISION Human. Tech. Solved. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Anice Hassim COO: Bevan Andries Financial Manager: Shoayb Dawood CONTACT DETAILS Head Office Physical Address: Level 1 eNCA Building, 73 Richefond Circle, Ridgeside Office Park. Umhlanga, 4321 Tel: +27 (0)31 566 8080 E-mail: support@geekms.co.za Website: www.geekms.co.za Geek Managed Services is a technology services business with 25 years of experience in providing connectivity, IT management, cyber security and cloud centric solutions to small to medium businesses. “We are not your traditional IT services provider; we may be able to provide those traditional services solutions, but we always aim to do so in a very humancentric way. I think that it a core differentiator for us in this market,” says Kemlyn Pillay, general manager, Geek Managed Services. Pillay added that Geek Managed Services has cracked the code in supplying IT services that are based on the philosophy of Human Tech Solved. “What that is that we are a team of eternally curious people. We don’t just show up at work and try to close tickets. We are curious about solving our customers’ problems and we are driven to solve our customers unmet and unarticulated needs with great tech solutions. I like to say that we are customer obsessed and hyper focused on the customer experience with us.” Geek Managed Services strives to build relationships with its customers as a partner in their businesses. The team makes a point of trying to empower their customers and getting them to use the technology at their fingertips a lot better and enjoy what is provided to them. “We are able to align your technology with your business aspirations. Rather than being a hindrance and a cost factor in your business we want to be an enabler. There is a professionalism that is needed in the growing Durban market – and this has been a very proud thing for us to champion in the tech industry,” explains Pillay. Geek Managed Services is a Microsoft Gold Partner and has five cloud competencies across multiple cloud disciplines namely Microsoft Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, Datacenter, Application Development and Small & Midmarket Cloud Solutions. “We are very proud of our status as a Microsoft Gold Partner and we are always pushing ourselves to learn more and grow our roles and our business solutions. We always want to solve the modern workday problems with awesome cloud solutions.” In the current workplace environment, Geek Managed Services have had to come up with new solutions and its Virtual Managed Service is a current service offering which also responds to Covid -19 considerations. This service takes care of all your IT and technology services in the business at a fixed cost per device. This includes cloud applications and modern workplace requirements through Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Solutions. Cyber security is managed with Black Fog. Geek Managed Services has a custom application which is called Virtual Geek and that is a device management tool that is used to provide proactive and routine maintenance for businesses. All devices such as laptops and desktop computers can be taken care of with this application. “The great news is that wherever your team is we can take care of your IT needs without having to be in front of you or in your business premises,” added Pillay. In addition, Geek Managed Services hosts virtual workshops for its customers. These sessions cover a range of topics from general home wi-fi trouble shooting issues, to how to get the most out of your home internet, to data privacy and protecting your company’s data. The details of the workshops are available on the Geek Managed Services website. These are also offered in person to businesses if required – with all Covid-19 precautions in place. “Most of our clients start with an initial consultation where we get to know the business and the “pain points” and then we can recommend a workshop to enable your business and team to be more efficient as well as can save you money through better use of technology. Adoption of technology is key nowadays and a lot of businesses don’t realise that’s what makes a difference,” concluded Pillay. All of Geek Managed Services are available on their website and their app is available for download from Google Play or the App Store. More About the CEO Anice Hassim Meet the CEO
- Boxer, The fully-fledged retail business we see today as Boxer has carved a very interesting 44-year journeyThe fully-fledged retail business we see today as Boxer has carved a very interesting 44-year journey. Throughout its existence, one thing remains true... they were, they are, and they always will be “the people’s champion” fighting for low prices, quality goods and ensuring the upliftment of their respective communities. This maverick retailer’s journey began in April 1977 when KwaZulu Cash & Carry was established, in the centre of Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The company commenced operations as a conventional wholesaler, trading in the essential commodities, such as maize meal, rice, samp, sugar, oil and beans. However, in the late 1970s the company re-positioned itself into complete retailing - supplying the informal market, the bulk consumer and retail consumer. With this new identity the company prospered and in March 1979 a second branch was opened in Empangeni. The company was taken over from the original founders by an independent group of investors in 1988. This was an interesting time for the company as it embarked on a development programme aimed at identifying new store sites in other areas of KwaZulu-Natal. In 1991, a name change was made due to an expansion plan with the desire to branch out into other provinces. All trading stores were then re launched under the name of ‘Boxer Cash & Carry’. East London and Queenstown were the first two Boxer Cash & Carry stores to be launched in the Eastern Cape in September 1995. The next year, the Boxer Cash & Carry concept was further extended to Mpumalanga, with the opening of a branch in Burgersfort. By late 1997, a new corporate identity logo was adopted, and the trading retail name was changed to ‘Boxer Superstores’ to better reflect its role, as a retailer. Flying under the retail radar, Boxer Superstores continued to grow and expand where the company believed it could satisfy consumer needs. At the end of August 1997, the company merged with one of its parent companies, Goss & Co., adding three outlets in the Transkei. In October 2001, Boxer Superstores’ first step into the North-West Province, namely Mafikeng, was taken. The next province that Boxer Superstores entered was Limpopo, in the town of Tzaneen in 2002. In the same year, Boxer Superstores successfully concluded negotiations and announced the acquisition by Pick n Pay. This ideally placed the group in a position to tackle the middle to lower LSM section. 2003 saw the rollout of an aggressive store-expansion programme with seven new store openings across the various provinces. In 2020 Boxer celebrated the opening of its 300th store and 4th Distribution Centre. With the success and expansion of the Superstores brand, Boxer saw an opportunity to develop a new trading division within the company, through the launching of a Boxer Build store in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape in May 2004. Adopting its own identity, the Boxer Superstores logo was uniquely modified to differentiate the builders’ hardware division. The reason for these two logos was to prevent customer confusion and clearly differentiate the supermarkets from the builders’ hardware outlets. Boxer Build outlets can be found in both the Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal provinces.ANDREW MILLS, the marketing director at Boxer Superstores, says that his job is to ensure that he is inspiring his staff and others throughout the business, while implementing marketing strategies that retain and attract shoppers. Mills matriculated at Kearsney College and then went on to complete a diploma in marketing. Following this qualification, Mills entered the direct sales environment and worked his way up to sales manager. This was a position that he thoroughly enjoyed as he said he was able to inspire and drive his staff. After two years in that position, Mills joined a multinational business in FMCG and he then joined Boxer in the retail industry, where he has been for two decades. He says, "I remember coming into the Boxer reception area, where were a whole lot of people sitting and we were literally lined up like sardines. I was sitting amongst a very mature generation of fantastic candidates and eventually got my chance to go and sit with the then merchandise director Eugene Stoop. I then described my journey up to that point." He explained further that Stoop then asked him the question: "If I was given the opportunity to look after the Boxer brand what would I do?" Mills said that he gave a whole shopping list of things that he believed that he would be able to inject into the Boxer business. "When I finished the interview, I left feeling positive and later that day I received a call from Eugene saying I was hired. I then joined Boxer and 22 years later I have never looked back." He says that the points that he raised in that interview were implemented just three short years later and that he made good on his commitments to the business. Mills describes his job, "I am the brand custodian for the Boxer company, I put together and coordinate the national marketing activities for the greater Boxer business across the different divisions. I also implement marketing strategies that best engage our shoppers and potential new shoppers into our Boxer stores. We are based here in KwaZulu-Natal, we have a business which has close to 250 stores and we've traded for over 40 years, it's a fantastic environment to be in." He says that the management team does not pigeon hole themselves into a particular area of responsibility and that their years of experience mean that they are able to move across all the different portfolios to inject their understanding. "We are a very close-knit unit and the fantastic thing about working for this company and within the Pick n Pay Group is that we utilise our time to inspire, groom and coach others through the company. This company has been a business that really looks at the individual regardless of race, gender or creed, it's about the person and what they are capable of. It's up to us to make sure that we can groom the generations that will follow through to make sure they will take this business into the next few generations with successful healthy leadership." For Mills, one day is never the same as the next which he says is fantastic. "The wonderful thing about Boxer is that there's always a buzz and it's fast paced." He explained that he is the first to come in, in the morning and the last to leave and he travels a lot both locally and internationally. "There is always something happening. You've got to have fun, even if there are deadline pressures or you have to do massive distance or work long hours. You've got to enjoy what you are doing." He says that he is blessed to work alongside some fantastic individuals within his team. Mills added that every single person in his particular department really goes out of the way to excel and perform as well as share their energy with him. Mills concluded, "It's about meeting and inspiring people and getting the opportunity to coach others and groom others. Sometimes just a word or a sentence said to somebody else can inspire them to do their best. By seeing other people and inspiring other people that inspires you to be a better individual, that's a fantastic part of the job within the industry that I operate in." He has always had a passion for marketing and sales and positively influencing other people. ANDREW MILLS, the marketing director at Boxer Superstores, says that his job is to ensure that he is inspiring his staff and others throughout the business, while implementing marketing strategies that retain and attract shoppers. Mills matriculated at Kearsney College and then went on to complete a diploma in marketing. Following this qualification, Mills entered the direct sales environment and worked his way up to sales manager. This was a position that he thoroughly enjoyed as he said he was able to inspire and drive his staff. After two years in that position, Mills joined a multinational business in FMCG and he then joined Boxer in the retail industry, where he has been for two decades. He says, "I remember coming into the Boxer reception area, where were a whole lot of people sitting and we were literally lined up like sardines. I was sitting amongst a very mature generation of fantastic candidates and eventually got my chance to go and sit with the then merchandise director Eugene Stoop. I then described my journey up to that point." He explained further that Stoop then asked him the question: "If I was given the opportunity to look after the Boxer brand what would I do?" Mills said that he gave a whole shopping list of things that he believed that he would be able to inject into the Boxer business. "When I finished the interview, I left feeling positive and later that day I received a call from Eugene saying I was hired. I then joined Boxer and 22 years later I have never looked back." He says that the points that he raised in that interview were implemented just three short years later and that he made good on his commitments to the business. Mills describes his job, "I am the brand custodian for the Boxer company, I put together and coordinate the national marketing activities for the greater Boxer business across the different divisions. I also implement marketing strategies that best engage our shoppers and potential new shoppers into our Boxer stores. We are based here in KwaZulu-Natal, we have a business which has close to 250 stores and we've traded for over 40 years, it's a fantastic environment to be in." He says that the management team does not pigeon hole themselves into a particular area of responsibility and that their years of experience mean that they are able to move across all the different portfolios to inject their understanding. "We are a very close-knit unit and the fantastic thing about working for this company and within the Pick n Pay Group is that we utilise our time to inspire, groom and coach others through the company. This company has been a business that really looks at the individual regardless of race, gender or creed, it's about the person and what they are capable of. It's up to us to make sure that we can groom the generations that will follow through to make sure they will take this business into the next few generations with successful healthy leadership." For Mills, one day is never the same as the next which he says is fantastic. "The wonderful thing about Boxer is that there's always a buzz and it's fast paced." He explained that he is the first to come in, in the morning and the last to leave and he travels a lot both locally and internationally. "There is always something happening. You've got to have fun, even if there are deadline pressures or you have to do massive distance or work long hours. You've got to enjoy what you are doing." He says that he is blessed to work alongside some fantastic individuals within his team. Mills added that every single person in his particular department really goes out of the way to excel and perform as well as share their energy with him. Mills concluded, "It's about meeting and inspiring people and getting the opportunity to coach others and groom others. Sometimes just a word or a sentence said to somebody else can inspire them to do their best. By seeing other people and inspiring other people that inspires you to be a better individual, that's a fantastic part of the job within the industry that I operate in." He has always had a passion for marketing and sales and positively influencing other people.
The fully-fledged retail business we see today as Boxer has carved a very interesting 44-year journeyBoxerThe fully-fledged retail business we see today as Boxer has carved a very interesting 44-year journeyThe fully-fledged retail business we see today as Boxer has carved a very interesting 44-year journey. Throughout its existence, one thing remains true... they were, they are, and they always will be “the people’s champion” fighting for low prices, quality goods and ensuring the upliftment of their respective communities. This maverick retailer’s journey began in April 1977 when KwaZulu Cash & Carry was established, in the centre of Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The company commenced operations as a conventional wholesaler, trading in the essential commodities, such as maize meal, rice, samp, sugar, oil and beans. However, in the late 1970s the company re-positioned itself into complete retailing - supplying the informal market, the bulk consumer and retail consumer. With this new identity the company prospered and in March 1979 a second branch was opened in Empangeni. The company was taken over from the original founders by an independent group of investors in 1988. This was an interesting time for the company as it embarked on a development programme aimed at identifying new store sites in other areas of KwaZulu-Natal. In 1991, a name change was made due to an expansion plan with the desire to branch out into other provinces. All trading stores were then re launched under the name of ‘Boxer Cash & Carry’. East London and Queenstown were the first two Boxer Cash & Carry stores to be launched in the Eastern Cape in September 1995. The next year, the Boxer Cash & Carry concept was further extended to Mpumalanga, with the opening of a branch in Burgersfort. By late 1997, a new corporate identity logo was adopted, and the trading retail name was changed to ‘Boxer Superstores’ to better reflect its role, as a retailer. Flying under the retail radar, Boxer Superstores continued to grow and expand where the company believed it could satisfy consumer needs. At the end of August 1997, the company merged with one of its parent companies, Goss & Co., adding three outlets in the Transkei. In October 2001, Boxer Superstores’ first step into the North-West Province, namely Mafikeng, was taken. The next province that Boxer Superstores entered was Limpopo, in the town of Tzaneen in 2002. In the same year, Boxer Superstores successfully concluded negotiations and announced the acquisition by Pick n Pay. This ideally placed the group in a position to tackle the middle to lower LSM section. 2003 saw the rollout of an aggressive store-expansion programme with seven new store openings across the various provinces. In 2020 Boxer celebrated the opening of its 300th store and 4th Distribution Centre. With the success and expansion of the Superstores brand, Boxer saw an opportunity to develop a new trading division within the company, through the launching of a Boxer Build store in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape in May 2004. Adopting its own identity, the Boxer Superstores logo was uniquely modified to differentiate the builders’ hardware division. The reason for these two logos was to prevent customer confusion and clearly differentiate the supermarkets from the builders’ hardware outlets. Boxer Build outlets can be found in both the Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal provinces.Full Name of Company: Boxer Superstores (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Retail Services / Products: Groceries, Household Goods, Fresh Product / Service Departments & Value Added Service Date Established: April 1977 Customer Base: LSM 1- 6 (Lower to middle income) No. of Employees: Over 23 000 Auditors / Accountants: Ernest & Young Bankers: FNB Branches: 369 Superstores total (all formats) 228 Boxer Superstores RSA, 6 Superstores (3 Boxer Liquor) in eSwatini, 96 Boxer Liquor stores in total, 30 Boxer Build Stores in total, 4 Boxer Distribution Centres, 1 Boxer Meat Factory. VISION To be the people’s champion for the communities we serve - growing a lifetime of loyalty. KEY PERSONNEL Managing Executive: Marek Masojada Group Executive: Operations: Chris Theron Group Executive: Finance: David Wayne Group Executive: Commercial & Marketing: Paul Coetzee Group Executive: Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability: Ntombi Dludla Group Executive: HR: Ian Bamber Group Executive: Development: Bryan Butterworth CONTACT DETAILS Head Office Physical Address: 41 The Boulevard, Westend Office Park, Westville, 3630 Postal Address: P.O. Boxer 370, Westville, 3630 Tel: +27 (0)31 275 7000 Website: www.boxer.co.zaANDREW MILLS, the marketing director at Boxer Superstores, says that his job is to ensure that he is inspiring his staff and others throughout the business, while implementing marketing strategies that retain and attract shoppers. Mills matriculated at Kearsney College and then went on to complete a diploma in marketing. Following this qualification, Mills entered the direct sales environment and worked his way up to sales manager. This was a position that he thoroughly enjoyed as he said he was able to inspire and drive his staff. After two years in that position, Mills joined a multinational business in FMCG and he then joined Boxer in the retail industry, where he has been for two decades. He says, "I remember coming into the Boxer reception area, where were a whole lot of people sitting and we were literally lined up like sardines. I was sitting amongst a very mature generation of fantastic candidates and eventually got my chance to go and sit with the then merchandise director Eugene Stoop. I then described my journey up to that point." He explained further that Stoop then asked him the question: "If I was given the opportunity to look after the Boxer brand what would I do?" Mills said that he gave a whole shopping list of things that he believed that he would be able to inject into the Boxer business. "When I finished the interview, I left feeling positive and later that day I received a call from Eugene saying I was hired. I then joined Boxer and 22 years later I have never looked back." He says that the points that he raised in that interview were implemented just three short years later and that he made good on his commitments to the business. Mills describes his job, "I am the brand custodian for the Boxer company, I put together and coordinate the national marketing activities for the greater Boxer business across the different divisions. I also implement marketing strategies that best engage our shoppers and potential new shoppers into our Boxer stores. We are based here in KwaZulu-Natal, we have a business which has close to 250 stores and we've traded for over 40 years, it's a fantastic environment to be in." He says that the management team does not pigeon hole themselves into a particular area of responsibility and that their years of experience mean that they are able to move across all the different portfolios to inject their understanding. "We are a very close-knit unit and the fantastic thing about working for this company and within the Pick n Pay Group is that we utilise our time to inspire, groom and coach others through the company. This company has been a business that really looks at the individual regardless of race, gender or creed, it's about the person and what they are capable of. It's up to us to make sure that we can groom the generations that will follow through to make sure they will take this business into the next few generations with successful healthy leadership." For Mills, one day is never the same as the next which he says is fantastic. "The wonderful thing about Boxer is that there's always a buzz and it's fast paced." He explained that he is the first to come in, in the morning and the last to leave and he travels a lot both locally and internationally. "There is always something happening. You've got to have fun, even if there are deadline pressures or you have to do massive distance or work long hours. You've got to enjoy what you are doing." He says that he is blessed to work alongside some fantastic individuals within his team. Mills added that every single person in his particular department really goes out of the way to excel and perform as well as share their energy with him. Mills concluded, "It's about meeting and inspiring people and getting the opportunity to coach others and groom others. Sometimes just a word or a sentence said to somebody else can inspire them to do their best. By seeing other people and inspiring other people that inspires you to be a better individual, that's a fantastic part of the job within the industry that I operate in." He has always had a passion for marketing and sales and positively influencing other people. Full Name of Company: Boxer Superstores (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Retail Services / Products: Groceries, Household Goods, Fresh Product / Service Departments & Value Added Service Date Established: April 1977 Customer Base: LSM 1- 6 (Lower to middle income) No. of Employees: Over 23 000 Auditors / Accountants: Ernest & Young Bankers: FNB Branches: 369 Superstores total (all formats) 228 Boxer Superstores RSA, 6 Superstores (3 Boxer Liquor) in eSwatini, 96 Boxer Liquor stores in total, 30 Boxer Build Stores in total, 4 Boxer Distribution Centres, 1 Boxer Meat Factory. VISION To be the people’s champion for the communities we serve - growing a lifetime of loyalty. KEY PERSONNEL Managing Executive: Marek Masojada Group Executive: Operations: Chris Theron Group Executive: Finance: David Wayne Group Executive: Commercial & Marketing: Paul Coetzee Group Executive: Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability: Ntombi Dludla Group Executive: HR: Ian Bamber Group Executive: Development: Bryan Butterworth CONTACT DETAILS Head Office Physical Address: 41 The Boulevard, Westend Office Park, Westville, 3630 Postal Address: P.O. Boxer 370, Westville, 3630 Tel: +27 (0)31 275 7000 Website: www.boxer.co.za Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: Boxer Superstores (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Retail Services / Products: Groceries, Household Goods, Fresh Product / Service Departments & Value Added Service Date Established: April 1977 Customer Base: LSM 1- 6 (Lower to middle income) No. of Employees: Over 23 000 Auditors / Accountants: Ernest & Young Bankers: FNB Branches: 369 Superstores total (all formats) 228 Boxer Superstores RSA, 6 Superstores (3 Boxer Liquor) in eSwatini, 96 Boxer Liquor stores in total, 30 Boxer Build Stores in total, 4 Boxer Distribution Centres, 1 Boxer Meat Factory. VISION To be the people’s champion for the communities we serve - growing a lifetime of loyalty. KEY PERSONNEL Managing Executive: Marek Masojada Group Executive: Operations: Chris Theron Group Executive: Finance: David Wayne Group Executive: Commercial & Marketing: Paul Coetzee Group Executive: Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability: Ntombi Dludla Group Executive: HR: Ian Bamber Group Executive: Development: Bryan Butterworth CONTACT DETAILS Head Office Physical Address: 41 The Boulevard, Westend Office Park, Westville, 3630 Postal Address: P.O. Boxer 370, Westville, 3630 Tel: +27 (0)31 275 7000 Website: www.boxer.co.za The fully-fledged retail business we see today as Boxer has carved a very interesting 44-year journey. Throughout its existence, one thing remains true... they were, they are, and they always will be “the people’s champion” fighting for low prices, quality goods and ensuring the upliftment of their respective communities. This maverick retailer’s journey began in April 1977 when KwaZulu Cash & Carry was established, in the centre of Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The company commenced operations as a conventional wholesaler, trading in the essential commodities, such as maize meal, rice, samp, sugar, oil and beans. However, in the late 1970s the company re-positioned itself into complete retailing - supplying the informal market, the bulk consumer and retail consumer. With this new identity the company prospered and in March 1979 a second branch was opened in Empangeni. The company was taken over from the original founders by an independent group of investors in 1988. This was an interesting time for the company as it embarked on a development programme aimed at identifying new store sites in other areas of KwaZulu-Natal. In 1991, a name change was made due to an expansion plan with the desire to branch out into other provinces. All trading stores were then re launched under the name of ‘Boxer Cash & Carry’. East London and Queenstown were the first two Boxer Cash & Carry stores to be launched in the Eastern Cape in September 1995. The next year, the Boxer Cash & Carry concept was further extended to Mpumalanga, with the opening of a branch in Burgersfort. By late 1997, a new corporate identity logo was adopted, and the trading retail name was changed to ‘Boxer Superstores’ to better reflect its role, as a retailer. Flying under the retail radar, Boxer Superstores continued to grow and expand where the company believed it could satisfy consumer needs. At the end of August 1997, the company merged with one of its parent companies, Goss & Co., adding three outlets in the Transkei. In October 2001, Boxer Superstores’ first step into the North-West Province, namely Mafikeng, was taken. The next province that Boxer Superstores entered was Limpopo, in the town of Tzaneen in 2002. In the same year, Boxer Superstores successfully concluded negotiations and announced the acquisition by Pick n Pay. This ideally placed the group in a position to tackle the middle to lower LSM section. 2003 saw the rollout of an aggressive store-expansion programme with seven new store openings across the various provinces. In 2020 Boxer celebrated the opening of its 300th store and 4th Distribution Centre. With the success and expansion of the Superstores brand, Boxer saw an opportunity to develop a new trading division within the company, through the launching of a Boxer Build store in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape in May 2004. Adopting its own identity, the Boxer Superstores logo was uniquely modified to differentiate the builders’ hardware division. The reason for these two logos was to prevent customer confusion and clearly differentiate the supermarkets from the builders’ hardware outlets. Boxer Build outlets can be found in both the Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal provinces. 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- STE Scaffolding SA , STE-SCAFFOLDING SA is an established scaffolding solutions provider based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company supplies, erects and secures scaffolding and formwork, servicing mostly the construction, industrial, commercial and mining industriesSTE-SCAFFOLDING SA is an established scaffolding solutions provider based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company supplies, erects and secures scaffolding and formwork, servicing mostly the construction, industrial, commercial and mining industries. STE-SCAFFOLDING SA was established by entrepreneur Charles Dlamini as an energetic and dynamic scaffolding enterprise in Durban in 2010. The company is a black owned enterprise with a 100% BEE contribution rating. STE-SCAFFOLDING SA has a professionally qualified contingent of scaffolding engineers, technicians and workers who, together with their meticulous quality management system, can provide onsistent safe, cost-effective winning results every time. Their infrastructure empowers the company with the capacity to deliver large as well as small projects in budget and on time. STE-Scaffolding SA has systems in place to cater for small and large companies. Health And Safety Regulations STE-Scaffolding SA complies with the strictest health and safety regulations. All staff members are well trained and regularly retrained in health and safety regulations and best practices. Operationally they adhere to the following practices: • All stock erected by their scaffolders is regularly checked for possible damages. • The sites are assessed for risks such as wind factor, uneven surfaces, possible danger to the public, etc. • Risks are always communicated to the main contractor on site or to the customer directly, whichever is applicable. Contingency plans are put into place. • Access equipment is only signed off with a hand over certificate once the scaffolding has been checked and is safe for use. A Safe for Use signboard will then be attached to the access equipment with the date of the inspection and the maximum load allowed. ACCREDITATIONS STE-Scaffolding SA is a member of a range of regulatory and professional bodies related to the scaffolding industry. Among them are: • NOSA, the leading global supplier of occupational risk management services and solutions, and the most recognized brand in the SHEQ risk management industry. It is the exclusive provider of both the NOSA Five Star Grading System and SAMTRAC. • CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board), the professional registration body for standards | for construction related enterprises. Quality Management System The STE-SCAFFOLDING SA quality management system has been built up systematically over many years and comprises every aspect of the business. They have an unrelenting quest for excellence and continual improvement compliant to international standards. The Quality Management System adopted meets all customer needs on time, typically divided into four main phases: • Requirements analysis and specification, which establishes what the service is to achieve • Design, which determines how the product will meet its requirements • Implementation, which creates the service as designed • Testing, which ensures that the operation is fulfilled as required Some Projects undertaken • Scaffolding to repair ships for Sandock Austral Shipyards • Department of Energy in building South Africa’s largest private power generating plant. • Transnet which is South Africa’s largest logistics company that owns railways, ports and pipeline infrastructure, building scaffolding to support their cranes. • Pearls Sky Umhlanga • Hilton Hospital
STE-SCAFFOLDING SA is an established scaffolding solutions provider based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company supplies, erects and secures scaffolding and formwork, servicing mostly the construction, industrial, commercial and mining industriesSTE Scaffolding SA STE-SCAFFOLDING SA is an established scaffolding solutions provider based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company supplies, erects and secures scaffolding and formwork, servicing mostly the construction, industrial, commercial and mining industriesSTE-SCAFFOLDING SA is an established scaffolding solutions provider based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company supplies, erects and secures scaffolding and formwork, servicing mostly the construction, industrial, commercial and mining industries. STE-SCAFFOLDING SA was established by entrepreneur Charles Dlamini as an energetic and dynamic scaffolding enterprise in Durban in 2010. The company is a black owned enterprise with a 100% BEE contribution rating. STE-SCAFFOLDING SA has a professionally qualified contingent of scaffolding engineers, technicians and workers who, together with their meticulous quality management system, can provide onsistent safe, cost-effective winning results every time. Their infrastructure empowers the company with the capacity to deliver large as well as small projects in budget and on time. STE-Scaffolding SA has systems in place to cater for small and large companies. Health And Safety Regulations STE-Scaffolding SA complies with the strictest health and safety regulations. All staff members are well trained and regularly retrained in health and safety regulations and best practices. Operationally they adhere to the following practices: • All stock erected by their scaffolders is regularly checked for possible damages. • The sites are assessed for risks such as wind factor, uneven surfaces, possible danger to the public, etc. • Risks are always communicated to the main contractor on site or to the customer directly, whichever is applicable. Contingency plans are put into place. • Access equipment is only signed off with a hand over certificate once the scaffolding has been checked and is safe for use. A Safe for Use signboard will then be attached to the access equipment with the date of the inspection and the maximum load allowed. ACCREDITATIONS STE-Scaffolding SA is a member of a range of regulatory and professional bodies related to the scaffolding industry. Among them are: • NOSA, the leading global supplier of occupational risk management services and solutions, and the most recognized brand in the SHEQ risk management industry. It is the exclusive provider of both the NOSA Five Star Grading System and SAMTRAC. • CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board), the professional registration body for standards | for construction related enterprises. Quality Management System The STE-SCAFFOLDING SA quality management system has been built up systematically over many years and comprises every aspect of the business. They have an unrelenting quest for excellence and continual improvement compliant to international standards. The Quality Management System adopted meets all customer needs on time, typically divided into four main phases: • Requirements analysis and specification, which establishes what the service is to achieve • Design, which determines how the product will meet its requirements • Implementation, which creates the service as designed • Testing, which ensures that the operation is fulfilled as required Some Projects undertaken • Scaffolding to repair ships for Sandock Austral Shipyards • Department of Energy in building South Africa’s largest private power generating plant. • Transnet which is South Africa’s largest logistics company that owns railways, ports and pipeline infrastructure, building scaffolding to support their cranes. • Pearls Sky Umhlanga • Hilton HospitalFull Name of Company: STE Scaffolding SA (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Scaffolding solutions provider Services / Products: Supply, erect and secure scaffolding and formwork Date Established: 26 February 2010 Customer Base: Construction, industrial, commercial and mining industries No. of Employees: 23 B-BBEE Status: Level 1 MISSION • To provide a top-quality scaffolding service that exceeds client expectations of safety, price, service and experience • To ensure the highest health and safety standards to our employees, other trades and members of the public • To be environmentally aware and utilize our natural resources in a responsible manner • To manage sustained, comprehensive quality control • To view each contract as a mutually beneficial long-term relationship based upon trust, quality service and mutual understanding. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Charles Dlamini Financial Manager: Vee Sookdeo CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical address: 126 Malacca Road, Redhill, Durban North 4051 Tel: +27 (0)31 010 7307 Cell: +27 (0) 82 765 6830 E-mail: info@ste-scaffolding.co.za, charles@ste-scaffolding.co.za Website: www.ste-scaffolding.co.za BRANCHES PietermaritzburgFull Name of Company: STE Scaffolding SA (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Scaffolding solutions provider Services / Products: Supply, erect and secure scaffolding and formwork Date Established: 26 February 2010 Customer Base: Construction, industrial, commercial and mining industries No. of Employees: 23 B-BBEE Status: Level 1 MISSION • To provide a top-quality scaffolding service that exceeds client expectations of safety, price, service and experience • To ensure the highest health and safety standards to our employees, other trades and members of the public • To be environmentally aware and utilize our natural resources in a responsible manner • To manage sustained, comprehensive quality control • To view each contract as a mutually beneficial long-term relationship based upon trust, quality service and mutual understanding. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Charles Dlamini Financial Manager: Vee Sookdeo CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical address: 126 Malacca Road, Redhill, Durban North 4051 Tel: +27 (0)31 010 7307 Cell: +27 (0) 82 765 6830 E-mail: info@ste-scaffolding.co.za, charles@ste-scaffolding.co.za Website: www.ste-scaffolding.co.za BRANCHES Pietermaritzburg Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: STE Scaffolding SA (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Scaffolding solutions provider Services / Products: Supply, erect and secure scaffolding and formwork Date Established: 26 February 2010 Customer Base: Construction, industrial, commercial and mining industries No. of Employees: 23 B-BBEE Status: Level 1 MISSION • To provide a top-quality scaffolding service that exceeds client expectations of safety, price, service and experience • To ensure the highest health and safety standards to our employees, other trades and members of the public • To be environmentally aware and utilize our natural resources in a responsible manner • To manage sustained, comprehensive quality control • To view each contract as a mutually beneficial long-term relationship based upon trust, quality service and mutual understanding. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Charles Dlamini Financial Manager: Vee Sookdeo CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical address: 126 Malacca Road, Redhill, Durban North 4051 Tel: +27 (0)31 010 7307 Cell: +27 (0) 82 765 6830 E-mail: info@ste-scaffolding.co.za , charles@ste-scaffolding.co.za Website: www.ste-scaffolding.co.za BRANCHES Pietermaritzburg STE-SCAFFOLDING SA is an established scaffolding solutions provider based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company supplies, erects and secures scaffolding and formwork, servicing mostly the construction, industrial, commercial and mining industries. STE-SCAFFOLDING SA was established by entrepreneur Charles Dlamini as an energetic and dynamic scaffolding enterprise in Durban in 2010. The company is a black owned enterprise with a 100% BEE contribution rating. STE-SCAFFOLDING SA has a professionally qualified contingent of scaffolding engineers, technicians and workers who, together with their meticulous quality management system, can provide onsistent safe, cost-effective winning results every time. Their infrastructure empowers the company with the capacity to deliver large as well as small projects in budget and on time. STE-Scaffolding SA has systems in place to cater for small and large companies. Health And Safety Regulations STE-Scaffolding SA complies with the strictest health and safety regulations. All staff members are well trained and regularly retrained in health and safety regulations and best practices. Operationally they adhere to the following practices: • All stock erected by their scaffolders is regularly checked for possible damages. • The sites are assessed for risks such as wind factor, uneven surfaces, possible danger to the public, etc. • Risks are always communicated to the main contractor on site or to the customer directly, whichever is applicable. Contingency plans are put into place. • Access equipment is only signed off with a hand over certificate once the scaffolding has been checked and is safe for use. A Safe for Use signboard will then be attached to the access equipment with the date of the inspection and the maximum load allowed. ACCREDITATIONS STE-Scaffolding SA is a member of a range of regulatory and professional bodies related to the scaffolding industry. Among them are: • NOSA, the leading global supplier of occupational risk management services and solutions, and the most recognized brand in the SHEQ risk management industry. It is the exclusive provider of both the NOSA Five Star Grading System and SAMTRAC. • CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board), the professional registration body for standards | for construction related enterprises. Quality Management System The STE-SCAFFOLDING SA quality management system has been built up systematically over many years and comprises every aspect of the business. They have an unrelenting quest for excellence and continual improvement compliant to international standards. The Quality Management System adopted meets all customer needs on time, typically divided into four main phases: • Requirements analysis and specification, which establishes what the service is to achieve • Design, which determines how the product will meet its requirements • Implementation, which creates the service as designed • Testing, which ensures that the operation is fulfilled as required Some Projects undertaken • Scaffolding to repair ships for Sandock Austral Shipyards • Department of Energy in building South Africa’s largest private power generating plant. • Transnet which is South Africa’s largest logistics company that owns railways, ports and pipeline infrastructure, building scaffolding to support their cranes. • Pearls Sky Umhlanga • Hilton Hospital More About the CEO CEO Charles Dlamini Meet the CEO
- DRG Outsourcing, DRG Outsourcing, now in their 27th year of trading, continues to provide quality human resources management services to a broad range of national and international organisations DRG Outsourcing, established in 1996, is now in its 27th year of operation. David White, founder and CEO always says, “We employ staff for character first, as although skill and experience are important, these attributes can be learned, while individual character and purpose are generally established long before an employment engagement commences. We want our staff and teams to feel that sense of purpose, passion, and common alignment in their work.” David continues, “Our passion for people and business development must translate into direct value to our clients. There must be a synergistic meeting point between our service offer and our client’s specific needs. The outcome of our interventions must significantly improve the current state of our clients business operations, their sustainability, and their staffing engagement practices.” The DRG Group is made up of three contributing business entities. Each business operates autonomously, however, holds fast to the theme of contribution to stakeholders, meeting governance and legislative reporting requirements, supporting communities and social challenges, aiding environmental repair and maintenance, and building economic empowerment confidence through reflecting a positive and engaging image of success and sustainability. DRG, DRG Siyaya and BusinessFit SA are three recognisable brands in KwaZulu-Natal and have over the past years consistently been voted as one of the top 20 best known and supported brands in KwaZulu-Natal. The DRG Group brands are always grouped together in initiatives as their combined influence provides a considerable impact in helping entrepreneurs and business leaders meet administrative, compliance and reporting responsibilities, while also helping to build confidence through human capital development and business knowledge/understanding transfer. Each of the DRG Group companies are rich in passion and purpose and provide the following human resource and business development services: DRG Outsourcing, a 16% Black Owned Company: • Providing Employer of Record services to organisations from across the world who want to ensure that their staff employed in South Africa and Africa are engaged correctly and are compliant in terms of local labour law legislation, employee tax and receiver of revenue compliance and administrative requirements, and in meeting social security contributions. • DRG Outsourcing’s international focus and services draw foreign currency into South Africa each year and contributes significantly to SARS in employee and company taxes. • Providing HR Services to companies and individuals from 40 countries around the world with business interest in South Africa, and in 20 countries in Africa. • DRG Outsourcing has provided services to more than 3000 organisations in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa. DRG Siyaya, a 52% Black Women Owned Company: • DRG Siyaya does absolutely everything in HR, from payroll, employment equity, and skills development administration, reporting and compliance, to helping companies create productive and engaged cultures / work environments, facilitating hearings, managing performance processes, and doing job descriptions, job grading, benchmarking, etc. • DRG Siyaya in its 18 years of operation continues to provide high levels of administrative and compliance HR service to small, medium, and large organisations. BusinessFit SA, 52% a Black Owned Company: • Helping entrepreneurs and business leaders build better businesses through a defined quality assurance and sustainable development process to help support their enterprise foundation, intention, and desired outcome. • BusinessFit was initially established in 2012. Contribution to business imperatives, stakeholders and ESG DRG recognises that business success is the outcome of meeting not only business imperatives, but also in the contributions made to stakeholders, which include sustainability considerations within communities and society as a whole, and ensuring environmental rights and protection are achieved. DRG is involved in Social and Community initiatives: • Working with orphanages in the Botha’s Hill and Inanda areas through Sibanye Africa – a DRG initiative set up for this purpose. • Being an Exco member and the SA Chapter Leader for the SA Chamber United Kingdom, whose primary mission is the support and development of South Africans and South African business. • Being involved in the Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club, as President SA, whose primary mission is in networking and creating opportunity for SMEs to access and leverage opportunities across the entire Commonwealth chain of 56 countries. • DRG and BusinessFit sponsored the KZN Top Business Women initiative in 2023, and will continue to do so in the years ahead. DRG is involved in Environmental initiatives: • Chairman of the Human Elephant Foundation, an organisation founded in 2008 to help guide conservation activities, and to ensure that the animal kingdom has a voice. • Co-Founder of Rewilding Africa CIC, a UK based organisation raising funds to help maintain and manage conservation projects in Africa. • Supporting local activities as restoring and maintaining the Everton Conservancy. DRG is involved in Governance initiatives as: • Founder of BusinessFit, a group of 3 organisations providing business development services: BusinessFit SA – providing a 5-Stage quality assurance process, using the BusinessFit App as a support tool to guide business development. The BusinessFit App is a South African invention, which is also growing popularity in the United Kingdom. BusinessFit International – situated in the United Kingdom, and providing a “trade conduit service” for South African organisations to meet with and gain local networking and business support services in the United Kingdom. Bizhealth t/as BusinessFit – providing incubator training and Stage 1 business development services. • Founder of The Africa Marketing Initiative (TAMI), an inward bound business portal, making it easy for international organisation to contact service providers in South Africa in each functional and business support focus areas such as banking, human resources, financial services, black economic empowerment, legal, marketing, etc, and to connect with professional facilitators, able to support research, networking and localisation services. • Co-Founder of Green Lights Sustainability Initiative (GLSI), an organisation focused on supporting the transfer of knowledge and understanding of matters sustainability and ESG transformation, and providing organisations with a formal GLSI sustainability accreditation. • Transferring knowledge and understanding of business best practice, governance, sustainability, engagement, organisation culture design, etc, through being a columnist in Business Sense. Summary DRG’s purpose is to be a pillar of strength to small, medium, and large organisations, helping them meet their administrative, compliance and reporting responsibilities, and supporting them in their creation of productive, sustainable, and engaged business and work environments."The true value of any organisation is its sustainability, and at the heart of sustainability is good people relationships." DAVID WHITE is an authentic leader with a passion for people development. A highly accomplished businessman, David took a start-up company he founded in 1996, to a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange in 1998. The company is DRG, and although it delisted shortly after the dotcom era, the company has become an essential service provider in human resource management reporting and compliance services in South Africa. DRG has also become a valuable contact for many foreign companies coming into South Africa, who need the support of a human resource management company to help them set up a solid human resource platform for their business. David further extended his passion for people into co-creating the DRG Leadership Programme. This programme came about after many years in helping companies meet employer HR reporting and compliance responsibilities. David said, "We understood that as much as two thirds of people do not like their jobs nor work environment, and in general companies are as little as 40% productive". This prompted David and his co-director Charles Henzi into action, and now three years later, the DRG leadership model is a highly sought-after programme, bringing purpose into the workplace - the outcome being improved "productivity through people". David's vision and leadership extended further into an organisation called BusinessFit, which provides entrepreneur development services. BusinessFit started in 2012 and is regarded as a leading contributor to entrepreneurial development in South Africa. BusinessFit has mentored approximately 250 entrepreneurs, many of whom have created successful companies. David involves his colleagues and networks in his vision and passions, and has a huge following of entrepreneurs, business leaders and community leaders, who enjoy his desire to help to make the world of business a better place for all. David says, "I dedicate my time to ensuring that I clearly articulate the purpose and desired outcomes the business wishes to achieve, sharing how the business works and the important measurements of enterprise performance, especially customer and shareholder expectations; helping my team to better understand themselves, and their passions and goals. My desire is to help people understand their zone of influence in the business, how they contribute, so that they too can become thinkers and leaders in the business." David is inspired by working with authentic business leaders, who create energy and commitment within their teams. "In my view, the true value of any organisation is its sustainability, and at the heart of sustainability is good people relationships. The best companies, the companies that thrive in all business climates, are those with engaged staff and work teams. These companies have people working together, governed by shared values, understanding and identifying with the business model, striving for common goals and outcomes. Seeing employees within the business treat the company as if they were the owners - and holding themselves accountable for results is the reward." David believes that his success has been based on a single-minded approach to his work. "I have learned that what is important in our line of work is to develop long-term strategic partnerships with our clients. We like to work side by side with our clients, sharing our knowledge, and enjoying the successes they achieve. We keep up to date with industry best practice, have absolute integrity, and share our knowledge and expertise." David is a non-executive director of THINK, a nonprofit company established in 2013. Through DRG he provides essential HR services, allowing THINK's founder to focus on conducting research to improve the lives of those affected by TB and HIV. THINK is now a renowned force for government and public health funders to count on, making a difference in policy making and health service delivery locally and internationally. David's expertise within HR policy making and business development has provided the executive team of THINK with mentorship that has enabled the organisation to impact the lives of thousands of people affected by TB and HIV. "The true value of any organisation is its sustainability, and at the heart of sustainability is good people relationships." DAVID WHITE is an authentic leader with a passion for people development. A highly accomplished businessman, David took a start-up company he founded in 1996, to a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange in 1998. The company is DRG, and although it delisted shortly after the dotcom era, the company has become an essential service provider in human resource management reporting and compliance services in South Africa. DRG has also become a valuable contact for many foreign companies coming into South Africa, who need the support of a human resource management company to help them set up a solid human resource platform for their business. David further extended his passion for people into co-creating the DRG Leadership Programme. This programme came about after many years in helping companies meet employer HR reporting and compliance responsibilities. David said, "We understood that as much as two thirds of people do not like their jobs nor work environment, and in general companies are as little as 40% productive". This prompted David and his co-director Charles Henzi into action, and now three years later, the DRG leadership model is a highly sought-after programme, bringing purpose into the workplace - the outcome being improved "productivity through people". David's vision and leadership extended further into an organisation called BusinessFit, which provides entrepreneur development services. BusinessFit started in 2012 and is regarded as a leading contributor to entrepreneurial development in South Africa. BusinessFit has mentored approximately 250 entrepreneurs, many of whom have created successful companies. David involves his colleagues and networks in his vision and passions, and has a huge following of entrepreneurs, business leaders and community leaders, who enjoy his desire to help to make the world of business a better place for all. David says, "I dedicate my time to ensuring that I clearly articulate the purpose and desired outcomes the business wishes to achieve, sharing how the business works and the important measurements of enterprise performance, especially customer and shareholder expectations; helping my team to better understand themselves, and their passions and goals. My desire is to help people understand their zone of influence in the business, how they contribute, so that they too can become thinkers and leaders in the business." David is inspired by working with authentic business leaders, who create energy and commitment within their teams. "In my view, the true value of any organisation is its sustainability, and at the heart of sustainability is good people relationships. The best companies, the companies that thrive in all business climates, are those with engaged staff and work teams. These companies have people working together, governed by shared values, understanding and identifying with the business model, striving for common goals and outcomes. Seeing employees within the business treat the company as if they were the owners - and holding themselves accountable for results is the reward." David believes that his success has been based on a single-minded approach to his work. "I have learned that what is important in our line of work is to develop long-term strategic partnerships with our clients. We like to work side by side with our clients, sharing our knowledge, and enjoying the successes they achieve. We keep up to date with industry best practice, have absolute integrity, and share our knowledge and expertise." David is a non-executive director of THINK, a nonprofit company established in 2013. Through DRG he provides essential HR services, allowing THINK's founder to focus on conducting research to improve the lives of those affected by TB and HIV. THINK is now a renowned force for government and public health funders to count on, making a difference in policy making and health service delivery locally and internationally. David's expertise within HR policy making and business development has provided the executive team of THINK with mentorship that has enabled the organisation to impact the lives of thousands of people affected by TB and HIV.
DRG Outsourcing, now in their 27th year of trading, continues to provide quality human resources management services to a broad range of national and international organisations DRG OutsourcingDRG Outsourcing, now in their 27th year of trading, continues to provide quality human resources management services to a broad range of national and international organisations DRG Outsourcing, established in 1996, is now in its 27th year of operation. David White, founder and CEO always says, “We employ staff for character first, as although skill and experience are important, these attributes can be learned, while individual character and purpose are generally established long before an employment engagement commences. We want our staff and teams to feel that sense of purpose, passion, and common alignment in their work.” David continues, “Our passion for people and business development must translate into direct value to our clients. There must be a synergistic meeting point between our service offer and our client’s specific needs. The outcome of our interventions must significantly improve the current state of our clients business operations, their sustainability, and their staffing engagement practices.” The DRG Group is made up of three contributing business entities. Each business operates autonomously, however, holds fast to the theme of contribution to stakeholders, meeting governance and legislative reporting requirements, supporting communities and social challenges, aiding environmental repair and maintenance, and building economic empowerment confidence through reflecting a positive and engaging image of success and sustainability. DRG, DRG Siyaya and BusinessFit SA are three recognisable brands in KwaZulu-Natal and have over the past years consistently been voted as one of the top 20 best known and supported brands in KwaZulu-Natal. The DRG Group brands are always grouped together in initiatives as their combined influence provides a considerable impact in helping entrepreneurs and business leaders meet administrative, compliance and reporting responsibilities, while also helping to build confidence through human capital development and business knowledge/understanding transfer. Each of the DRG Group companies are rich in passion and purpose and provide the following human resource and business development services: DRG Outsourcing, a 16% Black Owned Company: • Providing Employer of Record services to organisations from across the world who want to ensure that their staff employed in South Africa and Africa are engaged correctly and are compliant in terms of local labour law legislation, employee tax and receiver of revenue compliance and administrative requirements, and in meeting social security contributions. • DRG Outsourcing’s international focus and services draw foreign currency into South Africa each year and contributes significantly to SARS in employee and company taxes. • Providing HR Services to companies and individuals from 40 countries around the world with business interest in South Africa, and in 20 countries in Africa. • DRG Outsourcing has provided services to more than 3000 organisations in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa. DRG Siyaya, a 52% Black Women Owned Company: • DRG Siyaya does absolutely everything in HR, from payroll, employment equity, and skills development administration, reporting and compliance, to helping companies create productive and engaged cultures / work environments, facilitating hearings, managing performance processes, and doing job descriptions, job grading, benchmarking, etc. • DRG Siyaya in its 18 years of operation continues to provide high levels of administrative and compliance HR service to small, medium, and large organisations. BusinessFit SA, 52% a Black Owned Company: • Helping entrepreneurs and business leaders build better businesses through a defined quality assurance and sustainable development process to help support their enterprise foundation, intention, and desired outcome. • BusinessFit was initially established in 2012. Contribution to business imperatives, stakeholders and ESG DRG recognises that business success is the outcome of meeting not only business imperatives, but also in the contributions made to stakeholders, which include sustainability considerations within communities and society as a whole, and ensuring environmental rights and protection are achieved. DRG is involved in Social and Community initiatives: • Working with orphanages in the Botha’s Hill and Inanda areas through Sibanye Africa – a DRG initiative set up for this purpose. • Being an Exco member and the SA Chapter Leader for the SA Chamber United Kingdom, whose primary mission is the support and development of South Africans and South African business. • Being involved in the Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club, as President SA, whose primary mission is in networking and creating opportunity for SMEs to access and leverage opportunities across the entire Commonwealth chain of 56 countries. • DRG and BusinessFit sponsored the KZN Top Business Women initiative in 2023, and will continue to do so in the years ahead. DRG is involved in Environmental initiatives: • Chairman of the Human Elephant Foundation, an organisation founded in 2008 to help guide conservation activities, and to ensure that the animal kingdom has a voice. • Co-Founder of Rewilding Africa CIC, a UK based organisation raising funds to help maintain and manage conservation projects in Africa. • Supporting local activities as restoring and maintaining the Everton Conservancy. DRG is involved in Governance initiatives as: • Founder of BusinessFit, a group of 3 organisations providing business development services: BusinessFit SA – providing a 5-Stage quality assurance process, using the BusinessFit App as a support tool to guide business development. The BusinessFit App is a South African invention, which is also growing popularity in the United Kingdom. BusinessFit International – situated in the United Kingdom, and providing a “trade conduit service” for South African organisations to meet with and gain local networking and business support services in the United Kingdom. Bizhealth t/as BusinessFit – providing incubator training and Stage 1 business development services. • Founder of The Africa Marketing Initiative (TAMI), an inward bound business portal, making it easy for international organisation to contact service providers in South Africa in each functional and business support focus areas such as banking, human resources, financial services, black economic empowerment, legal, marketing, etc, and to connect with professional facilitators, able to support research, networking and localisation services. • Co-Founder of Green Lights Sustainability Initiative (GLSI), an organisation focused on supporting the transfer of knowledge and understanding of matters sustainability and ESG transformation, and providing organisations with a formal GLSI sustainability accreditation. • Transferring knowledge and understanding of business best practice, governance, sustainability, engagement, organisation culture design, etc, through being a columnist in Business Sense. Summary DRG’s purpose is to be a pillar of strength to small, medium, and large organisations, helping them meet their administrative, compliance and reporting responsibilities, and supporting them in their creation of productive, sustainable, and engaged business and work environments.Full Name of Company: DRG Outsourcing (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Total Solutions HR Company Date Established: 1996 B-BBEE Status: Level 4 Contributor OUR CORE TEAM Chief Executive Officer: David White Operational Director: Colette Tanner EoR Services Manager: Youshi Naidoo Financial Manager: Andrew Kruger HR Best Practice Manager: Nikita Pillay Payroll Manager: Colette Tanner Payroll Administrator: Mbuso Hlangu Payroll Administrator: Maryann Franke HR: Stephanie Munsamy HR: Thembeka Ngidi Administration Manager: Lindiwe Bhadi Financial Administrator: Chrisanne Chetty Head Housekeeping: Angel Mtebele CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: 12 Braehead, 1 Old Main Road, Kloof, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)31 767 0625 E-mail: info@drg.co.za Website: www.drg.co.za"The true value of any organisation is its sustainability, and at the heart of sustainability is good people relationships." DAVID WHITE is an authentic leader with a passion for people development. A highly accomplished businessman, David took a start-up company he founded in 1996, to a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange in 1998. The company is DRG, and although it delisted shortly after the dotcom era, the company has become an essential service provider in human resource management reporting and compliance services in South Africa. DRG has also become a valuable contact for many foreign companies coming into South Africa, who need the support of a human resource management company to help them set up a solid human resource platform for their business. David further extended his passion for people into co-creating the DRG Leadership Programme. This programme came about after many years in helping companies meet employer HR reporting and compliance responsibilities. David said, "We understood that as much as two thirds of people do not like their jobs nor work environment, and in general companies are as little as 40% productive". This prompted David and his co-director Charles Henzi into action, and now three years later, the DRG leadership model is a highly sought-after programme, bringing purpose into the workplace - the outcome being improved "productivity through people". David's vision and leadership extended further into an organisation called BusinessFit, which provides entrepreneur development services. BusinessFit started in 2012 and is regarded as a leading contributor to entrepreneurial development in South Africa. BusinessFit has mentored approximately 250 entrepreneurs, many of whom have created successful companies. David involves his colleagues and networks in his vision and passions, and has a huge following of entrepreneurs, business leaders and community leaders, who enjoy his desire to help to make the world of business a better place for all. David says, "I dedicate my time to ensuring that I clearly articulate the purpose and desired outcomes the business wishes to achieve, sharing how the business works and the important measurements of enterprise performance, especially customer and shareholder expectations; helping my team to better understand themselves, and their passions and goals. My desire is to help people understand their zone of influence in the business, how they contribute, so that they too can become thinkers and leaders in the business." David is inspired by working with authentic business leaders, who create energy and commitment within their teams. "In my view, the true value of any organisation is its sustainability, and at the heart of sustainability is good people relationships. The best companies, the companies that thrive in all business climates, are those with engaged staff and work teams. These companies have people working together, governed by shared values, understanding and identifying with the business model, striving for common goals and outcomes. Seeing employees within the business treat the company as if they were the owners - and holding themselves accountable for results is the reward." David believes that his success has been based on a single-minded approach to his work. "I have learned that what is important in our line of work is to develop long-term strategic partnerships with our clients. We like to work side by side with our clients, sharing our knowledge, and enjoying the successes they achieve. We keep up to date with industry best practice, have absolute integrity, and share our knowledge and expertise." David is a non-executive director of THINK, a nonprofit company established in 2013. Through DRG he provides essential HR services, allowing THINK's founder to focus on conducting research to improve the lives of those affected by TB and HIV. THINK is now a renowned force for government and public health funders to count on, making a difference in policy making and health service delivery locally and internationally. David's expertise within HR policy making and business development has provided the executive team of THINK with mentorship that has enabled the organisation to impact the lives of thousands of people affected by TB and HIV. Full Name of Company: DRG Outsourcing (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Total Solutions HR Company Date Established: 1996 B-BBEE Status: Level 4 Contributor OUR CORE TEAM Chief Executive Officer: David White Operational Director: Colette Tanner EoR Services Manager: Youshi Naidoo Financial Manager: Andrew Kruger HR Best Practice Manager: Nikita Pillay Payroll Manager: Colette Tanner Payroll Administrator: Mbuso Hlangu Payroll Administrator: Maryann Franke HR: Stephanie Munsamy HR: Thembeka Ngidi Administration Manager: Lindiwe Bhadi Financial Administrator: Chrisanne Chetty Head Housekeeping: Angel Mtebele CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: 12 Braehead, 1 Old Main Road, Kloof, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)31 767 0625 E-mail: info@drg.co.za Website: www.drg.co.za Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: DRG Outsourcing (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Total Solutions HR Company Date Established: 1996 B-BBEE Status: Level 4 Contributor OUR CORE TEAM Chief Executive Officer: David White Operational Director: Colette Tanner EoR Services Manager: Youshi Naidoo Financial Manager: Andrew Kruger HR Best Practice Manager: Nikita Pillay Payroll Manager: Colette Tanner Payroll Administrator: Mbuso Hlangu Payroll Administrator: Maryann Franke HR: Stephanie Munsamy HR: Thembeka Ngidi Administration Manager: Lindiwe Bhadi Financial Administrator: Chrisanne Chetty Head Housekeeping: Angel Mtebele CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: 12 Braehead, 1 Old Main Road, Kloof, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)31 767 0625 E-mail: info@drg.co.za Website: www.drg.co.za DRG Outsourcing, established in 1996, is now in its 27th year of operation. David White, founder and CEO always says, “We employ staff for character first, as although skill and experience are important, these attributes can be learned, while individual character and purpose are generally established long before an employment engagement commences. We want our staff and teams to feel that sense of purpose, passion, and common alignment in their work.” David continues, “Our passion for people and business development must translate into direct value to our clients. There must be a synergistic meeting point between our service offer and our client’s specific needs. The outcome of our interventions must significantly improve the current state of our clients business operations, their sustainability, and their staffing engagement practices.” The DRG Group is made up of three contributing business entities. Each business operates autonomously, however, holds fast to the theme of contribution to stakeholders, meeting governance and legislative reporting requirements, supporting communities and social challenges, aiding environmental repair and maintenance, and building economic empowerment confidence through reflecting a positive and engaging image of success and sustainability. DRG, DRG Siyaya and BusinessFit SA are three recognisable brands in KwaZulu-Natal and have over the past years consistently been voted as one of the top 20 best known and supported brands in KwaZulu-Natal. The DRG Group brands are always grouped together in initiatives as their combined influence provides a considerable impact in helping entrepreneurs and business leaders meet administrative, compliance and reporting responsibilities, while also helping to build confidence through human capital development and business knowledge/understanding transfer. Each of the DRG Group companies are rich in passion and purpose and provide the following human resource and business development services: DRG Outsourcing, a 16% Black Owned Company: • Providing Employer of Record services to organisations from across the world who want to ensure that their staff employed in South Africa and Africa are engaged correctly and are compliant in terms of local labour law legislation, employee tax and receiver of revenue compliance and administrative requirements, and in meeting social security contributions. • DRG Outsourcing’s international focus and services draw foreign currency into South Africa each year and contributes significantly to SARS in employee and company taxes. • Providing HR Services to companies and individuals from 40 countries around the world with business interest in South Africa, and in 20 countries in Africa. • DRG Outsourcing has provided services to more than 3000 organisations in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa. DRG Siyaya, a 52% Black Women Owned Company: • DRG Siyaya does absolutely everything in HR, from payroll, employment equity, and skills development administration, reporting and compliance, to helping companies create productive and engaged cultures / work environments, facilitating hearings, managing performance processes, and doing job descriptions, job grading, benchmarking, etc. • DRG Siyaya in its 18 years of operation continues to provide high levels of administrative and compliance HR service to small, medium, and large organisations. BusinessFit SA, 52% a Black Owned Company: • Helping entrepreneurs and business leaders build better businesses through a defined quality assurance and sustainable development process to help support their enterprise foundation, intention, and desired outcome. • BusinessFit was initially established in 2012. Contribution to business imperatives, stakeholders and ESG DRG recognises that business success is the outcome of meeting not only business imperatives, but also in the contributions made to stakeholders, which include sustainability considerations within communities and society as a whole, and ensuring environmental rights and protection are achieved. DRG is involved in Social and Community initiatives: • Working with orphanages in the Botha’s Hill and Inanda areas through Sibanye Africa – a DRG initiative set up for this purpose. • Being an Exco member and the SA Chapter Leader for the SA Chamber United Kingdom, whose primary mission is the support and development of South Africans and South African business. • Being involved in the Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club, as President SA, whose primary mission is in networking and creating opportunity for SMEs to access and leverage opportunities across the entire Commonwealth chain of 56 countries. • DRG and BusinessFit sponsored the KZN Top Business Women initiative in 2023, and will continue to do so in the years ahead. DRG is involved in Environmental initiatives: • Chairman of the Human Elephant Foundation, an organisation founded in 2008 to help guide conservation activities, and to ensure that the animal kingdom has a voice. • Co-Founder of Rewilding Africa CIC, a UK based organisation raising funds to help maintain and manage conservation projects in Africa. • Supporting local activities as restoring and maintaining the Everton Conservancy. DRG is involved in Governance initiatives as: • Founder of BusinessFit, a group of 3 organisations providing business development services: BusinessFit SA – providing a 5-Stage quality assurance process, using the BusinessFit App as a support tool to guide business development. The BusinessFit App is a South African invention, which is also growing popularity in the United Kingdom. BusinessFit International – situated in the United Kingdom, and providing a “trade conduit service” for South African organisations to meet with and gain local networking and business support services in the United Kingdom. Bizhealth t/as BusinessFit – providing incubator training and Stage 1 business development services. • Founder of The Africa Marketing Initiative (TAMI), an inward bound business portal, making it easy for international organisation to contact service providers in South Africa in each functional and business support focus areas such as banking, human resources, financial services, black economic empowerment, legal, marketing, etc, and to connect with professional facilitators, able to support research, networking and localisation services. • Co-Founder of Green Lights Sustainability Initiative (GLSI), an organisation focused on supporting the transfer of knowledge and understanding of matters sustainability and ESG transformation, and providing organisations with a formal GLSI sustainability accreditation. • Transferring knowledge and understanding of business best practice, governance, sustainability, engagement, organisation culture design, etc, through being a columnist in Business Sense. Summary DRG’s purpose is to be a pillar of strength to small, medium, and large organisations, helping them meet their administrative, compliance and reporting responsibilities, and supporting them in their creation of productive, sustainable, and engaged business and work environments. More About the CEO Meet the CEO
- Sumitomo Rubber South Africa , Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA) is a leading local tyre manufacturer and distributor of the Dunlop, Falken and Sumitomo tyre ranges in SA and into the African continentSumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA) is a leading local tyre manufacturer and distributor of the Dunlop, Falken and Sumitomo tyre ranges in SA and into the African continent. SRSA is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI), which is headquartered in Kobe, Japan. Proudly rooted in KwaZulu-Natal with its Head Office in Durban and a manufacturing facility in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, the company has regional branches in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London, Gqeberha and Cape Town, with 1535 staff nationally. SRSA’s strong local market presence is largely attributed to the Dunlop brand and heritage as the first tyre manufacturer in South Africa. Supported by 89 years of local manufacturing excellence and a loyal customer base, SRSA is committed to producing safety-tested local tyres for local conditions, offering end users peace of mind when purchasing these critical components of a vehicle. At present, one-in-five vehicles on South African roads are fitted with locally produced Dunlop tyres, and buoyed by the confidence in the brand, the tyre manufacturer has forged ahead with a multi-billion-rand investment project backed by its international parent company, Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). This investment is set to boost local tyre production capacity as more Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) look to domestic tyre producers to meet their vehicle specifications. Dunlop holds approximately 20% of the local OE market and has agreements in place with Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, Hino, Tata, Scania, and UD Trucks. SRSA continues to grow nationally and across the continent, with a strong market share in Africa with a branded presence in 23 African countries, supplying passenger car, LTR, TBR and SUV tyre markets to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya and neighbouring countries Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Dunlop dealer network SRSA offers innovative sales channels and development opportunities for entrepreneurs in the automotive retail market, from application to installation process. They support Dunlop branded retail outlets to take their businesses to the next level, from entry-level enterprises serving the man-in-the-street, to fully fledged businesses that can support the taxi industry and government departments. Presently, there are approximately 300 Dunlop stores in SA and 120 in Africa. Dunlop Business-in-a-Box Driven by the desire to empower young entrepreneurs and create employment opportunities in local communities, the company launched the Dunlop Business in a Box concept as an extension of their Dunlop Container store project. The programme offers a plug-and-play solution through which shortlisted candidates are linked up with recommended funders to apply for total funding to set up their own Dunlop Fitment Centres, and to become part of a growing network of over 80 Dunlop Container outlets employing around 400 people across the country. In addition, the company has opened the Dunlop Westville Retail centre, which serves as a hub for technical and training expertise for the broader tyre retail industry. Taking Mzansi confidence on the road Understanding the hazards that South Africans face when out on the roads, and the frustration that comes when you have unexpected costs, SRSA created a unique, first of its kind tyre insurance. They innovated the tyre industry by being the only tyre manufacturer to offer tyre replacement – without any costs - for tread already used if your tyre cannot be repaired. Dunlop Sure’s Tyre Insurance is offered FREE for 12 months and covers all road hazards and is available at any Dunlop-branded dealership (Zone, Commercial, Express, and Container) in South Africa. A business philosophy that is committed to” through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all.” The philosophy of Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) - passed down over 400 years – is to be a reliable and trusted global corporate group that enriches people’s lives through the creation of new value, while pursuing greater happiness for employees, communities and society at large. Skills development of their employees remains a priority for its company’s development and transformation agenda. SRSA operates an on-site training facility in Ladysmith where employees receive training sessions all year round. As a one of the largest employers of the Ladysmith community and surrounds, SRSA is compelled by their duty to ensure they play a role in developing the community beyond job creation and boosting the local community. For fifty years, they’ve supported the community through CSI initiatives and skills development programmes and play an active role in developing a thriving self-sustaining community of Ladysmith by engaging with the local business chamber and community forums. Sustainability SRI have set ‘GENKI’ Sustainability Activity Guidelines to achieve carbon net zero by 2050. The ‘GENKI’ Sustain ability Activity Guidelines consist of Governance, Eco logy, Next-Generation Products & Solutions, Kindness, and Integrity for society. SRSA has, at its various premises, implemented energy efficient lighting, sustainable sourcing, recycling, water conservation, waste management, and various initiatives supporting its drive towards net zero.
Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA) is a leading local tyre manufacturer and distributor of the Dunlop, Falken and Sumitomo tyre ranges in SA and into the African continentSumitomo Rubber South Africa Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA) is a leading local tyre manufacturer and distributor of the Dunlop, Falken and Sumitomo tyre ranges in SA and into the African continentSumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA) is a leading local tyre manufacturer and distributor of the Dunlop, Falken and Sumitomo tyre ranges in SA and into the African continent. SRSA is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI), which is headquartered in Kobe, Japan. Proudly rooted in KwaZulu-Natal with its Head Office in Durban and a manufacturing facility in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, the company has regional branches in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London, Gqeberha and Cape Town, with 1535 staff nationally. SRSA’s strong local market presence is largely attributed to the Dunlop brand and heritage as the first tyre manufacturer in South Africa. Supported by 89 years of local manufacturing excellence and a loyal customer base, SRSA is committed to producing safety-tested local tyres for local conditions, offering end users peace of mind when purchasing these critical components of a vehicle. At present, one-in-five vehicles on South African roads are fitted with locally produced Dunlop tyres, and buoyed by the confidence in the brand, the tyre manufacturer has forged ahead with a multi-billion-rand investment project backed by its international parent company, Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). This investment is set to boost local tyre production capacity as more Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) look to domestic tyre producers to meet their vehicle specifications. Dunlop holds approximately 20% of the local OE market and has agreements in place with Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, Hino, Tata, Scania, and UD Trucks. SRSA continues to grow nationally and across the continent, with a strong market share in Africa with a branded presence in 23 African countries, supplying passenger car, LTR, TBR and SUV tyre markets to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya and neighbouring countries Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Dunlop dealer network SRSA offers innovative sales channels and development opportunities for entrepreneurs in the automotive retail market, from application to installation process. They support Dunlop branded retail outlets to take their businesses to the next level, from entry-level enterprises serving the man-in-the-street, to fully fledged businesses that can support the taxi industry and government departments. Presently, there are approximately 300 Dunlop stores in SA and 120 in Africa. Dunlop Business-in-a-Box Driven by the desire to empower young entrepreneurs and create employment opportunities in local communities, the company launched the Dunlop Business in a Box concept as an extension of their Dunlop Container store project. The programme offers a plug-and-play solution through which shortlisted candidates are linked up with recommended funders to apply for total funding to set up their own Dunlop Fitment Centres, and to become part of a growing network of over 80 Dunlop Container outlets employing around 400 people across the country. In addition, the company has opened the Dunlop Westville Retail centre, which serves as a hub for technical and training expertise for the broader tyre retail industry. Taking Mzansi confidence on the road Understanding the hazards that South Africans face when out on the roads, and the frustration that comes when you have unexpected costs, SRSA created a unique, first of its kind tyre insurance. They innovated the tyre industry by being the only tyre manufacturer to offer tyre replacement – without any costs - for tread already used if your tyre cannot be repaired. Dunlop Sure’s Tyre Insurance is offered FREE for 12 months and covers all road hazards and is available at any Dunlop-branded dealership (Zone, Commercial, Express, and Container) in South Africa. A business philosophy that is committed to” through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all.” The philosophy of Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) - passed down over 400 years – is to be a reliable and trusted global corporate group that enriches people’s lives through the creation of new value, while pursuing greater happiness for employees, communities and society at large. Skills development of their employees remains a priority for its company’s development and transformation agenda. SRSA operates an on-site training facility in Ladysmith where employees receive training sessions all year round. As a one of the largest employers of the Ladysmith community and surrounds, SRSA is compelled by their duty to ensure they play a role in developing the community beyond job creation and boosting the local community. For fifty years, they’ve supported the community through CSI initiatives and skills development programmes and play an active role in developing a thriving self-sustaining community of Ladysmith by engaging with the local business chamber and community forums. Sustainability SRI have set ‘GENKI’ Sustainability Activity Guidelines to achieve carbon net zero by 2050. The ‘GENKI’ Sustain ability Activity Guidelines consist of Governance, Eco logy, Next-Generation Products & Solutions, Kindness, and Integrity for society. SRSA has, at its various premises, implemented energy efficient lighting, sustainable sourcing, recycling, water conservation, waste management, and various initiatives supporting its drive towards net zero.Full Name of Company: Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Automotive Services / Products: Tyres Date Established: 1935 Subsidiaries: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI) Customer Base: A network of Dunlop channel and independent dealers in South Africa and African regions No. of Employees: 1535 Industry Quality Standards: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, E mark B-BBEE Status: Level 6 VISION Uniting our diverse strengths, growing together, driving and thriving on change. MISSION Our business philosophy is that through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Lubin Ozoux Financial Director: Janitha Harkoo Sales Director: Darren Chetty CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: The Old Building, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban, 4001 Tel: +27 (0)31 242 1111 E-mail: info@srigroup.co.za Website: www.srigroup.co.za BRANCHES Head Office (Durban), Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and Cape TownFull Name of Company: Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Automotive Services / Products: Tyres Date Established: 1935 Subsidiaries: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI) Customer Base: A network of Dunlop channel and independent dealers in South Africa and African regions No. of Employees: 1535 Industry Quality Standards: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, E mark B-BBEE Status: Level 6 VISION Uniting our diverse strengths, growing together, driving and thriving on change. MISSION Our business philosophy is that through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Lubin Ozoux Financial Director: Janitha Harkoo Sales Director: Darren Chetty CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: The Old Building, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban, 4001 Tel: +27 (0)31 242 1111 E-mail: info@srigroup.co.za Website: www.srigroup.co.za BRANCHES Head Office (Durban), Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and Cape Town Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd Nature of Business: Automotive Services / Products: Tyres Date Established: 1935 Subsidiaries: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI) Customer Base: A network of Dunlop channel and independent dealers in South Africa and African regions No. of Employees: 1535 Industry Quality Standards: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, E mark B-BBEE Status: Level 6 VISION Uniting our diverse strengths, growing together, driving and thriving on change. MISSION Our business philosophy is that through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Lubin Ozoux Financial Director: Janitha Harkoo Sales Director: Darren Chetty CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: The Old Building, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban, 4001 Tel: +27 (0)31 242 1111 E-mail: info@srigroup.co.za Website: www.srigroup.co.za BRANCHES Head Office (Durban), Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and Cape Town Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA) is a leading local tyre manufacturer and distributor of the Dunlop, Falken and Sumitomo tyre ranges in SA and into the African continent. SRSA is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI), which is headquartered in Kobe, Japan. Proudly rooted in KwaZulu-Natal with its Head Office in Durban and a manufacturing facility in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, the company has regional branches in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London, Gqeberha and Cape Town, with 1535 staff nationally. SRSA’s strong local market presence is largely attributed to the Dunlop brand and heritage as the first tyre manufacturer in South Africa. Supported by 89 years of local manufacturing excellence and a loyal customer base, SRSA is committed to producing safety-tested local tyres for local conditions, offering end users peace of mind when purchasing these critical components of a vehicle. At present, one-in-five vehicles on South African roads are fitted with locally produced Dunlop tyres, and buoyed by the confidence in the brand, the tyre manufacturer has forged ahead with a multi-billion-rand investment project backed by its international parent company, Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). This investment is set to boost local tyre production capacity as more Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) look to domestic tyre producers to meet their vehicle specifications. Dunlop holds approximately 20% of the local OE market and has agreements in place with Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, Hino, Tata, Scania, and UD Trucks. SRSA continues to grow nationally and across the continent, with a strong market share in Africa with a branded presence in 23 African countries, supplying passenger car, LTR, TBR and SUV tyre markets to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya and neighbouring countries Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Dunlop dealer network SRSA offers innovative sales channels and development opportunities for entrepreneurs in the automotive retail market, from application to installation process. They support Dunlop branded retail outlets to take their businesses to the next level, from entry-level enterprises serving the man-in-the-street, to fully fledged businesses that can support the taxi industry and government departments. Presently, there are approximately 300 Dunlop stores in SA and 120 in Africa. Dunlop Business-in-a-Box Driven by the desire to empower young entrepreneurs and create employment opportunities in local communities, the company launched the Dunlop Business in a Box concept as an extension of their Dunlop Container store project. The programme offers a plug-and-play solution through which shortlisted candidates are linked up with recommended funders to apply for total funding to set up their own Dunlop Fitment Centres, and to become part of a growing network of over 80 Dunlop Container outlets employing around 400 people across the country. In addition, the company has opened the Dunlop Westville Retail centre, which serves as a hub for technical and training expertise for the broader tyre retail industry. Taking Mzansi confidence on the road Understanding the hazards that South Africans face when out on the roads, and the frustration that comes when you have unexpected costs, SRSA created a unique, first of its kind tyre insurance. They innovated the tyre industry by being the only tyre manufacturer to offer tyre replacement – without any costs - for tread already used if your tyre cannot be repaired. Dunlop Sure’s Tyre Insurance is offered FREE for 12 months and covers all road hazards and is available at any Dunlop-branded dealership (Zone, Commercial, Express, and Container) in South Africa. A business philosophy that is committed to” through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all.” The philosophy of Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) - passed down over 400 years – is to be a reliable and trusted global corporate group that enriches people’s lives through the creation of new value, while pursuing greater happiness for employees, communities and society at large. Skills development of their employees remains a priority for its company’s development and transformation agenda. SRSA operates an on-site training facility in Ladysmith where employees receive training sessions all year round. As a one of the largest employers of the Ladysmith community and surrounds, SRSA is compelled by their duty to ensure they play a role in developing the community beyond job creation and boosting the local community. For fifty years, they’ve supported the community through CSI initiatives and skills development programmes and play an active role in developing a thriving self-sustaining community of Ladysmith by engaging with the local business chamber and community forums. Sustainability SRI have set ‘GENKI’ Sustainability Activity Guidelines to achieve carbon net zero by 2050. The ‘GENKI’ Sustain ability Activity Guidelines consist of Governance, Eco logy, Next-Generation Products & Solutions, Kindness, and Integrity for society. SRSA has, at its various premises, implemented energy efficient lighting, sustainable sourcing, recycling, water conservation, waste management, and various initiatives supporting its drive towards net zero. More About the CEO Lubin Ozoux Meet the CEO
- Tongaat Hulett , Tongaat Hulett is a leading sugar producer and employer in many of the five African countries in which it operatesTongaat Hulett is an African agri leader in the sugar, ethanol, animal feeds and cattle markets with an unparalleled footprint. Tongaat Hulett produces a range of refined carbohydrate products from sugarcane, with leading brands in all the regions in which it operates. The company is a high potential business with a significant asset base, which is focused on building a relationship with society based on shared value and prosperity. Tongaat Hulett is a leading sugar producer and employer in many of the five African countries in which it operates. Its ongoing activities in agriculture have resulted in the company having a substantial land portfolio, within the primary growth corridors of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) with strong policy support for conversion at the appropriate time. Tongaat Hulett has one of the largest portfolios of premier commercial land in KZN and South Africa. Tongaat Hulett’s vision is to be the most trusted partner in all that they do and their mission is to build their future by creating sustainable value for all their stakeholders. As a partner of government and society, their philosophy is to contribute towards improving the prospects of a better life for many – making a substantial, positive impact on transformation, attracting fixed investments, urban spatial integration, supporting food security, youth development, infrastructure establishment and inclusive rural development. Tongaat Hulett has seen the benefit of partnering with key stakeholders to achieve a “win win” outcome. These relationships contribute towards achieving the business’s strategic objectives, while also meeting the objectives of its various stakeholders. These include shareholders, governments, private farmers and their representative bodies, communities, employees and people impacted by the company’s operations and its development activities. Tongaat Hulett’s approach to working with its key stakeholders continues to support its objective of being considered as a developmental partner of choice by governments in the SADC regions, in their journey to further growing their agricultural sectors. Sugar Operations A leading employer in many of the five African countries of operation, Tongaat Hulett Sugar also exports products to more than 30 countries, predominantly on the African continent as well as parts of Europe and the USA. With sugar being just one of many products that can be extracted from sugarcane, there is great potential for leveraging greater yields and further diversification into downstream products. Tongaat Hulett’s South African sugar operations intend to capitalise on diversification opportunities, which it is already doing in Zimbabwe. South Africa The company’s South African sugar operations on the KZN north coast and in the Zululand region operate three sugar mills at Maidstone, Amatikulu and Felixton and a central refinery in Durban. These mills and refinery have an installed capacity to produce more than 600 000 tons of high-quality refined sugar per annum, with the primary product being the leading Huletts® brand. The South African sugar product range offers a total sweetener solution including a range of high-intensity sweeteners. Cane supplies come from a combination of predominately rain-fed own- states, large-scale commercial and small-scale private farmers in rural KZN. Zimbabwe The sugar operations in Zimbabwe consist of Triangle and a 50,3 percent stake in Hippo Valley Estates, representing a combined installed sugar milling capacity of more than 430 000 tons per annum. The total installed refined sugar capacity is 60 000 tons and the Triangle ethanol plant has an installed capacity of 41 million litres over a 48-week production season. The Huletts Sunsweet® brand is the leading sugar brand in the country. Mozambique Sugar operations comprise the expanded sugar mills and estates surrounding Xinavane and Mafambisse. The two operations have a combined installed milling capacity of more than 204 000 tons of sugar per annum. The favourable agricultural conditions, proximity to ports, and the technical support from South Africa, position the Mozambique operations well for further growth. Botswana The Botswana operation has the capacity to pack and distribute 60 000 tons of sugar a year using its Blue Crystal® brand. Renewable Energy All our sugar mills in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe generate electricity from bagasse during the sugarcane crushing season. In some instances, these operations supply electricity to the grid. In Zimbabwe, Triangle has an ethanol plant which provided 40 million litres for blending with petrol during the 2019/20 year. Voermol Feeds Voermol Feeds is located at the Maidstone mill in Tongaat, KZN. Tongaat Hulett manufactures and markets a range of energy and supplementary feeds to the livestock farming community through its Voermol® brand. Voermol Feeds is the market leader in the molasses and pith-based animal feeds industry in South Africa. Property Operation Tongaat Hulett’s portfolio of prime land near Durban and Ballito in KZN, South Africa, has an indicative fair value of R11 billion. This significant portfolio of developable hectares of prime land has the potential to be converted out of sugarcane into urban land as urban development expands and the demand arises. Tongaat Hulett has well-established land development resources, a solid track record and the right processes to realise this value creation process. This will provide the base for significant value uplift through participation in the downstream property development value chain, together with meaningful social impact through stakeholder value creation, social upliftment and job creation. The indicative developed value of this portfolio is estimated at R35 billion.
Tongaat Hulett is a leading sugar producer and employer in many of the five African countries in which it operatesTongaat Hulett Tongaat Hulett is a leading sugar producer and employer in many of the five African countries in which it operatesTongaat Hulett is an African agri leader in the sugar, ethanol, animal feeds and cattle markets with an unparalleled footprint. Tongaat Hulett produces a range of refined carbohydrate products from sugarcane, with leading brands in all the regions in which it operates. The company is a high potential business with a significant asset base, which is focused on building a relationship with society based on shared value and prosperity. Tongaat Hulett is a leading sugar producer and employer in many of the five African countries in which it operates. Its ongoing activities in agriculture have resulted in the company having a substantial land portfolio, within the primary growth corridors of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) with strong policy support for conversion at the appropriate time. Tongaat Hulett has one of the largest portfolios of premier commercial land in KZN and South Africa. Tongaat Hulett’s vision is to be the most trusted partner in all that they do and their mission is to build their future by creating sustainable value for all their stakeholders. As a partner of government and society, their philosophy is to contribute towards improving the prospects of a better life for many – making a substantial, positive impact on transformation, attracting fixed investments, urban spatial integration, supporting food security, youth development, infrastructure establishment and inclusive rural development. Tongaat Hulett has seen the benefit of partnering with key stakeholders to achieve a “win win” outcome. These relationships contribute towards achieving the business’s strategic objectives, while also meeting the objectives of its various stakeholders. These include shareholders, governments, private farmers and their representative bodies, communities, employees and people impacted by the company’s operations and its development activities. Tongaat Hulett’s approach to working with its key stakeholders continues to support its objective of being considered as a developmental partner of choice by governments in the SADC regions, in their journey to further growing their agricultural sectors. Sugar Operations A leading employer in many of the five African countries of operation, Tongaat Hulett Sugar also exports products to more than 30 countries, predominantly on the African continent as well as parts of Europe and the USA. With sugar being just one of many products that can be extracted from sugarcane, there is great potential for leveraging greater yields and further diversification into downstream products. Tongaat Hulett’s South African sugar operations intend to capitalise on diversification opportunities, which it is already doing in Zimbabwe. South Africa The company’s South African sugar operations on the KZN north coast and in the Zululand region operate three sugar mills at Maidstone, Amatikulu and Felixton and a central refinery in Durban. These mills and refinery have an installed capacity to produce more than 600 000 tons of high-quality refined sugar per annum, with the primary product being the leading Huletts® brand. The South African sugar product range offers a total sweetener solution including a range of high-intensity sweeteners. Cane supplies come from a combination of predominately rain-fed own- states, large-scale commercial and small-scale private farmers in rural KZN. Zimbabwe The sugar operations in Zimbabwe consist of Triangle and a 50,3 percent stake in Hippo Valley Estates, representing a combined installed sugar milling capacity of more than 430 000 tons per annum. The total installed refined sugar capacity is 60 000 tons and the Triangle ethanol plant has an installed capacity of 41 million litres over a 48-week production season. The Huletts Sunsweet® brand is the leading sugar brand in the country. Mozambique Sugar operations comprise the expanded sugar mills and estates surrounding Xinavane and Mafambisse. The two operations have a combined installed milling capacity of more than 204 000 tons of sugar per annum. The favourable agricultural conditions, proximity to ports, and the technical support from South Africa, position the Mozambique operations well for further growth. Botswana The Botswana operation has the capacity to pack and distribute 60 000 tons of sugar a year using its Blue Crystal® brand. Renewable Energy All our sugar mills in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe generate electricity from bagasse during the sugarcane crushing season. In some instances, these operations supply electricity to the grid. In Zimbabwe, Triangle has an ethanol plant which provided 40 million litres for blending with petrol during the 2019/20 year. Voermol Feeds Voermol Feeds is located at the Maidstone mill in Tongaat, KZN. Tongaat Hulett manufactures and markets a range of energy and supplementary feeds to the livestock farming community through its Voermol® brand. Voermol Feeds is the market leader in the molasses and pith-based animal feeds industry in South Africa. Property Operation Tongaat Hulett’s portfolio of prime land near Durban and Ballito in KZN, South Africa, has an indicative fair value of R11 billion. This significant portfolio of developable hectares of prime land has the potential to be converted out of sugarcane into urban land as urban development expands and the demand arises. Tongaat Hulett has well-established land development resources, a solid track record and the right processes to realise this value creation process. This will provide the base for significant value uplift through participation in the downstream property development value chain, together with meaningful social impact through stakeholder value creation, social upliftment and job creation. The indicative developed value of this portfolio is estimated at R35 billion. Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Tongaat Hulett is an African agri leader in the sugar, ethanol, animal feeds and cattle markets with an unparalleled footprint. Tongaat Hulett produces a range of refined carbohydrate products from sugarcane, with leading brands in all the regions in which it operates. The company is a high potential business with a significant asset base, which is focused on building a relationship with society based on shared value and prosperity. Tongaat Hulett is a leading sugar producer and employer in many of the five African countries in which it operates. Its ongoing activities in agriculture have resulted in the company having a substantial land portfolio, within the primary growth corridors of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) with strong policy support for conversion at the appropriate time. Tongaat Hulett has one of the largest portfolios of premier commercial land in KZN and South Africa. Tongaat Hulett’s vision is to be the most trusted partner in all that they do and their mission is to build their future by creating sustainable value for all their stakeholders. As a partner of government and society, their philosophy is to contribute towards improving the prospects of a better life for many – making a substantial, positive impact on transformation, attracting fixed investments, urban spatial integration, supporting food security, youth development, infrastructure establishment and inclusive rural development. Tongaat Hulett has seen the benefit of partnering with key stakeholders to achieve a “win win” outcome. These relationships contribute towards achieving the business’s strategic objectives, while also meeting the objectives of its various stakeholders. These include shareholders, governments, private farmers and their representative bodies, communities, employees and people impacted by the company’s operations and its development activities. Tongaat Hulett’s approach to working with its key stakeholders continues to support its objective of being considered as a developmental partner of choice by governments in the SADC regions, in their journey to further growing their agricultural sectors. Sugar Operations A leading employer in many of the five African countries of operation, Tongaat Hulett Sugar also exports products to more than 30 countries, predominantly on the African continent as well as parts of Europe and the USA. With sugar being just one of many products that can be extracted from sugarcane, there is great potential for leveraging greater yields and further diversification into downstream products. Tongaat Hulett’s South African sugar operations intend to capitalise on diversification opportunities, which it is already doing in Zimbabwe. South Africa The company’s South African sugar operations on the KZN north coast and in the Zululand region operate three sugar mills at Maidstone, Amatikulu and Felixton and a central refinery in Durban. These mills and refinery have an installed capacity to produce more than 600 000 tons of high-quality refined sugar per annum, with the primary product being the leading Huletts® brand. The South African sugar product range offers a total sweetener solution including a range of high-intensity sweeteners. Cane supplies come from a combination of predominately rain-fed own- states, large-scale commercial and small-scale private farmers in rural KZN. Zimbabwe The sugar operations in Zimbabwe consist of Triangle and a 50,3 percent stake in Hippo Valley Estates, representing a combined installed sugar milling capacity of more than 430 000 tons per annum. The total installed refined sugar capacity is 60 000 tons and the Triangle ethanol plant has an installed capacity of 41 million litres over a 48-week production season. The Huletts Sunsweet® brand is the leading sugar brand in the country. Mozambique Sugar operations comprise the expanded sugar mills and estates surrounding Xinavane and Mafambisse. The two operations have a combined installed milling capacity of more than 204 000 tons of sugar per annum. The favourable agricultural conditions, proximity to ports, and the technical support from South Africa, position the Mozambique operations well for further growth. Botswana The Botswana operation has the capacity to pack and distribute 60 000 tons of sugar a year using its Blue Crystal® brand. Renewable Energy All our sugar mills in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe generate electricity from bagasse during the sugarcane crushing season. In some instances, these operations supply electricity to the grid. In Zimbabwe, Triangle has an ethanol plant which provided 40 million litres for blending with petrol during the 2019/20 year. Voermol Feeds Voermol Feeds is located at the Maidstone mill in Tongaat, KZN. Tongaat Hulett manufactures and markets a range of energy and supplementary feeds to the livestock farming community through its Voermol® brand. Voermol Feeds is the market leader in the molasses and pith-based animal feeds industry in South Africa. Property Operation Tongaat Hulett’s portfolio of prime land near Durban and Ballito in KZN, South Africa, has an indicative fair value of R11 billion. This significant portfolio of developable hectares of prime land has the potential to be converted out of sugarcane into urban land as urban development expands and the demand arises. Tongaat Hulett has well-established land development resources, a solid track record and the right processes to realise this value creation process. This will provide the base for significant value uplift through participation in the downstream property development value chain, together with meaningful social impact through stakeholder value creation, social upliftment and job creation. The indicative developed value of this portfolio is estimated at R35 billion. More About the CEO Gavin Hudson Meet the CEO
- Idwala Property Group , Idwala Property Group is owned by CEO Nondumiso Siphesihle Mthwa. Having commenced her professional career in October 2005, Nondumiso has had much experience in the real estate industryIdwala Property Group is currently located and operating in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The group is a black woman owned, level one BBBEE contributor with more than 15 years of specialising in real estate services to individuals and businesses. Idwala Holdings C.C. was registered under the close corporation act 69 of 1984 in November 2007 and started operating in June 2008 trading as RealNet Bluff and Montclair. The establishment of Idwala Holdings was necessitated by the disparity and lack of black owned real estate companies in South Africa. In July 2010, Idwala Holdings discontinued the franchise agreement with RealNet Group and joined the Dormehl Property Group Franchise. In 2016, after acquiring a wealth of knowledge, experience, skills and mentorship to drive and operate a real estate company professionally, Idwala Holdings took a decision to be an independent real estate agency and Idwala Property Group was birthed. Research has proven that the economic gap is still very huge and that the majority of the real estate property giants and SMMEs are predominantly non-black and male owned. South Africa is still facing daunting challenges over this issue even after more than 26 years of democracy. It is with this background that Idwala Property Group seeks to provide the necessary support to elevate intervention and industry support. Its goal is to foster a meaningful strategic direction in the real estate and property industry in our country. Woman-owned Idwala Property Group is owned by CEO Nondumiso Siphesihle Mthwa. Having commenced her professional career in October 2005, Nondumiso has had much experience in the real estate industry. She began her journey as a real estate agent, thereafter she became a real estate franchisee and then went on to establish her own real estate brand. Consequently, Nondumiso has acquired vast knowledge and experience in the Industry. Nondumiso is a Master Practitioner in Real Estate (MPRE PDE5 qualification) and has completed her BCom degree in Business Management at UNISA. Services Offered The real estate agency works with the buyers and sellers of commercial and residential properties, commercial letting as well as is involved in commercial property management. Idwala Property Group has facilitated residential and commercial sales and property development of off-plan projects around the greater KZN area. The services on offer include property valuation and market assessment. The agency is also able to facilitate of property bonds through its subsidiary iBonds. The Team Nondumiso and her team of estate agents, conveyancers, accountants, electricians and entomologists are experts in the field of real estate and have a thorough understanding of the legal requirements in their respective fields. Goodman Thulasizwe Mthwa who heads up marketing and operations for the company is a qualified IT Technician with a Diploma in IT obtained at MUT, and an auctioneer. Thulasizwe has vast experience in marketing, advertising and the digital space. Internal and external training has been the cornerstone of building trust, good reputation and the legitimacy of Idwala Property Group. The Idwala Property Group team is always proactive in supporting initiatives of economic growth, industry transformational issues, skills development and job creation issues within the KZN province and South Africa at large. The agency has also been involved in community projects including the cleaning and clearing up of Pinecrest Park in Pinetown – Durban – Keep Our City Clean initiative 2022. Awards and Recognition • Most Improved Franchise 2011 – Dormehl Property Group • National Residential Sales Office of the Year - 2012 • Franchise of the Year 2014 – Dormehl Property Group South Africa • Franchisee of the Year 2014 – Dormehl Property Group South Africa • Featured in the Standard Bank Top Women 2017 magazine • Featured on ENCA Forerunners 2018 • AABLA nomination for Business Woman of the Year 2018 • Entrepreneur Resilience Finalist – Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards 2022.
Idwala Property Group is owned by CEO Nondumiso Siphesihle Mthwa. Having commenced her professional career in October 2005, Nondumiso has had much experience in the real estate industryIdwala Property Group Idwala Property Group is owned by CEO Nondumiso Siphesihle Mthwa. Having commenced her professional career in October 2005, Nondumiso has had much experience in the real estate industryIdwala Property Group is currently located and operating in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The group is a black woman owned, level one BBBEE contributor with more than 15 years of specialising in real estate services to individuals and businesses. Idwala Holdings C.C. was registered under the close corporation act 69 of 1984 in November 2007 and started operating in June 2008 trading as RealNet Bluff and Montclair. The establishment of Idwala Holdings was necessitated by the disparity and lack of black owned real estate companies in South Africa. In July 2010, Idwala Holdings discontinued the franchise agreement with RealNet Group and joined the Dormehl Property Group Franchise. In 2016, after acquiring a wealth of knowledge, experience, skills and mentorship to drive and operate a real estate company professionally, Idwala Holdings took a decision to be an independent real estate agency and Idwala Property Group was birthed. Research has proven that the economic gap is still very huge and that the majority of the real estate property giants and SMMEs are predominantly non-black and male owned. South Africa is still facing daunting challenges over this issue even after more than 26 years of democracy. It is with this background that Idwala Property Group seeks to provide the necessary support to elevate intervention and industry support. Its goal is to foster a meaningful strategic direction in the real estate and property industry in our country. Woman-owned Idwala Property Group is owned by CEO Nondumiso Siphesihle Mthwa. Having commenced her professional career in October 2005, Nondumiso has had much experience in the real estate industry. She began her journey as a real estate agent, thereafter she became a real estate franchisee and then went on to establish her own real estate brand. Consequently, Nondumiso has acquired vast knowledge and experience in the Industry. Nondumiso is a Master Practitioner in Real Estate (MPRE PDE5 qualification) and has completed her BCom degree in Business Management at UNISA. Services Offered The real estate agency works with the buyers and sellers of commercial and residential properties, commercial letting as well as is involved in commercial property management. Idwala Property Group has facilitated residential and commercial sales and property development of off-plan projects around the greater KZN area. The services on offer include property valuation and market assessment. The agency is also able to facilitate of property bonds through its subsidiary iBonds. The Team Nondumiso and her team of estate agents, conveyancers, accountants, electricians and entomologists are experts in the field of real estate and have a thorough understanding of the legal requirements in their respective fields. Goodman Thulasizwe Mthwa who heads up marketing and operations for the company is a qualified IT Technician with a Diploma in IT obtained at MUT, and an auctioneer. Thulasizwe has vast experience in marketing, advertising and the digital space. Internal and external training has been the cornerstone of building trust, good reputation and the legitimacy of Idwala Property Group. The Idwala Property Group team is always proactive in supporting initiatives of economic growth, industry transformational issues, skills development and job creation issues within the KZN province and South Africa at large. The agency has also been involved in community projects including the cleaning and clearing up of Pinecrest Park in Pinetown – Durban – Keep Our City Clean initiative 2022. Awards and Recognition • Most Improved Franchise 2011 – Dormehl Property Group • National Residential Sales Office of the Year - 2012 • Franchise of the Year 2014 – Dormehl Property Group South Africa • Franchisee of the Year 2014 – Dormehl Property Group South Africa • Featured in the Standard Bank Top Women 2017 magazine • Featured on ENCA Forerunners 2018 • AABLA nomination for Business Woman of the Year 2018 • Entrepreneur Resilience Finalist – Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards 2022.Name of Company: Idwala Property Group Nature of Business: Real Estate Services: Residential and commercial sales, letting, marketing of developments, valuations, property management Date Established: 01 November 2016 Subsidiaries: iBonds Customer Base: Individuals and companies No. of Employees: 21 Industry Quality Standards: Registration with the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) BBBEE: Level 1 MISSION To be a trusted and highly regarded Real Estate company with a national footprint encompassing residential, commercial, plots, farms, property management and property development; having provided empowerment opportunities to those who are passionate about the industry. VISION To be internationally recognised as Thought Leaders in the South African real estate industry, effecting transformation that is inclusive and empowers all stakeholders. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Nondumiso S. Mthwa COO: Thulasizwe Mthwa CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: 162 Wood Road, Montclair, KwaZulu-Natal, 4052 Tel: +27 (0)31 462 6333 E-mail: admin@idwalapropertygroup.co.za Website: www.idwalapropertygroup.co.za BRANCHES: Montclair, Pinetown, UmlaziName of Company: Idwala Property Group Nature of Business: Real Estate Services: Residential and commercial sales, letting, marketing of developments, valuations, property management Date Established: 01 November 2016 Subsidiaries: iBonds Customer Base: Individuals and companies No. of Employees: 21 Industry Quality Standards: Registration with the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) BBBEE: Level 1 MISSION To be a trusted and highly regarded Real Estate company with a national footprint encompassing residential, commercial, plots, farms, property management and property development; having provided empowerment opportunities to those who are passionate about the industry. VISION To be internationally recognised as Thought Leaders in the South African real estate industry, effecting transformation that is inclusive and empowers all stakeholders. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Nondumiso S. Mthwa COO: Thulasizwe Mthwa CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: 162 Wood Road, Montclair, KwaZulu-Natal, 4052 Tel: +27 (0)31 462 6333 E-mail: admin@idwalapropertygroup.co.za Website: www.idwalapropertygroup.co.za BRANCHES: Montclair, Pinetown, Umlazi Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Name of Company: Idwala Property Group Nature of Business: Real Estate Services: Residential and commercial sales, letting, marketing of developments, valuations, property management Date Established: 01 November 2016 Subsidiaries: iBonds Customer Base: Individuals and companies No. of Employees: 21 Industry Quality Standards: Registration with the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) BBBEE: Level 1 MISSION To be a trusted and highly regarded Real Estate company with a national footprint encompassing residential, commercial, plots, farms, property management and property development; having provided empowerment opportunities to those who are passionate about the industry. VISION To be internationally recognised as Thought Leaders in the South African real estate industry, effecting transformation that is inclusive and empowers all stakeholders. KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Nondumiso S. Mthwa COO: Thulasizwe Mthwa CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: 162 Wood Road, Montclair, KwaZulu-Natal, 4052 Tel: +27 (0)31 462 6333 E-mail: admin@idwalapropertygroup.co.za Website: www.idwalapropertygroup.co.za BRANCHES: Montclair, Pinetown, Umlazi Idwala Property Group is currently located and operating in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The group is a black woman owned, level one BBBEE contributor with more than 15 years of specialising in real estate services to individuals and businesses. Idwala Holdings C.C. was registered under the close corporation act 69 of 1984 in November 2007 and started operating in June 2008 trading as RealNet Bluff and Montclair. The establishment of Idwala Holdings was necessitated by the disparity and lack of black owned real estate companies in South Africa. In July 2010, Idwala Holdings discontinued the franchise agreement with RealNet Group and joined the Dormehl Property Group Franchise. In 2016, after acquiring a wealth of knowledge, experience, skills and mentorship to drive and operate a real estate company professionally, Idwala Holdings took a decision to be an independent real estate agency and Idwala Property Group was birthed. Research has proven that the economic gap is still very huge and that the majority of the real estate property giants and SMMEs are predominantly non-black and male owned. South Africa is still facing daunting challenges over this issue even after more than 26 years of democracy. It is with this background that Idwala Property Group seeks to provide the necessary support to elevate intervention and industry support. Its goal is to foster a meaningful strategic direction in the real estate and property industry in our country. Woman-owned Idwala Property Group is owned by CEO Nondumiso Siphesihle Mthwa. Having commenced her professional career in October 2005, Nondumiso has had much experience in the real estate industry. She began her journey as a real estate agent, thereafter she became a real estate franchisee and then went on to establish her own real estate brand. Consequently, Nondumiso has acquired vast knowledge and experience in the Industry. Nondumiso is a Master Practitioner in Real Estate (MPRE PDE5 qualification) and has completed her BCom degree in Business Management at UNISA. Services Offered The real estate agency works with the buyers and sellers of commercial and residential properties, commercial letting as well as is involved in commercial property management. Idwala Property Group has facilitated residential and commercial sales and property development of off-plan projects around the greater KZN area. The services on offer include property valuation and market assessment. The agency is also able to facilitate of property bonds through its subsidiary iBonds. The Team Nondumiso and her team of estate agents, conveyancers, accountants, electricians and entomologists are experts in the field of real estate and have a thorough understanding of the legal requirements in their respective fields. Goodman Thulasizwe Mthwa who heads up marketing and operations for the company is a qualified IT Technician with a Diploma in IT obtained at MUT, and an auctioneer. Thulasizwe has vast experience in marketing, advertising and the digital space. Internal and external training has been the cornerstone of building trust, good reputation and the legitimacy of Idwala Property Group. The Idwala Property Group team is always proactive in supporting initiatives of economic growth, industry transformational issues, skills development and job creation issues within the KZN province and South Africa at large. The agency has also been involved in community projects including the cleaning and clearing up of Pinecrest Park in Pinetown – Durban – Keep Our City Clean initiative 2022. Awards and Recognition • Most Improved Franchise 2011 – Dormehl Property Group • National Residential Sales Office of the Year - 2012 • Franchise of the Year 2014 – Dormehl Property Group South Africa • Franchisee of the Year 2014 – Dormehl Property Group South Africa • Featured in the Standard Bank Top Women 2017 magazine • Featured on ENCA Forerunners 2018 • AABLA nomination for Business Woman of the Year 2018 • Entrepreneur Resilience Finalist – Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards 2022. More About the CEO Nondumiso S. Mthwa Meet the CEO
- Jacquie Bhana Consulting, After 35 years of working in some of the most successful local and global companies, Jacquie Bhana recently left the corporate world to do what she loves – developing peopleIn 2022, after 35 years of working in some of the most successful local and global companies, Jacquie Bhana left the corporate world to do what she loves – developing people, seeing them grow and helping them work towards their aspirations. Her current work focuses mainly on coaching and mentoring, which is a process that can empower people at all levels to leverage their unique strengths and achieve their goals. A year later, Jacquie has many successes to report on. She has quickly grown a solid base of individuals at various levels of their careers and her clients include both large, medium and small businesses and NPOs. Her work as a small business has taken her beyond the gates of a large single corporate to diverse and varied organisations and clients. There is a large, pulsating and exciting world of work ‘out there’, with many individuals looking for growth and development. Work Experience Jacquie has worked in various business sectors, including agriculture, financial services, engineering, automotive manufacturing and retail. Within these sectors, she has worked at a senior level in both marketing and human resource functions, and in management, executive and non-executive roles. The companies that Jacquie has worked for include VWSA, Bostik and British United Engineering, McCarthy Motor Holdings and Tongaat Hulett. She currently serves on the board of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the first vice president. Business Focus Years of experience and success with people development make Jacquie an ideal person with whom to work. Her company, Jacquie Bhana Consulting, is a BBBEE level 1 entity. She is well equipped to work as a high performance and life coach and mentor. Jacquie has worked across the board, with executives, managers, small business owners and women from various backgrounds. Jacquie says, “I work with people who feel that they are stuck in their careers by helping them to move into meaningful and impactful roles so that they can help move their organisations forward. I know exactly how scary it can be to think about making changes because we’re so afraid of the unknown.” In order to assist people Jacquie has adopted her signature system of ‘U-2-Great’ for her individual coaching methodology. This involves a bespoke coaching process for every client covering goal setting, addressing their current reality, looking at options and finding a way forward. Current Projects • Coaching and mentoring candidates on the Beier Group bursary and education assistance programmes • Durban University of Technology and Projectised graduate mentoring • Succession, strategic planning implementation and performance management at Royal Tyres • A keynote speaker on mental health and wellness • Various high performance coaching initiatives at leadership and SMME level • Working with the Sports Coaching Lab and the Da Vinci Institute to develop and professionalise sports coaching capability. AREAS OF WORK Business Consulting The experience that Jacquie focuses on involves the development and facilitation of a range of leadership, management, skills training and graduate programmes, as well as diversity management initiatives at both executive and non-executive levels. Coaching Her focus is on executive, management and life coaching, as well as coaching and mentoring small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). Jacquie has a special interest in the coaching of women (as part of the diversity pool). Mentorship of Youth Jacquie offers mentorship to young, talented employees, to build their capability and confidence – by providing guidance, emotional support and insight into high performance. Typically, they would include, but not be limited to formal trainees such as graduate trainees and professional and skilled level workers and their mentors. Graduates For graduates a mentor is someone who serves as a guide, providing both professional and personal advice, feedback and support in transitioning into formal employment. Bursary Candidates Jacquie coaches a number of bursary candidates to deal with issues that come up in their lives such as career counselling, life coaching as well as high performance management and leadership coaching. Mental Health Counselling and Coaching Jacquie has been working with people in business and graduates that experience mental health problems through her coaching and mentoring programme. She has done presentations at conferences and has found that there is a strong need for business to engage more robustly on this topic. There are emerging rich and vibrant discussions in this area, especially after Covid, and with younger employees. Counselling concentrates on the person’s past and deals with healing emotional pain or dealing with emotional difficulties. It is therefore geared towards understanding and resolving the past, thereby helping someone move forward and be able to reach their potential, and work towards being their best selves.
After 35 years of working in some of the most successful local and global companies, Jacquie Bhana recently left the corporate world to do what she loves – developing peopleJacquie Bhana ConsultingAfter 35 years of working in some of the most successful local and global companies, Jacquie Bhana recently left the corporate world to do what she loves – developing peopleIn 2022, after 35 years of working in some of the most successful local and global companies, Jacquie Bhana left the corporate world to do what she loves – developing people, seeing them grow and helping them work towards their aspirations. Her current work focuses mainly on coaching and mentoring, which is a process that can empower people at all levels to leverage their unique strengths and achieve their goals. A year later, Jacquie has many successes to report on. She has quickly grown a solid base of individuals at various levels of their careers and her clients include both large, medium and small businesses and NPOs. Her work as a small business has taken her beyond the gates of a large single corporate to diverse and varied organisations and clients. There is a large, pulsating and exciting world of work ‘out there’, with many individuals looking for growth and development. Work Experience Jacquie has worked in various business sectors, including agriculture, financial services, engineering, automotive manufacturing and retail. Within these sectors, she has worked at a senior level in both marketing and human resource functions, and in management, executive and non-executive roles. The companies that Jacquie has worked for include VWSA, Bostik and British United Engineering, McCarthy Motor Holdings and Tongaat Hulett. She currently serves on the board of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the first vice president. Business Focus Years of experience and success with people development make Jacquie an ideal person with whom to work. Her company, Jacquie Bhana Consulting, is a BBBEE level 1 entity. She is well equipped to work as a high performance and life coach and mentor. Jacquie has worked across the board, with executives, managers, small business owners and women from various backgrounds. Jacquie says, “I work with people who feel that they are stuck in their careers by helping them to move into meaningful and impactful roles so that they can help move their organisations forward. I know exactly how scary it can be to think about making changes because we’re so afraid of the unknown.” In order to assist people Jacquie has adopted her signature system of ‘U-2-Great’ for her individual coaching methodology. This involves a bespoke coaching process for every client covering goal setting, addressing their current reality, looking at options and finding a way forward. Current Projects • Coaching and mentoring candidates on the Beier Group bursary and education assistance programmes • Durban University of Technology and Projectised graduate mentoring • Succession, strategic planning implementation and performance management at Royal Tyres • A keynote speaker on mental health and wellness • Various high performance coaching initiatives at leadership and SMME level • Working with the Sports Coaching Lab and the Da Vinci Institute to develop and professionalise sports coaching capability. AREAS OF WORK Business Consulting The experience that Jacquie focuses on involves the development and facilitation of a range of leadership, management, skills training and graduate programmes, as well as diversity management initiatives at both executive and non-executive levels. Coaching Her focus is on executive, management and life coaching, as well as coaching and mentoring small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). Jacquie has a special interest in the coaching of women (as part of the diversity pool). Mentorship of Youth Jacquie offers mentorship to young, talented employees, to build their capability and confidence – by providing guidance, emotional support and insight into high performance. Typically, they would include, but not be limited to formal trainees such as graduate trainees and professional and skilled level workers and their mentors. Graduates For graduates a mentor is someone who serves as a guide, providing both professional and personal advice, feedback and support in transitioning into formal employment. Bursary Candidates Jacquie coaches a number of bursary candidates to deal with issues that come up in their lives such as career counselling, life coaching as well as high performance management and leadership coaching. Mental Health Counselling and Coaching Jacquie has been working with people in business and graduates that experience mental health problems through her coaching and mentoring programme. She has done presentations at conferences and has found that there is a strong need for business to engage more robustly on this topic. There are emerging rich and vibrant discussions in this area, especially after Covid, and with younger employees. Counselling concentrates on the person’s past and deals with healing emotional pain or dealing with emotional difficulties. It is therefore geared towards understanding and resolving the past, thereby helping someone move forward and be able to reach their potential, and work towards being their best selves.Full Name of Company: Jacquie Bhana Consulting Nature of Business: Business Consultancy Services: ■ High performance coaching and life coaching ■ Mentorship ■ Mental health and wellness coaching ■ Business consulting Customer Base: Small, Medium, Large Business and Industry B-BBEE Status: Level 1 KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Jacquie Bhana CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: Tel: +27 (0)83 386 8343 E-mail: Jacquie.bhana@mbhana.co.za jacquie@jbhana.co.za Website: www.jacquiebhana.co.zaFull Name of Company: Jacquie Bhana Consulting Nature of Business: Business Consultancy Services: ■ High performance coaching and life coaching ■ Mentorship ■ Mental health and wellness coaching ■ Business consulting Customer Base: Small, Medium, Large Business and Industry B-BBEE Status: Level 1 KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Jacquie Bhana CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: Tel: +27 (0)83 386 8343 E-mail: Jacquie.bhana@mbhana.co.za jacquie@jbhana.co.za Website: www.jacquiebhana.co.za Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: Jacquie Bhana Consulting Nature of Business: Business Consultancy Services: ■ High performance coaching and life coaching ■ Mentorship ■ Mental health and wellness coaching ■ Business consulting Customer Base: Small, Medium, Large Business and Industry B-BBEE Status: Level 1 KEY PERSONNEL CEO: Jacquie Bhana CONTACT DETAILS Physical Address: Tel: +27 (0)83 386 8343 E-mail: Jacquie.bhana@mbhana.co.za jacquie@jbhana.co.za Website: www.jacquiebhana.co.za In 2022, after 35 years of working in some of the most successful local and global companies, Jacquie Bhana left the corporate world to do what she loves – developing people, seeing them grow and helping them work towards their aspirations. Her current work focuses mainly on coaching and mentoring, which is a process that can empower people at all levels to leverage their unique strengths and achieve their goals. A year later, Jacquie has many successes to report on. She has quickly grown a solid base of individuals at various levels of their careers and her clients include both large, medium and small businesses and NPOs. Her work as a small business has taken her beyond the gates of a large single corporate to diverse and varied organisations and clients. There is a large, pulsating and exciting world of work ‘out there’, with many individuals looking for growth and development. Work Experience Jacquie has worked in various business sectors, including agriculture, financial services, engineering, automotive manufacturing and retail. Within these sectors, she has worked at a senior level in both marketing and human resource functions, and in management, executive and non-executive roles. The companies that Jacquie has worked for include VWSA, Bostik and British United Engineering, McCarthy Motor Holdings and Tongaat Hulett. She currently serves on the board of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the first vice president. Business Focus Years of experience and success with people development make Jacquie an ideal person with whom to work. Her company, Jacquie Bhana Consulting, is a BBBEE level 1 entity. She is well equipped to work as a high performance and life coach and mentor. Jacquie has worked across the board, with executives, managers, small business owners and women from various backgrounds. Jacquie says, “I work with people who feel that they are stuck in their careers by helping them to move into meaningful and impactful roles so that they can help move their organisations forward. I know exactly how scary it can be to think about making changes because we’re so afraid of the unknown.” In order to assist people Jacquie has adopted her signature system of ‘U-2-Great’ for her individual coaching methodology. This involves a bespoke coaching process for every client covering goal setting, addressing their current reality, looking at options and finding a way forward. Current Projects • Coaching and mentoring candidates on the Beier Group bursary and education assistance programmes • Durban University of Technology and Projectised graduate mentoring • Succession, strategic planning implementation and performance management at Royal Tyres • A keynote speaker on mental health and wellness • Various high performance coaching initiatives at leadership and SMME level • Working with the Sports Coaching Lab and the Da Vinci Institute to develop and professionalise sports coaching capability. AREAS OF WORK Business Consulting The experience that Jacquie focuses on involves the development and facilitation of a range of leadership, management, skills training and graduate programmes, as well as diversity management initiatives at both executive and non-executive levels. Coaching Her focus is on executive, management and life coaching, as well as coaching and mentoring small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). Jacquie has a special interest in the coaching of women (as part of the diversity pool). Mentorship of Youth Jacquie offers mentorship to young, talented employees, to build their capability and confidence – by providing guidance, emotional support and insight into high performance. Typically, they would include, but not be limited to formal trainees such as graduate trainees and professional and skilled level workers and their mentors. Graduates For graduates a mentor is someone who serves as a guide, providing both professional and personal advice, feedback and support in transitioning into formal employment. Bursary Candidates Jacquie coaches a number of bursary candidates to deal with issues that come up in their lives such as career counselling, life coaching as well as high performance management and leadership coaching. Mental Health Counselling and Coaching Jacquie has been working with people in business and graduates that experience mental health problems through her coaching and mentoring programme. She has done presentations at conferences and has found that there is a strong need for business to engage more robustly on this topic. There are emerging rich and vibrant discussions in this area, especially after Covid, and with younger employees. Counselling concentrates on the person’s past and deals with healing emotional pain or dealing with emotional difficulties. It is therefore geared towards understanding and resolving the past, thereby helping someone move forward and be able to reach their potential, and work towards being their best selves. More About the CEO Jacquie Bhana Meet the CEO
- Bell Equipment , With secure roots in KwaZulu-Natal, Bell Equipment is today recognised globally as a company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and supports a wide range of earthmoving and material handling equipment into various industries around the world.The company was established by Irvine Bell in 1954 as a small engineering and agricultural repair business on the KZN North Coast. Irvine had a passion for innovation and manufactured various inventions, including a self-loading sugar cane trailer and an overhead transfer crane for local farmers. It was the development of a tri-wheeled cane loader a few years later, however, that revolutionised the sugar industry and irrevocably changed the company’s trajectory. Sugar farmers of that time employed a sizeable labour force to manually cut, stack and load cane for transport to the mills. A few rudimentary cane loading machines had appeared on the scene, but Irvine designed a whole new class of machine that was simple to operate and highly manoeuvrable. Using hydrostatic technology and able to control each of the large drive wheels independently, the Bell Tri-wheeler could turn instantly on its own axis and had enough power to lift and stack sugar cane infield or load a trailer. The Bell Tri-wheeler, now in the F-series generation, is still in production and used extensively in sugar farming and forestry. Many older models remain in operation, which speaks volumes about the build quality and longevity of Bell machines. Global ADT Specialist The early 1980s saw the arrival of Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs) imported from Europe. Although effective and versatile, Bell saw room for improvement and fine-tuned their design to better cope with the harsh operating conditions common in Africa. Today, through a passion for innovation and continuous improvement, the company is recognised as a global ADT specialist and manufacturer with the largest and most advanced range in the world. The current E-series generation ranges from 18 to 50t suited to construction, infrastructure, bulk earthworks, mining, and quarrying. Bell is also influencing global ADT trends with its 4x4 ADT range, led by the ground-breaking 60-ton 4x4 crossover concept, the B60E, which targets high production operations where poor underfoot conditions limit the suitability of rigid dump trucks. As a technological innovation leader, Bell has pioneered several features geared at improving productivity and safety while delivering the lowest cost per tonne of material moved. In addition, Bell Equipment’s proprietary fleet monitoring system, Fleetm@tic®, enables customers to manage their fleet according to their operating environments. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Bell has three distinct business units, Bell Mining & Construction, Bell Underground Mining, and Bell Forestry & Agriculture. Each provides a dedicated focus in terms of both product development and support. Bell Mining & Construction Bell Articulated Dump Trucks are at the core of the company’s mining and construction business, which is complemented by the Bell Versatruck programme, which offers niche custom equipment, such as water tankers, hooklifts, flat decks and fire trucks, based on the proven Bell ADT chassis. Highly customisable, Bell Tracked Carriers provide a durable short-haul solution for construction sites with soft underfoot conditions that require low ground pressure machines either for environmental or traction reasons. In 2024 the company will start production of the Bell Motor Grader range. Bell Underground Mining With a focus on meeting the future needs of underground mining, the company has the Bell Rockscaler, based on the Bell Tri-wheeler, and underground dump trucks that have an autonomous ready platform and are equipped with the same industry-leading safety features and production advantages found in our surface ADTs. Bell Forestry & Agriculture The cornerstone of Bell in its formative years, the company sees long-term value in strengthening and growing its Bell Forestry and Agriculture business unit. The well-established Tri-wheeler, Haulage Tractor and Timber Truck have evolved to keep abreast of technology advances to offer improvements in safety, comfort, and productivity. The company has also introduced new products, such as the Skogger, FASTfell, Log Pro, Cane Pro and UltEco Slew Loader, to provide niche mechanised solutions. Within South Africa Bell distributes the JCB Agriculture range alongside the Bell Forestry and Agricultural range providing a customised range of equipment that appeals to the broader farming community. Bell Equipment Sales South Africa In South Africa, Bell is also a full range materials handling distributor and an equipment supplier thanks to strategic partnerships with global manufacturers such as JCB, Finlay and Kobelco. This enables Bell to complement its own mining and construction range with diverse equipment including wheel loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders, telehandlers, skid steers, forklifts, compaction machinery and a material processing product line. Distribution and support take place through Bell Equipment’s network of 22 Customer Service Centres strategically located throughout the country. Our Bell Culture Bell Equipment employs locally and is an integral part of the communities in which it operates. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the group takes its responsibilities as a corporate citizen seriously purchasing from local supplies wherever possible and investing in meaningful outreach opportunities with a particular focus on education, training, and development, both internally and externally. The strength of the Bell brand lies in the strong family values of integrity, honesty, accountability, and respect that are the foundation of the business. Customers are valued as part of the extended Bell family, creating a unique and healthy working environment. Our motto ‘Strong Reliable Machines, Strong Reliable Support’ represents our customer-devoted beliefs, ideals and ethical stance throughout our manufacturing, distribution and support network that provides technical backup and advice to our customers around the globe for our world-class products.
With secure roots in KwaZulu-Natal, Bell Equipment is today recognised globally as a company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and supports a wide range of earthmoving and material handling equipment into various industries around the world.Bell Equipment With secure roots in KwaZulu-Natal, Bell Equipment is today recognised globally as a company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and supports a wide range of earthmoving and material handling equipment into various industries around the world.The company was established by Irvine Bell in 1954 as a small engineering and agricultural repair business on the KZN North Coast. Irvine had a passion for innovation and manufactured various inventions, including a self-loading sugar cane trailer and an overhead transfer crane for local farmers. It was the development of a tri-wheeled cane loader a few years later, however, that revolutionised the sugar industry and irrevocably changed the company’s trajectory. Sugar farmers of that time employed a sizeable labour force to manually cut, stack and load cane for transport to the mills. A few rudimentary cane loading machines had appeared on the scene, but Irvine designed a whole new class of machine that was simple to operate and highly manoeuvrable. Using hydrostatic technology and able to control each of the large drive wheels independently, the Bell Tri-wheeler could turn instantly on its own axis and had enough power to lift and stack sugar cane infield or load a trailer. The Bell Tri-wheeler, now in the F-series generation, is still in production and used extensively in sugar farming and forestry. Many older models remain in operation, which speaks volumes about the build quality and longevity of Bell machines. Global ADT Specialist The early 1980s saw the arrival of Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs) imported from Europe. Although effective and versatile, Bell saw room for improvement and fine-tuned their design to better cope with the harsh operating conditions common in Africa. Today, through a passion for innovation and continuous improvement, the company is recognised as a global ADT specialist and manufacturer with the largest and most advanced range in the world. The current E-series generation ranges from 18 to 50t suited to construction, infrastructure, bulk earthworks, mining, and quarrying. Bell is also influencing global ADT trends with its 4x4 ADT range, led by the ground-breaking 60-ton 4x4 crossover concept, the B60E, which targets high production operations where poor underfoot conditions limit the suitability of rigid dump trucks. As a technological innovation leader, Bell has pioneered several features geared at improving productivity and safety while delivering the lowest cost per tonne of material moved. In addition, Bell Equipment’s proprietary fleet monitoring system, Fleetm@tic®, enables customers to manage their fleet according to their operating environments. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Bell has three distinct business units, Bell Mining & Construction, Bell Underground Mining, and Bell Forestry & Agriculture. Each provides a dedicated focus in terms of both product development and support. Bell Mining & Construction Bell Articulated Dump Trucks are at the core of the company’s mining and construction business, which is complemented by the Bell Versatruck programme, which offers niche custom equipment, such as water tankers, hooklifts, flat decks and fire trucks, based on the proven Bell ADT chassis. Highly customisable, Bell Tracked Carriers provide a durable short-haul solution for construction sites with soft underfoot conditions that require low ground pressure machines either for environmental or traction reasons. In 2024 the company will start production of the Bell Motor Grader range. Bell Underground Mining With a focus on meeting the future needs of underground mining, the company has the Bell Rockscaler, based on the Bell Tri-wheeler, and underground dump trucks that have an autonomous ready platform and are equipped with the same industry-leading safety features and production advantages found in our surface ADTs. Bell Forestry & Agriculture The cornerstone of Bell in its formative years, the company sees long-term value in strengthening and growing its Bell Forestry and Agriculture business unit. The well-established Tri-wheeler, Haulage Tractor and Timber Truck have evolved to keep abreast of technology advances to offer improvements in safety, comfort, and productivity. The company has also introduced new products, such as the Skogger, FASTfell, Log Pro, Cane Pro and UltEco Slew Loader, to provide niche mechanised solutions. Within South Africa Bell distributes the JCB Agriculture range alongside the Bell Forestry and Agricultural range providing a customised range of equipment that appeals to the broader farming community. Bell Equipment Sales South Africa In South Africa, Bell is also a full range materials handling distributor and an equipment supplier thanks to strategic partnerships with global manufacturers such as JCB, Finlay and Kobelco. This enables Bell to complement its own mining and construction range with diverse equipment including wheel loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders, telehandlers, skid steers, forklifts, compaction machinery and a material processing product line. Distribution and support take place through Bell Equipment’s network of 22 Customer Service Centres strategically located throughout the country. Our Bell Culture Bell Equipment employs locally and is an integral part of the communities in which it operates. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the group takes its responsibilities as a corporate citizen seriously purchasing from local supplies wherever possible and investing in meaningful outreach opportunities with a particular focus on education, training, and development, both internally and externally. The strength of the Bell brand lies in the strong family values of integrity, honesty, accountability, and respect that are the foundation of the business. Customers are valued as part of the extended Bell family, creating a unique and healthy working environment. Our motto ‘Strong Reliable Machines, Strong Reliable Support’ represents our customer-devoted beliefs, ideals and ethical stance throughout our manufacturing, distribution and support network that provides technical backup and advice to our customers around the globe for our world-class products.Full Name of Company: Bell Equipment Limited Business Units: Bell Mining & Construction, Bell Underground Mining, and Bell Forestry & Agriculture Nature of Business: Manufacturing, distribution and support Products: A wide range of heavy equipment for the construction, mining, quarrying, and the sugar & forestry industries globally. Date Established: 1954 No. of Employees: Over 2 500 Auditors: Deloitte & Touche B-BBEE Status: Level 3 VISION Bell Equipment’s vision is to be the global ADT specialist and a leader in the heavy equipment and industrial goods sector, developing and supplying leading, quality brands into the construction, mining, forestry, agriculture and industrial sectors in a number of chosen markets. KEY PERSONNEL Non-executive Chairman: Gary Bell Group Chief Executive: Ashley Bell Group Finance Director: Karen van Haght Chief Strategy Officer: Avishkar Goordeen Group Company Secretary: Diana Mcilrath CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: 13 – 19 Carbonode Cell Road, Alton, Richards Bay, 3900 Postal Address: Private Bag X20046, Empangeni, 3880, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)35 907 9111 E-mail: Stephen.McNeill@bellequipment.com Website: www.bellequipment.com Full Name of Company: Bell Equipment Limited Business Units: Bell Mining & Construction, Bell Underground Mining, and Bell Forestry & Agriculture Nature of Business: Manufacturing, distribution and support Products: A wide range of heavy equipment for the construction, mining, quarrying, and the sugar & forestry industries globally. Date Established: 1954 No. of Employees: Over 2 500 Auditors: Deloitte & Touche B-BBEE Status: Level 3 VISION Bell Equipment’s vision is to be the global ADT specialist and a leader in the heavy equipment and industrial goods sector, developing and supplying leading, quality brands into the construction, mining, forestry, agriculture and industrial sectors in a number of chosen markets. KEY PERSONNEL Non-executive Chairman: Gary Bell Group Chief Executive: Ashley Bell Group Finance Director: Karen van Haght Chief Strategy Officer: Avishkar Goordeen Group Company Secretary: Diana Mcilrath CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: 13 – 19 Carbonode Cell Road, Alton, Richards Bay, 3900 Postal Address: Private Bag X20046, Empangeni, 3880, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)35 907 9111 E-mail: Stephen.McNeill@bellequipment.com Website: www.bellequipment.com Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: Bell Equipment Limited Business Units: Bell Mining & Construction, Bell Underground Mining, and Bell Forestry & Agriculture Nature of Business: Manufacturing, distribution and support Products: A wide range of heavy equipment for the construction, mining, quarrying, and the sugar & forestry industries globally. Date Established: 1954 No. of Employees: Over 2 500 Auditors: Deloitte & Touche B-BBEE Status: Level 3 VISION Bell Equipment’s vision is to be the global ADT specialist and a leader in the heavy equipment and industrial goods sector, developing and supplying leading, quality brands into the construction, mining, forestry, agriculture and industrial sectors in a number of chosen markets. KEY PERSONNEL Non-executive Chairman: Gary Bell Group Chief Executive: Ashley Bell Group Finance Director: Karen van Haght Chief Strategy Officer: Avishkar Goordeen Group Company Secretary: Diana Mcilrath CONTACT DETAILS HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: 13 – 19 Carbonode Cell Road, Alton, Richards Bay, 3900 Postal Address: Private Bag X20046, Empangeni, 3880, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)35 907 9111 E-mail: Stephen.McNeill@bellequipment.com Website: www.bellequipment.com The company was established by Irvine Bell in 1954 as a small engineering and agricultural repair business on the KZN North Coast. Irvine had a passion for innovation and manufactured various inventions, including a self-loading sugar cane trailer and an overhead transfer crane for local farmers. It was the development of a tri-wheeled cane loader a few years later, however, that revolutionised the sugar industry and irrevocably changed the company’s trajectory. Sugar farmers of that time employed a sizeable labour force to manually cut, stack and load cane for transport to the mills. A few rudimentary cane loading machines had appeared on the scene, but Irvine designed a whole new class of machine that was simple to operate and highly manoeuvrable. Using hydrostatic technology and able to control each of the large drive wheels independently, the Bell Tri-wheeler could turn instantly on its own axis and had enough power to lift and stack sugar cane infield or load a trailer. The Bell Tri-wheeler, now in the F-series generation, is still in production and used extensively in sugar farming and forestry. Many older models remain in operation, which speaks volumes about the build quality and longevity of Bell machines. Global ADT Specialist The early 1980s saw the arrival of Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs) imported from Europe. Although effective and versatile, Bell saw room for improvement and fine-tuned their design to better cope with the harsh operating conditions common in Africa. Today, through a passion for innovation and continuous improvement, the company is recognised as a global ADT specialist and manufacturer with the largest and most advanced range in the world. The current E-series generation ranges from 18 to 50t suited to construction, infrastructure, bulk earthworks, mining, and quarrying. Bell is also influencing global ADT trends with its 4x4 ADT range, led by the ground-breaking 60-ton 4x4 crossover concept, the B60E, which targets high production operations where poor underfoot conditions limit the suitability of rigid dump trucks. As a technological innovation leader, Bell has pioneered several features geared at improving productivity and safety while delivering the lowest cost per tonne of material moved. In addition, Bell Equipment’s proprietary fleet monitoring system, Fleetm@tic®, enables customers to manage their fleet according to their operating environments. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Bell has three distinct business units, Bell Mining & Construction, Bell Underground Mining, and Bell Forestry & Agriculture. Each provides a dedicated focus in terms of both product development and support. Bell Mining & Construction Bell Articulated Dump Trucks are at the core of the company’s mining and construction business, which is complemented by the Bell Versatruck programme, which offers niche custom equipment, such as water tankers, hooklifts, flat decks and fire trucks, based on the proven Bell ADT chassis. Highly customisable, Bell Tracked Carriers provide a durable short-haul solution for construction sites with soft underfoot conditions that require low ground pressure machines either for environmental or traction reasons. In 2024 the company will start production of the Bell Motor Grader range. Bell Underground Mining With a focus on meeting the future needs of underground mining, the company has the Bell Rockscaler, based on the Bell Tri-wheeler, and underground dump trucks that have an autonomous ready platform and are equipped with the same industry-leading safety features and production advantages found in our surface ADTs. Bell Forestry & Agriculture The cornerstone of Bell in its formative years, the company sees long-term value in strengthening and growing its Bell Forestry and Agriculture business unit. The well-established Tri-wheeler, Haulage Tractor and Timber Truck have evolved to keep abreast of technology advances to offer improvements in safety, comfort, and productivity. The company has also introduced new products, such as the Skogger, FASTfell, Log Pro, Cane Pro and UltEco Slew Loader, to provide niche mechanised solutions. Within South Africa Bell distributes the JCB Agriculture range alongside the Bell Forestry and Agricultural range providing a customised range of equipment that appeals to the broader farming community. Bell Equipment Sales South Africa In South Africa, Bell is also a full range materials handling distributor and an equipment supplier thanks to strategic partnerships with global manufacturers such as JCB, Finlay and Kobelco. This enables Bell to complement its own mining and construction range with diverse equipment including wheel loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders, telehandlers, skid steers, forklifts, compaction machinery and a material processing product line. Distribution and support take place through Bell Equipment’s network of 22 Customer Service Centres strategically located throughout the country. Our Bell Culture Bell Equipment employs locally and is an integral part of the communities in which it operates. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the group takes its responsibilities as a corporate citizen seriously purchasing from local supplies wherever possible and investing in meaningful outreach opportunities with a particular focus on education, training, and development, both internally and externally. The strength of the Bell brand lies in the strong family values of integrity, honesty, accountability, and respect that are the foundation of the business. Customers are valued as part of the extended Bell family, creating a unique and healthy working environment. Our motto ‘Strong Reliable Machines, Strong Reliable Support’ represents our customer-devoted beliefs, ideals and ethical stance throughout our manufacturing, distribution and support network that provides technical backup and advice to our customers around the globe for our world-class products. More About the CEO Gary Bell and Ashley Bell Meet the CEO
- Tyson Properties , Chris Tyson’s founding vision was to create a specialist agency that was not only in tune with the needs of the KwaZulu-Natal property market but one that offered clients exceptional service and agents a platform to excel Still a proudly KwaZulu-Natal brand but with an ever-expanding national footprint, Tyson Properties continues to be a trailblazer in South Africa’s somewhat turbulent property sector. Every year, the company has exceeded its forecasts, grown its footprint and increased its market share and service offering. It takes a special company to not only navigate a global recession in 2008 and but also a two-year pandemic and ongoing national energy and economic challenges only to emerge stronger and better year on year. Interest rates plunged to the lowest levels in 2020 and then steadily climbed, placing the property market under stress. Dynamic and flexible, the Tyson Properties team persevered and proved to be the perfect guide for buyers and sellers. Building a company on a sound foundation is what founder and CEO, Chris Tyson, set out to do in 2005 and strong professionalism, intuitive knowledge of its markets and solid relationships have seen the company thrive. Setting up that first office in Morningside together with business partner Gavin Cunningham and a staff of just six now seems to be a long way away. After the 2015 opening of its offices in Gauteng and the Western Cape, Tyson Properties experienced an aggressive growth spurt across these three provinces as the company began to build strong market share within a very short space of time. By 2021, Tyson Properties had registered its best ever growth year during the most difficult of times with turnover having grown by 25 percent. In 2022, Tyson Property Holdings was created to support and grow the group’s regional operations. Tyson Properties is now double the size it was when Tyson took the plunge and decided to go national nine years ago. “I can still remember agonising over whether to expand nationally. We had 18 offices in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) at the time. We actually opened Cape Town and Johannesburg simultaneously. There are now six offices in Gauteng and seven in the Western Cape with a staff complement of 450 members nationally,” he says. Tyson Properties opened in East London two years ago and the company now plans to extend its reach still further. “We’ve done exceptionally well and feel that the time is now right for us to move into other areas,” he adds. Despite a subdued economy, Tyson Properties registered growth throughout 2023, adding three new offices in Somerset West, Overstrand (Betty’s Bay, Kleinmond and Pringle Bay) and Pietermaritzburg and welcoming 30 new agents in Gauteng. Throughout, the company has embraced change and moved with the times. Tyson’s approach is to spot the often-unexpected opportunities in different parts of the market as it evolves. Tyson Properties is hitting the hotspots in the Western Cape with Cape Town itself as well as towns such as Somerset West and Paarl proving extremely popular. Johannesburg remains the economic hub of the country and is the property market that never sleeps. “Believe it or not, there are more people moving to Johannesburg every year than any other area in South Africa. So, it’s a massive market with a lot of entry-level buyers. While market conditions in and around Joburg remain under pressure, there are still a lot of deals being done,” he says. Turning to his home province, Tyson says KZN remains both one of the most resilient and stable markets in the country. “The province has a lot to offer and property prices are still a lot more affordable than in other parts of South Africa. This, coupled with great weather, infrastructure and some really good schools makes KZN a great area in which to invest,” he observes. Ballito is a hotspot right now. “That once-small coastal town is now abuzz with shopping centres, excellent government and private schools and development. While still giving the locals a feel of a coastal town, it has also become an area of choice for working in Johannesburg and living on the coast. The airport is only a 15-minute drive away and it’s a quick flight,” Tyson says. But activity is not confined to the coast and Tyson says that there is a very real resurgence in the Midlands with areas such as Howick and Nottingham Road doing exceptionally well. No matter where the change or what the new trend, he is confident that Tyson Properties will never be far away. As one of KZN (and the country’s) most iconic property brands, it has matured into a company that will always be a leader rather than a follower and one of which he can be proud. CHRIS TYSON's interest in the property industry started from an early age as his family comes from a property background. Tyson said, "My father had a construction company. My mother was an agent for many years and owned her own agency. I can remember going to property viewings with her as a small boy." In 2001, his own real estate career started as an agent for a small agency in Durban. He then moved to a larger agency, where he built his initial Tyson Properties team. In 2005, the first Tyson Properties office was opened in Durban. Over the past year, Tyson Properties has consolidated its presence in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng markets and now has 31 offices. Going forward, Tyson Properties is expected to continue as a leader in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial property sector and grow the group's national footprint. In Gauteng, Tyson Properties have extended its footprint drastically and opened a new flagship office in Dunkeld West to accommodate its growth into the Sandton and Parks areas. Tyson Properties is also in negotiations to open its third office in Johannesburg later this year. In addition to marketing residential, commercial and rental properties, Tyson Properties has expanded its service offering to include a property management division that specialises in the administration of a number of exclusive properties and sectional title developments. Although there are many influences on a business success. Tyson says that that it has become a business owner's responsibility to make sure that their business is sustainable by constantly challenging the norm and striving for change and excellence. "Often doing new things means cutting existing budgets to achieve this. We do, however, see this as an advantage and have always used tough times to grow the company to position ourselves better for upturns in the marketplace. One either has to have reserves to ensure sustainability or work within a budget that creates reserves. This however can stunt the growth of a company," says Tyson. Part of ensuring sustainability is apparent in his leadership style, which he says is very relaxed. However, says Tyson, "I expect a lot but also give a lot in return. I look at every employee as a partner." "I also believe that I'm very inclusive and involve the team in driving projects and campaigns. I have always tried to balance the work environment, making it fair for both the agent and the company. This is achieved by supporting my internal team and building partnerships with outsourced agencies such as our marketing agency and public relations consultant." One of the business development advances that is extremely close to his heart is in the development of the newly formed After Sales Division. This division will deal with every aspect of the sale, from the date the sale agreement is signed, to the day that the property transfers, and beyond. "With the increase of first time buyers coming into the market we feel we can add real value here, ensuring that our clients receive the best possible advice and guidance," commented Tyson. Tyson is also committed to giving back to the community, which he says, "is very much a part of who I am and something I am passionate about". Before branching out into real estate, his early working career was for a large non-profit organisation. Consequently, each of the Tyson branches has their own social responsibility projects in their areas. Tyson Properties is also working hard at developing a group initiative. When not at work, Tyson spends time with his family to ensure that his own life is balanced. He concluded, "My personal life is very important to me and I make sure I balance it. I am married and have a son of four and a half years. We are a very homely family and we love to travel. We also enjoy the outdoors and keeping fit."CHRIS TYSON's interest in the property industry started from an early age as his family comes from a property background. Tyson said, "My father had a construction company. My mother was an agent for many years and owned her own agency. I can remember going to property viewings with her as a small boy." In 2001, his own real estate career started as an agent for a small agency in Durban. He then moved to a larger agency, where he built his initial Tyson Properties team. In 2005, the first Tyson Properties office was opened in Durban. Over the past year, Tyson Properties has consolidated its presence in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng markets and now has 31 offices. Going forward, Tyson Properties is expected to continue as a leader in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial property sector and grow the group's national footprint. In Gauteng, Tyson Properties have extended its footprint drastically and opened a new flagship office in Dunkeld West to accommodate its growth into the Sandton and Parks areas. Tyson Properties is also in negotiations to open its third office in Johannesburg later this year. In addition to marketing residential, commercial and rental properties, Tyson Properties has expanded its service offering to include a property management division that specialises in the administration of a number of exclusive properties and sectional title developments. Although there are many influences on a business success. Tyson says that that it has become a business owner's responsibility to make sure that their business is sustainable by constantly challenging the norm and striving for change and excellence. "Often doing new things means cutting existing budgets to achieve this. We do, however, see this as an advantage and have always used tough times to grow the company to position ourselves better for upturns in the marketplace. One either has to have reserves to ensure sustainability or work within a budget that creates reserves. This however can stunt the growth of a company," says Tyson. Part of ensuring sustainability is apparent in his leadership style, which he says is very relaxed. However, says Tyson, "I expect a lot but also give a lot in return. I look at every employee as a partner." "I also believe that I'm very inclusive and involve the team in driving projects and campaigns. I have always tried to balance the work environment, making it fair for both the agent and the company. This is achieved by supporting my internal team and building partnerships with outsourced agencies such as our marketing agency and public relations consultant." One of the business development advances that is extremely close to his heart is in the development of the newly formed After Sales Division. This division will deal with every aspect of the sale, from the date the sale agreement is signed, to the day that the property transfers, and beyond. "With the increase of first time buyers coming into the market we feel we can add real value here, ensuring that our clients receive the best possible advice and guidance," commented Tyson. Tyson is also committed to giving back to the community, which he says, "is very much a part of who I am and something I am passionate about". Before branching out into real estate, his early working career was for a large non-profit organisation. Consequently, each of the Tyson branches has their own social responsibility projects in their areas. Tyson Properties is also working hard at developing a group initiative. When not at work, Tyson spends time with his family to ensure that his own life is balanced. He concluded, "My personal life is very important to me and I make sure I balance it. I am married and have a son of four and a half years. We are a very homely family and we love to travel. We also enjoy the outdoors and keeping fit."
Chris Tyson’s founding vision was to create a specialist agency that was not only in tune with the needs of the KwaZulu-Natal property market but one that offered clients exceptional service and agents a platform to excelTyson Properties Chris Tyson’s founding vision was to create a specialist agency that was not only in tune with the needs of the KwaZulu-Natal property market but one that offered clients exceptional service and agents a platform to excel Still a proudly KwaZulu-Natal brand but with an ever-expanding national footprint, Tyson Properties continues to be a trailblazer in South Africa’s somewhat turbulent property sector. Every year, the company has exceeded its forecasts, grown its footprint and increased its market share and service offering. It takes a special company to not only navigate a global recession in 2008 and but also a two-year pandemic and ongoing national energy and economic challenges only to emerge stronger and better year on year. Interest rates plunged to the lowest levels in 2020 and then steadily climbed, placing the property market under stress. Dynamic and flexible, the Tyson Properties team persevered and proved to be the perfect guide for buyers and sellers. Building a company on a sound foundation is what founder and CEO, Chris Tyson, set out to do in 2005 and strong professionalism, intuitive knowledge of its markets and solid relationships have seen the company thrive. Setting up that first office in Morningside together with business partner Gavin Cunningham and a staff of just six now seems to be a long way away. After the 2015 opening of its offices in Gauteng and the Western Cape, Tyson Properties experienced an aggressive growth spurt across these three provinces as the company began to build strong market share within a very short space of time. By 2021, Tyson Properties had registered its best ever growth year during the most difficult of times with turnover having grown by 25 percent. In 2022, Tyson Property Holdings was created to support and grow the group’s regional operations. Tyson Properties is now double the size it was when Tyson took the plunge and decided to go national nine years ago. “I can still remember agonising over whether to expand nationally. We had 18 offices in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) at the time. We actually opened Cape Town and Johannesburg simultaneously. There are now six offices in Gauteng and seven in the Western Cape with a staff complement of 450 members nationally,” he says. Tyson Properties opened in East London two years ago and the company now plans to extend its reach still further. “We’ve done exceptionally well and feel that the time is now right for us to move into other areas,” he adds. Despite a subdued economy, Tyson Properties registered growth throughout 2023, adding three new offices in Somerset West, Overstrand (Betty’s Bay, Kleinmond and Pringle Bay) and Pietermaritzburg and welcoming 30 new agents in Gauteng. Throughout, the company has embraced change and moved with the times. Tyson’s approach is to spot the often-unexpected opportunities in different parts of the market as it evolves. Tyson Properties is hitting the hotspots in the Western Cape with Cape Town itself as well as towns such as Somerset West and Paarl proving extremely popular. Johannesburg remains the economic hub of the country and is the property market that never sleeps. “Believe it or not, there are more people moving to Johannesburg every year than any other area in South Africa. So, it’s a massive market with a lot of entry-level buyers. While market conditions in and around Joburg remain under pressure, there are still a lot of deals being done,” he says. Turning to his home province, Tyson says KZN remains both one of the most resilient and stable markets in the country. “The province has a lot to offer and property prices are still a lot more affordable than in other parts of South Africa. This, coupled with great weather, infrastructure and some really good schools makes KZN a great area in which to invest,” he observes. Ballito is a hotspot right now. “That once-small coastal town is now abuzz with shopping centres, excellent government and private schools and development. While still giving the locals a feel of a coastal town, it has also become an area of choice for working in Johannesburg and living on the coast. The airport is only a 15-minute drive away and it’s a quick flight,” Tyson says. But activity is not confined to the coast and Tyson says that there is a very real resurgence in the Midlands with areas such as Howick and Nottingham Road doing exceptionally well. No matter where the change or what the new trend, he is confident that Tyson Properties will never be far away. As one of KZN (and the country’s) most iconic property brands, it has matured into a company that will always be a leader rather than a follower and one of which he can be proud. Full Name of Company: Tyson Properties Nature of Business: Real Estate Services / Products: Purchase, Sale and Renting of Property Date Established: August 2005 Customer Base: Property Buyers and Sellers, Landlords and Tenants KEY PERSONNEL Founder and CEO: Chris Tyson CONTACT DETAILS KZN HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: Station Building, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban Tel: +27 (0)31 583 2700 E-mail: admin@tysonprop.co.za Website: www.tysonprop.co.za CHRIS TYSON's interest in the property industry started from an early age as his family comes from a property background. Tyson said, "My father had a construction company. My mother was an agent for many years and owned her own agency. I can remember going to property viewings with her as a small boy." In 2001, his own real estate career started as an agent for a small agency in Durban. He then moved to a larger agency, where he built his initial Tyson Properties team. In 2005, the first Tyson Properties office was opened in Durban. Over the past year, Tyson Properties has consolidated its presence in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng markets and now has 31 offices. Going forward, Tyson Properties is expected to continue as a leader in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial property sector and grow the group's national footprint. In Gauteng, Tyson Properties have extended its footprint drastically and opened a new flagship office in Dunkeld West to accommodate its growth into the Sandton and Parks areas. Tyson Properties is also in negotiations to open its third office in Johannesburg later this year. In addition to marketing residential, commercial and rental properties, Tyson Properties has expanded its service offering to include a property management division that specialises in the administration of a number of exclusive properties and sectional title developments. Although there are many influences on a business success. Tyson says that that it has become a business owner's responsibility to make sure that their business is sustainable by constantly challenging the norm and striving for change and excellence. "Often doing new things means cutting existing budgets to achieve this. We do, however, see this as an advantage and have always used tough times to grow the company to position ourselves better for upturns in the marketplace. One either has to have reserves to ensure sustainability or work within a budget that creates reserves. This however can stunt the growth of a company," says Tyson. Part of ensuring sustainability is apparent in his leadership style, which he says is very relaxed. However, says Tyson, "I expect a lot but also give a lot in return. I look at every employee as a partner." "I also believe that I'm very inclusive and involve the team in driving projects and campaigns. I have always tried to balance the work environment, making it fair for both the agent and the company. This is achieved by supporting my internal team and building partnerships with outsourced agencies such as our marketing agency and public relations consultant." One of the business development advances that is extremely close to his heart is in the development of the newly formed After Sales Division. This division will deal with every aspect of the sale, from the date the sale agreement is signed, to the day that the property transfers, and beyond. "With the increase of first time buyers coming into the market we feel we can add real value here, ensuring that our clients receive the best possible advice and guidance," commented Tyson. Tyson is also committed to giving back to the community, which he says, "is very much a part of who I am and something I am passionate about". Before branching out into real estate, his early working career was for a large non-profit organisation. Consequently, each of the Tyson branches has their own social responsibility projects in their areas. Tyson Properties is also working hard at developing a group initiative. When not at work, Tyson spends time with his family to ensure that his own life is balanced. He concluded, "My personal life is very important to me and I make sure I balance it. I am married and have a son of four and a half years. We are a very homely family and we love to travel. We also enjoy the outdoors and keeping fit."Full Name of Company: Tyson Properties Nature of Business: Real Estate Services / Products: Purchase, Sale and Renting of Property Date Established: August 2005 Customer Base: Property Buyers and Sellers, Landlords and Tenants KEY PERSONNEL Founder and CEO: Chris Tyson CONTACT DETAILS KZN HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: Station Building, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban Tel: +27 (0)31 583 2700 E-mail: admin@tysonprop.co.za Website: www.tysonprop.co.za Up Back to Top Business Leaders Home Add Your Business Up Home About Us KZN Business Chambers Rewards Partners Editors NOTE KZN Top Business - Publishers notes - KZN Top Business Leaders - Launch 2024 Menu KZN Business Leaders Business Women Fyonn Kane Collection 2019 2022 Supertech Collection Top Business Women 2024 VIP Invite Awards Nominate TBW 2024 KZN Business Gurus News Bookshelf Shop On-line Events Contact The Team Top Business Portfolio Full Name of Company: Tyson Properties Nature of Business: Real Estate Services / Products: Purchase, Sale and Renting of Property Date Established: August 2005 Customer Base: Property Buyers and Sellers, Landlords and Tenants KEY PERSONNEL Founder and CEO: Chris Tyson CONTACT DETAILS KZN HEAD OFFICE Physical Address: Station Building, Lion Match Office Park, 892 Umgeni Road, Durban Tel: +27 (0)31 583 2700 E-mail: admin@tysonprop.co.za Website: www.tysonprop.co.za Still a proudly KwaZulu-Natal brand but with an ever-expanding national footprint, Tyson Properties continues to be a trailblazer in South Africa’s somewhat turbulent property sector. Every year, the company has exceeded its forecasts, grown its footprint and increased its market share and service offering. It takes a special company to not only navigate a global recession in 2008 and but also a two-year pandemic and ongoing national energy and economic challenges only to emerge stronger and better year on year. Interest rates plunged to the lowest levels in 2020 and then steadily climbed, placing the property market under stress. Dynamic and flexible, the Tyson Properties team persevered and proved to be the perfect guide for buyers and sellers. Building a company on a sound foundation is what founder and CEO, Chris Tyson, set out to do in 2005 and strong professionalism, intuitive knowledge of its markets and solid relationships have seen the company thrive. Setting up that first office in Morningside together with business partner Gavin Cunningham and a staff of just six now seems to be a long way away. After the 2015 opening of its offices in Gauteng and the Western Cape, Tyson Properties experienced an aggressive growth spurt across these three provinces as the company began to build strong market share within a very short space of time. By 2021, Tyson Properties had registered its best ever growth year during the most difficult of times with turnover having grown by 25 percent. In 2022, Tyson Property Holdings was created to support and grow the group’s regional operations. Tyson Properties is now double the size it was when Tyson took the plunge and decided to go national nine years ago. “I can still remember agonising over whether to expand nationally. We had 18 offices in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) at the time. We actually opened Cape Town and Johannesburg simultaneously. There are now six offices in Gauteng and seven in the Western Cape with a staff complement of 450 members nationally,” he says. Tyson Properties opened in East London two years ago and the company now plans to extend its reach still further. “We’ve done exceptionally well and feel that the time is now right for us to move into other areas,” he adds. Despite a subdued economy, Tyson Properties registered growth throughout 2023, adding three new offices in Somerset West, Overstrand (Betty’s Bay, Kleinmond and Pringle Bay) and Pietermaritzburg and welcoming 30 new agents in Gauteng. Throughout, the company has embraced change and moved with the times. Tyson’s approach is to spot the often-unexpected opportunities in different parts of the market as it evolves. Tyson Properties is hitting the hotspots in the Western Cape with Cape Town itself as well as towns such as Somerset West and Paarl proving extremely popular. Johannesburg remains the economic hub of the country and is the property market that never sleeps. “Believe it or not, there are more people moving to Johannesburg every year than any other area in South Africa. So, it’s a massive market with a lot of entry-level buyers. While market conditions in and around Joburg remain under pressure, there are still a lot of deals being done,” he says. Turning to his home province, Tyson says KZN remains both one of the most resilient and stable markets in the country. “The province has a lot to offer and property prices are still a lot more affordable than in other parts of South Africa. This, coupled with great weather, infrastructure and some really good schools makes KZN a great area in which to invest,” he observes. Ballito is a hotspot right now. “That once-small coastal town is now abuzz with shopping centres, excellent government and private schools and development. While still giving the locals a feel of a coastal town, it has also become an area of choice for working in Johannesburg and living on the coast. The airport is only a 15-minute drive away and it’s a quick flight,” Tyson says. But activity is not confined to the coast and Tyson says that there is a very real resurgence in the Midlands with areas such as Howick and Nottingham Road doing exceptionally well. No matter where the change or what the new trend, he is confident that Tyson Properties will never be far away. As one of KZN (and the country’s) most iconic property brands, it has matured into a company that will always be a leader rather than a follower and one of which he can be proud. More About the CEO Chris Tyson Meet the CEO











