Eskom 2016 BIC Catalogue

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Eskom Business Investment Competition 2016

Our goal when we established the Eskom Business Investment Competition in 2008 was to spark a lot of activity in the small business environment and stimulate economic development through the creation of jobs. We have seen many small enterprises over the years, some of whom have gone on to achieve great things.

As owners of small businesses, you have taken the most impor tant first steps and are working tirelessly to realise your dreams. As Eskom, we share your enthusiasm and want to see you succeed so you can change not only your life but those of people in your community as well.

While we have made some progress in advancing the small business industry, a lot still needs to be done. Economic development can never be truly realised until a majority of South Africans get economically active and contribute to growing the economy. And that is where you, as business owners come in - you help facilitate that change towards a better future. The Eskom Business Investment Competition is simply one small way that Eskom is contributing to the kind of stimulation that our economy so badly needs. As you would’ve seen by now, being an entrepreneur is not easy. Your path is filled with many different challenges and sometimes giving up seems to be the best option. For

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the ninth annual Eskom Business Investment Competition Awards.

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having sustained your business for more than two years, you have proven to yourself that you have the courage and determination to go the distance and be successful. You have triumphed, overcome obstacles and will continue to do so as you seize all oppor tunities to take your business to the next level.

We are here to recognise you for all your hard work and to remind you of the impor tant contribution you are making towards growing our economy. I hope that par ticipating in this competition has given you renewed energy to go back and take your business to higher levels. Cecil Ramonotsi

Acting Chief Executive Officer : Eskom Development Foundation

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About the Eskom Business

Investment Competition

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Entrepreneurship has been identif ied as one of the ingredients vital to South Africa’s economic growth. Sadly South Africa has one of lowest number of entrepreneurs among its population when compared to other developing countries. Research shows that small businesses contribute substantially to job creation in South Africa. However, entrepreneurship requires vision, tenacity and a commitment to make one’s dream a reality. Small business owners face insurmountable odds and have to rise above their circumstances, many strive against adversity to realise their dreams of generating an income for their families and employment in their local communities.

Now in its ninth year, the Eskom Business Investment Competition aims to recognise, reward and develop these brave small business owners as par t of the Eskom Development Foundation’s on-going CSI enterprise development programme.

The competition is open to small and medium sized black-owned enterprises in South Africa and aims to open up oppor tunities for growth and exposure to a

wider market. For this year, there is R1.3 million wor th of prizes up for grabs that the winners can use to take their companies to the next level.

As par t of their prizes, all f inalists have the oppor tunity to exhibit their businesses at the Small Business Expo from 8 to 10 September 2015 at the Ticketpro Dome in Nor thriding.

The three-day expo provides small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) with a versatile marketing platform from which to build brand awareness, interact with potential customers and investors as well as to generate media coverage. Like the competition, the Small Business Expo, is dedicated to developing entrepreneurship in South Africa.

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Competition

Adjudicators

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Competition

Adjudicators

Dr Alfred KgasiSenior Manager for Business Development: Agricultural Research Council

Dr Alfred Kgasi is responsible for external income generation, new market development and stakeholder relations. He has vast experience in sales/marketing, business development and general management in both domestic and international markets. He has also occupied several senior management positions in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry and research organisations, where he has contributed significantly to the growth and positioning of those businesses. Dr Kgasi is a qualified veterinarian by profession and holds a Master of Business Leadership degree (MBL) from the University of South Africa. He has also done a Programme in Business Management at UNISA and a Leadership Development Programme (LDP) with the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science.

Agriculture & Agro-processing adjudicator

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Andile NtingiCEO and Co-founder : GetBiz

GetBiz is an e-procurement and a tender notification service, which also provides insightful business news and information to its subscribers and users. While GetBiz in the main is a tender notification platform that helps tender seekers (suppliers) to find tenders in their sectors and regions, its ultimate goal is to help entrepreneurs and SMME owners grow their wealth through linking them to business opportunities in the areas of procurement, franchising and funding.

Andile is a media practitioner with 15 years’ experience with a focus on business and economic journalism. He started his career at state-owned broadcaster SABC in 2000 as an Online Content Editor after completing an honours degree in economics from Rhodes University (Grahamstown) in 1999.

In 2001, he joined Thomson Reuters on a training contract as an equities reporter, where he learnt financial journalism. In the years that followed he worked as a financial PR consultant, an economics reporter, deputy business editor and head of corporate affairs in various corporate and media companies.

He launched GetBiz in September 2014.


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Shakira Amod CA (SA)Economist , researcher and managing director : Nascence Advisory & Research

Shakira was born in Durban and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. Shakira graduated from the University of Johannesburg in 2011, where she received her B.Com (Accounting) with cum laude and B.Com Hons (Accounting).

After graduation, Shakira joined Eskom Holdings as a Chartered Accountant trainee. In December 2014, she qualified as a Chartered Accountant after completion of her articles. Shakira now serves as a Senior Advisor in Accounting within Eskom Enterprises, a subsidiary of Eskom Holdings.


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Steph PrinslooProgramme Manager for Enterprise Development portfolio: Eskom Development Foundation (NPC)

Steph Prinsloo has been with Eskom for the past 28 years and has worked mainly in the project management environment. His main focus is the Eskom Contractors’ Academy which is a flagship programme of the Foundation.

The programme is in its ninth year of implementation and has successfully trained 991 contractors to date.

Steph holds an M.Comm (Project Leadership and Management) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Engineering & Construction adjudicator

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Jabulani VilakaziFinancial Accounting and Compliance Manager : Eskom

Jabulani Vilakazi currently works as a Financial Accounting and Compliance Manager at Eskom. He has been with Eskom for 10 years and during his time there has worked his way up through the organisation.

He completed a B.Comm Accounting degree through the University of Zululand in 2002. He is currently studying towards a certificate in Certified Theory in Accounting through the University of South Africa.


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Karabo LepoteBrand and Marketing Communications Strategist

Brand and Marketing Communications Strategist, Karabo Lepote is a self-proclaimed ‘Mad-Scientist’ of communications with ‘special powers’ to reduce sophisticated problems into small, manageable solutions.

With a career spanning over 10 years, starting in events and PR, Karabo’s never ending curiosity and keen interest in consumer behaviour led him to explore other aspects of Marketing Communications and Brand Development.

His career has seen him cover an array of industries, serving various brands in PR, Brand and Marketing Strategy. He recently left his employment as the Head of Marketing and Communications for Globaltrack to pursue his focus in Brand Strategy; particularly serving SMALL and MEDIUM enterprises with growth potential in order to facilitate their evolutionary growth.

Being a student of economics, he knows that the way to move South Africa towards its developmental goals is through developing and growing small businesses; and he has now dedicated his career to get his hands dirty.


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Xolani MevaExecutive Manager, Lending: Royal Fields Finance

Xolani has over 10 years’ experience in SMME funding and development and has gained invaluable knowledge in various businesses and industries.

Xolani spent over nine years at Business Partners where he served in various senior managerial roles including Portfolio Manager, Area Manager, Regional Manager, Chief Operating Officer (of a Fund), and a National Business Development Manager.Xolani’s working career began with him doing articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Incorporated in 1999. In 2002 he joined as a Financial Planner at South African Breweries (Presently SABMiller) for two years.

He holds a B.Compt degree, a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA), and an Honours B.Compt.

Manufacturing adjudicator

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Simon MtsukiOwner of SGM Motivations PTY LTD

Ever since he was a young man, Simon Mtsuki has been known as Mr. Big Mouth. He was famous for butting into old people’s discussions, disrupting classes and back-chatting teachers.

After being expelled at a private Christian school, Simon decided to put his mouth to good use.

• He founded his motivational company after winning his first ever speech competition in 2005.

• His company, SGM Motivations PTY LTD, has youth and student development programmes and works with companies like Investec, Ernst and Young and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, through these partnerships, he works in eight provinces in the country.

• He holds a B.Comm Accounting degree from Wits University.

• He has also Co-Authored 4 Life Orientation textbooks, for Grade 7-9 and 11, published by Oxford University Press.

• In 2016, Simon published a book titled the Road to Varsity, which is aimed at helping students make the transition from high school to tertiary education.


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Thirubalan PillayFinance Manager : Eskom’s Strategic Functions

Thirubalan Pillay has over 17 years of finance and project management experience with Eskom Holdings. He completed a B.Comm degree through the University of KwaZulu-Natal and later completed an Honours B.Compt degree through the University of South Africa. He serves as a member of the Eskom Development Foundation’s Investment and donations committee.

His passion in life amongst others, is to use his skill set to assist young businesses to grow and become sustainable, thereby creating more jobs and uplifting more lives.

As an adjudicator in the Eskom Business Investment Competition, Thirubalan enjoys witnessing the passion, dedication and enthusiasm of young entrepreneurs and finds their entrepreneurial flair inspiring.


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Tshepo PhakathiCEO: Phakathi Holdings

Tshepo Phakathi is at heart a workaholic determined to solve the problem of unemployment in South Africa.

Phakathi Holdings has grown from Phakathi Capital, a corporate finance advisory company established by Phakathi as a teenager. Then in 2006 he expanded his advisory company to include a number of his family’s interests and soon enough the company was functioning as an incubator for smaller family-owned businesses. Since then it has grown from strength to strength with a presence in transport, education, finance and IT.

Phakathi then set up Kaello Business Hub, a mentorship hub that offers advice and mentorship to small businesses and budding entrepreneurs and covers everything from writing business plans to guidelines on how to tender for government business. Phakathi studied banking at the University of Johannesburg at the age of 16 and has a BCom in Economics through Unisa and an MBA at GIBS.

Trade & Services adjudicator

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Derik de KlerkMiddle Manager Finance: Eskom

Derik mainly looks after Eskom’s non-core subsidiaries. He joined Eskom in February 2006 as a Senior Accountant.


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Xhanti PayiEconomist , researcher and managing director : Nascence Advisory & Research

Xhanti Payi’s Nascence Advisory & Research is a firm that provides consulting and research services to a wide variety of clients through fresh thinking and co-creating solutions.

Payi is also a regular contributor to local and international publications, including the Financial Times and the Business Day.Educated at the University of Cape Town and University of London, he has worked at leading financial institutions, including Investec Bank, Stanlib Asset Management and Standard Bank.

Xhanti is also a well sought speaker in the local circuit and international media from his experience in broadcasting and views on economics and current affairs.


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External Auditors: PSTM Consulting

The Eskom Development Foundation is very grateful to have been offered the free auditing services from PSTM Consulting.

The team members were:

Lerato Ngcobo

Nomza Khathi

Thabang Moema

Mologadi (Precious) Kgasago

Zwivhuya Silima

Auditors

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Manufacturing

Agriculture &

Agro-processing

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Construction

Trade & Services

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Thirty year old qualified accountant, Reggie Mkhize, started his business, SMkhize & Associates in 2013. The Brakpan-based (Johannesburg) company with eight employees buys chicks from hatcheries and grows them for six weeks before selling them to formal (hospitals, restaurants, catering companies) and informal sectors (individuals and people buying to resell). Reggie also trains both aspiring and existing chicken farmers and also offers them a three month mentorship programme.

Cell: 073 008 9685 Email: [email protected]

SMkhize & Associates JohannesburgWinner

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Thathel Agriculture is an egg farm based in the Free State town of Frankfort, and in addition to its produce, breeds lions and other wild animals for conservation.

Cell: 082 887 8134Email: [email protected]

Thatel Agriculture Frankfort1st Runner Up

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Vhu-Matshelo Crop Farming Primary Co-Operative is a youth-owned agricultural initiative based in the Makhado District in Limpopo, and specialises in carrots and cabbage.

Tel: 078 764 7286 Email: [email protected]

Vhu-Matshelo Crop Farming Primary Co-operative Makhado 2nd Runner Up

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Dominick Nebonde decided to follow in his grandmother’s footsteps and started a chicken farm. As a child he learned all the tricks of the trade from his grandmother. This was therefore a logical business for him to start.

He started the farm in Makhado in Limpopo with a R350 000 loan that was granted to him and his business partner. The business was registered in 2010. Snow Chicken started with 1040 chickens, and supplies the local community with eggs and chickens.

In addition to farming chickens, the business expanded with a spinach plantation. Dominick’s partner is a skilled crop farmer and the combination of the partners’ skills has helped bring success to the farm.

The business has six permanent employees, however, Dominick’s biggest dream is to employ more of the younger members of his community.


Snow Chicken and AgriculturalMakhado

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Dimkale Farming Enterprise was started in 1971 but only registered as an operating business in 2008. The family business farms both Bonsmara and Nguni cows, which they sell to commercial farmers (primarily black) as well as at auctions. They also sell breeding bulls and females to farmers. With six employees, they currently farm on a 2400 hectare land in Kuruman (Northern Cape), and boast an 85% fertility rate and a four percent mortality rate.


Dimkale Farming Enterprise Kuruman

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Gershom Buys established his business, G E Buys Farming & Projects in 2009. The Makhado-based company produces purple garlic and butternuts and occasionally, maize, tomatoes and chillies. The company has four employees and they supply their produce to the Port Natal Durban market, Johannesburg City Deep and local supermarkets like Spar and Shoprite as well as private individuals.


G E Buys Farming & ProjectsMakhado

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Khepri Innovations was founded by Bandile Dlabantu in 2014. The company converts organic waste using insects in order to produce animal feed proteins. Bandile noticed a problem with waste management in his area when an abattoir owner kept polluting the area and making people sick. After doing some research, Bandile seized the opportunity and started his company. Now with four employees, their customers include animal feed manufacturers, feed lots and pet food manufacturers. Khepri provides a solution to two problems, the rising cost of animal feed and pollution.


Khepri Innovations (Pty) LtdJohannesburg

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De-Neasha Topkin started her farming business when she inherited land from her family. La Familia Farming and Projects was registered in 2013 and specialises in planting and selling various kinds of vegetables including potatoes, beetroot, carrots etc. Based in Xhariep in the Free State, the company has four employees and supplies to informal markets in Kimberley, Bloemfontein and other local towns.


La Familia Farming and Projects Xhariep

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Mabogo Dinku Agricultural Primary Cooperative was established in 2009 by 25 unemployed women but due to lack of income many left and today only five remain. The farming cooperative plants maize and vegetables (spinach, beetroot, sweet potato, tomato, green pepper, florida mustard, okra etc.) The farming cooperative is based in Brits, North West and they supply to the community of Letlhabile, primary schools, Spar supermarket, Tshwane Market and Mogwase Market.


Mabogo Dinku Agricultural Primary Co-operative Brits

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Krout Sprout is a family co-operative based in Hiltonia in the south of Johannesburg. The business, which was established in 2009, employs three people and 10 seasonal workers and focuses on hydroponic vegetable farming, producing mainly red, yellow and green peppers and coriander.


Krout Sprout Johannesburg

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Reaiteka Chicken Farm Primary Co-operative Limited was established in 2012 to help curb the incidence of food poverty in the community of Kuruman, Northern Cape.


Reaiteka Chicken Farm Primary Co-operative Ltd Kuruman

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Lamo Solar was established in 2012 while co-founder and CEO, Tshibvumo Sikhwivhilu was completing his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at the Wits University. The company provides renewable energy and specialises in solar photovoltaic (pv) solutions. They use panels and solar geysers and service clients that include homeowners, businesses and off grid rural communities. Based in Fourways, (Johannesburg), the company has four permanent and six part time employees.


Lamo Solar JohannesburgWinner

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Port Elizabeth-based LAN Telecoms specialises in optic fibre, radio frequency network safety, radio frequency awareness training and measurements. Established in 2013 by managing director, Anda Maqanda, the company with 45 employees mainly services businesses operating in the telecoms/mobile networks such as Telkom and Vodacom.


LAN Telecoms

Port Elizabeth1st Runner Up

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LAN Telecoms

Tshwane-based Oakantswe Construction and Projects was established in 2010. The company provides electrical services including installations and maintenance. They cater mainly to property developers, government and the private sector. The company specialises in electrical building installations and maintenance, mini substations, minor and major reticulation, street lights etc. Now with seven employees, Tebogo Moloi’s company got its first job at the Polokwane municipality to electrify houses. Soon after, they got their CIDB grading 3.


Oakantswe Construction and Projects Tshwane2nd Runner Up

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Lesiba Molokoana started his business, Baloki Company, in 2012 after losing his job and working for a short while with his father, providing electrical services to their community. The company is based in Mahwelereng, near Polokwane and provides electrical services, plumbing, welding, refrigeration (air conditioners, fridges, cool rooms etc.). They also buy, sell, and lease fridges. With five employees, their clients mostly include households and businesses in and around Mahwelereng.


Baloki Company

Mahwelereng

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Based in Roodeport, Irene Thembo’s company, GF Trading, focuses on painting, installing wall papers, tiling, blinds, ceilings as well as their maintenance. Established in 2013, their work involves transforming these things and making them better. They also recently started measuring, designing and installing fitted kitchens and built-in cupboards. With 11 permanent and six casual employees, the company’s biggest clients include Group 5, Aveng, Egoli Gas etc. and they occasionally get small residential clients.


GF Trading

Roodeport

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Kopa Kgori Electrical Engineering and pr offers electrician services to the community of Mokgola (North West). Kgomotso Comfort Kgori started the company in 2013 and currently employs seven people. As an added service to the community, the company also sells electrical appliances.


Kopa Kgori Electrical Engineering and PR Mokgola

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MFI Data & Networking Solutions is a 100% black, female-owned close corporation operating as a family business. The business provides Information Communication Technology (ICT) services to its customers across the Western Cape as well as in other parts of the country. Their core services include networking and diagnostics, setting up of IT infrastructure (data, voice and wireless cabling) within SOHO (Small Office Home Office), single building, large office, warehouse, retail stores and campus environments.


MFI Data & Networking SolutionsCape Town

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Lighthouse Engineering Services was established in 2012 by Mzwandile Shezi. Based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, the company does engineering inspections and specialises in none destructive testing. They evaluate or test materials (steel, plastic) without destroying it so it can easily continue operation. With four employees, their clients include industrial end users such as power generation, petro chemicals, bulk materials handling equipment, smelters and pulp and paper industry.


Lighthouse Engineering ServicesRichards Bay

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After working for 12 years in the mining sector, as a planned maintenance officer managing relationships with suppliers, Lucky Moabi saw a gap for black companies to provide the same services. He then established ML Fluid Power & Engineering in 2012 in Rustenburg, North West. With 14 employees, the company deals with refurbishment and manufacturing of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, repairs of pumps and motors across a number of markets.


ML Fluid Power & EngineeringRustenburg

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The 12 Ways Trading and Administration is a stationary manufacturing company based in Ermelo. It was founded five years ago by Lindelani Xhanti and employs two permanent staff members.


The 12 Ways Trading and AdministrationErmelo

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Based in Eersteriver in Cape Town, Luriway offers rooftop cleaning and waterproofing services for residential and commercial properties. Established in 2010, the company has been awarded the contracts for Liberty Promenade Shopping Mall in Mitchells Plain, SATAWU House in Salt River and another recent tender in East London, to mention a few.


Luriway (Pty) Ltd

Cape Town

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The services of Makapela Engineers & Project Managers which, is located in Port Elizabeth, include the design and project management of civil engineering and building projects.

Cell: 0723905211 Email: [email protected]

Makapela Engineers and Project ManagersPort Elizabeth

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Pretoria-based Monalebo Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd special-ises in non-destructive testing, rope access and scaffolding as well as telecommunications rail constructing and maintenance. After noticing a gap in this industry for black players, managing director, Gabriel Sebothoma, decided to start this business, which now has 15 employees.


MES

Pretoria

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Likuye Investments is a youth-owned engineering and construction company which hails from Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal, with new offices in Parktown, Johannesburg. The firm was established in 2014.


Likhuye Investments (Pty) LtdUmlazi

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Ricinz Construction is a woman-owned construction company based in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal and is in many respects, a World Cup entrepreneurship success story.


Ricinz Construction ccStanger

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Operating from its base at Hout Bay Harbour in Cape Town, Baymar is one of a few black-owned sea-vessel repair and maintenance businesses. The company was established by Timothy Jacobs in 2005.

Cell: 0833904966Email: [email protected]

Baymar

Hout Bay

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Based in Port Elizabeth, Golden Bulb Electrical is an electrical maintenance and installation company which was founded in 2008, by Ntobeko Mabongo. The company services both residential homes and large companies.


Golden BulbPort Elizabeth

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LydenburgOverall Winner (Manufacturing)

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Manufacturing

Nomcebo Printers

Nomcebo Sibyanyoni’s Nomcebo Printers is the only black-owned printing company in Mpumalanga, which services the local mining industry. The company’s portfolio of services includes graphic design, printing, heat press and manufacturing of branded log and invoice books.


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Siya Sibiya’s company, Metal Products is a general fabrication company, working with steel, aluminium and stainless steel.


Metal Products

DurbanWinner

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Cape Town1st Runner Up

In 2007, Farouk Shaik identified a need for an alternative manhole cover due to the theft of metal manhole covers and this gave birth to National Manhole Covers.

The company manufactures SABS approved manhole covers made from polymer concrete as well as customised table tops and tiles. The award-winning company has 26 loyal employees and their clients include construction companies, municipalities as well as corporates in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.


National Manhole Covers

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Port Elizabeth2nd Runner Up

Lazola Nxele started LBN Hygiene in 2012 to manufacture a variety of household detergents as well as hygiene equipment. The Port Elizabeth-based business currently employs five permanent staff members and can produce 432 000 litres of each product monthly.


LBN Hygiene Solutions

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Agnisito Trading & Projects manufactures linen in Mogwase, a small town close to Rustenburg. The company employs four permanent staff members, whom the owner, Agnes Mosito, trains. The business was founded six years ago.


Agnisito Trading and ProjectsMogwase

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Starde, which is based in Midrand, Johannesburg, manufactures hair colourants specifically for natural hair like dreadlocks. Their product is sold in more than 33 retail outlets including independent retailers like Sweet Pennies, Nekesha Cosmetics, House of Cosmetics and other hair salon owners. The company has 14 employees and has been in operation since 2012.


Starde

Johannesburg

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Brite Wave Cleaning Products and Services is a factory that manufactures a range of 35 different cleaning products in East London. The business was started in 2008 by Portia Mncono and now has 30 staff members. They will open another branch in Grahamstown before the end of 2016.


Brite Wave Cleaning Products & ServicesEast London

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Govern Lethae started his own fashion studio, Govern Lethae Fashion Studio cc, in 2007 in Bloemfontein. A passionate maker of clothes from a young age, Govern manufactures a range of clothing for all occasions. He designs t-shirts, denims, semi-formal and formal clothing for his ever-growing clientele. His studio employs four permanent and eight temporary employees.


Govern Lethae Fashion Studio ccBloemfontein

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Botshelo Creative Solutions was established in 2005 by its managing director, Boitumelo Mogwera. The company designs and manufactures events-related décor and fashion accessories and also does events management. With only two employees, the company manages to juggle between producing accessories as well as running successful events. They collaborate with fashion shows, stylists and make-up artists to push their events products and services.


Botshelo Creative SolutionsPretoria

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A woman-owned enterprise, Home Classic Décor is based in Pretoria and manufactures unique and often custom-made aluminium windows and doors. While Owner Neo Tshehla’s workshop is still home-backyard- based, her company has a showroom which is used to market the niche products to home owners, architects and property developers who appreciate the unique products’ aesthetic.


Home Classic Décor

Pretoria

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S.A.K.M manufactures a variety of school clothing. The Tshwane-based company was founded in 2010 by Granny Mabitsela and has seven employees. Granny trains members of the community to be skilled in the trade of sewing and offers some of them employment. The company currently has seven permanent employees..


S.A.K.M. Saulsville, Atteridgeville and Kopanang Manufacturers

Pretoria

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Located in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, Lungisupreme Brands SA is a proudly home grown food manufacturing business, with two products already launched to market: Mineral Mellow flavoured bottled water and Sunpheka cooking oil small bottles and sachets.


Lungisupreme Brands SAPort Elizabeth

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After completing her studies at Boston Media House in 2009, Obakeng Malope stayed for six months without a job. She then decided to start her own company and Maalkop Trading and Projects was born in 2010 as a t-shirt printing company. With three employees, the Johannesburg-based company buys quality plain t-shirts, prints their logo on them and sells them as a fashion statement. As the business and their brand grow, they plan to venture into pants, hoodies, caps, and other fashion gear.


Maalkop Trading and Projects ccJohannesburg

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Fadimeha Business Developers is a Tshwane-based one-man operation that manufactures household cleaning detergents under two brands, Hlweko and Splasha. The company has a total of 15 products, which include gel, dishwashing liquid, multipurpose, bleach, fabric softener, foam bath, powder soap etc. Owner and Director, Teboho Mooko, quit his banking job in 2011 to start the business three years later in 2014. Teboho markets his products through social media and sells directly to his customers.


Fadimeha Business DevelopersPretoria

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Based in Bloemfontein, Mpeake Creations manufactures trailers and customised metal works. The company was established in 2012, by Tyson Mpeake, and they specialise in front-end welding, trailers and custom metal works. While they do fabrication and ship a few large orders for customers, they are known for their custom-made projects, which include unique business signs, I-beam slabs, huge tank piping and customised trailers. With six employees, their customers include caterers and companies of varying sizes.


Mpeake Creations

Bloemfontein

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Mining engineer, Thami Lugalo, identified the need for dust suppression after working in mining for a while. He realised that dust is a problem for the environment and people’s health and started his own company, Kuka Technologies in 2014. Based in Rustenburg, the company manufactures a dust suppression machine called Dusdown Fogger. The machine is targeted at mining companies, construction, agricultural and engineering houses. Thami’s prototype was completed in September 2015, from his own backyard and he is currently hard at work marketing it to potential buyers.


Kuka Technology (Pty) LtdRustenburg

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Stylish Wood was established in 2008 by Cecilia Mbombi, who was following her passion for furniture design. With nine employees, they make kitchen, office, and bedroom furniture and their clients include Lonmin Mine and Gomolemo Construction Company as well as individuals.


Stylish Wood

Brits

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Lucia Molefe’s Mokgalaka Creations and Projects was established in 2006 and specialises in baking cakes for all occasions including weddings, birthday parties, graduation parties, baby showers, bridal showers etc. The company, which has two full time and two part time employees, operates from Lucia’s house in Oakdene, Johannesburg. They also do catering for any occasion including government and corporate functions.


Mokgalaka Creations and ProjectsJohannesburg

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Rosetta Design designs and manufactures a range of handmade leather shoes. This business is based in Bloemfontein in the Free State. Rosetta was founded seven years ago by Mr C. Rampai and now employs seven permanent people. With the help of their Mozambican tutor and mentor, they have grown substantially,and plan to open their own factory in the near future.

The company designs and manufactures shoes for men, women and children, and caters for the needs of all size shoes. Increasing their production time is one of Mr Rampai’s biggest visions for the immediate future.


Roseta Designs

Bloemfontein

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Midrand-based YamamaGemmer was established in 2011 when co-owner Mosibudi Makgato decided to implement an idea she had gotten from her mother. The company manufactures traditional homemade ginger beer. They started in a backroom and moved to a factory in October 2015 due to demand and now have five employees. They also opened their retail store in January 2016. The company works on a distribution model where the majority of their distributors are cake shop owners. They also have individual customers.


Yamama GemmerMidrand

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Stone Décor is a manufacturer and installer of concrete products, including wall cladding, cobblestones, tables and benches, pillars, and is based in Secunda, Mpumalanga. Stone Décor is looking to include the more affordable brick products to increase its market share amongst the lower-end property owners and developers.


Stone Décor

Secunda

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Midrand-based Marple Skin Care was started in 2013 and manufactures 15 natural skin care products that have been dermatologically tested. Their products address specific skin problems such as aging, oily, sensitive and hypersensitive skins. With three employees, the company is working with the CSIR to further develop their products which they sell mostly online, on Takealot.com and Amazon.com. They also operate a day and night spa called Sereno, where clients can experience their skin products as well.


Marple Skin Care

Midrand

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In 2012, chemist Phineas Letsoalo, then employed by Anglo American, registered his flux manufacturing business called Purechem. Purechem is a flux manufacturing company based in Gauteng supplying its tailor-made flux to the mining industry.


Purechem

Johannesburg

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Uvimba Energy & Securities recycles used motor oil and resells this product as an alternative source of energy for big companies. In addition, Uvimba consults with corporates on their energy efficiency audits.


Uvimba Energy & SecuritiesPort Elizabeth

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Wilhie’s Canvas Industries manufactures a variety of canvas products, from bakkie and truck covers to lapa blinds, from camping chairs and tents to men’s suit covers. To owner Bokoa Theka’s credit, she is the sole supplier of men’s suit covers for the Zion Christian Church in South Africa.


Wilhie’s Canvas IndustriesPretoria

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A 100% black-owned company based in Mashamba village in Makhado (Limpopo), Montana General Trading specialises in waste management and recycling. They collect waste and recyclable material at malls, schools and dumping areas. They also manufacture 3-legged aluminium potjie pots using aluminium scrap from cold drink cans, perfume cans and vehicle parts, which they lease and sell to schools and nutritional programmes. With 21 employees, the company has amongst its clients, Petco and Plastico (plastic containers), Consol (bottles) and Prasa (newspapers and cardboard boxes).


Montana General Trading 175Makhado

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Makoya Spice n Mor was established in 2005 by BSc graduate Fanyana Mnisi. The company produces their own spice blends for chicken and fish coating. With two permanent and ten part-time agents, they have managed to establish a solid customer base for their household, easily recognisable and desired brand. Currently operating from home, the company is aiming to move into the formal environment, by first getting South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) certification, which would help them gain entry into the retail space.


Makoya Spice and Mor’Johannesburg

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While doing her MBA, Mmachidi Thobejane came up with a business plan that was so good, she decided to implement it. In January 2013, her business, Leaner Greener Fleet, was registered and started operating in Parktown, Johannesburg (with their plant based in Alberton). The Johannesburg-based company provides renewable fuel solutions in the form of biodiesel. They manufacture the biodiesel from used cooking oil (Palm, Canola and Sunflower oil) and also provide used cooking oil collection services. With five employees, their clients include Cambridge Foods, Fishaways, Ingwe Shipping and Hetties Transport.

Tel: 072 523 2551Email: [email protected]

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The Golden Goose Catering and Cake Décor was started by Rethabile Gladys Maimane in 2003, who had decided to turn her love for cooking into a business. Based in Welkom, Free State, the company provides catering at weddings, birthday parties and other social occasions. With her three employees, Rethabile also does baking and décor and they produce their own sorghum soft porridge drink, which has been tested by both the CSIR and the SABS. The drink is sold to retail outlets, supermarkets, shops in their neighbourhood and individuals.


The Golden Goose Catering and Cake DecorWelkomWinner

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The Golden Goose Catering and Cake Decor

Second Office has been in business for six years and employs six permanent staff members. The business rents out office space and secretarial services to clients. Established by Sibongile Booi in 2010, the company is based in East London (Eastern Cape).


Second Office

East London1st Runner Up

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Cape Town2nd Runner Up

Unemployed at the age of 42, Christopher Mathobie decided to take his future into his own hands. He started Blast 24/7, a 100% black-owned company that provides shot blasting and coating services (corrosion protection) to a broad scope of engineering and marine companies since 2006. The company has seven permanent and eight temporary employees. Their client base is mostly marine, oil and gas, engineering companies executing projects with tight deadlines.


Blast 24/7

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Blast 24/7

Mtimposo facilitates the training of informal traders on small enterprise development, how to cook, safety precautions, hygiene, health and general basics of running a business in the food industry. The company, owned by Ouma Tsagae, has partnered with various Sector Education Training Authorities (SETAs) and local governments around the country to provide youth with career guidance and empower women in business skills through mentoring and coaching.


Mtimposo

Dube (Soweto)

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Marumo Green Projects provides cleaning and recycling services in Burgersfort, Limpopo. They clean malls/shopping centres and casinos in the area. They also do recycling for Dilokong Hospital, Kgetlane Lodge and the greater town of Burgersfort. They also collect recyclable material including plastic bottles, clear plastic, carry bag plastics, boxes, cans and glass bottles. The company was started in 2013 and has 29 employees (15 for cleaning and 14 for recycling).


Marumo Green ProjectsBurgersfort

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Based in Benoni, The Promotions Guru is a brand activations and promotional marketing business which was founded in 2013.


The Promotions Guru

Benoni

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View From The Top Lodge is a guesthouse based in the picturesque Saldanha Bay of Cape Town. It is owned and managed by couple, Berenice and Ivor Damon, who established it in 2008. The guesthouse provides accommodation (with or without catering) as well as conferencing facilities. With its 180 degree view of the bay, the 35-bed facility is an ideal location for both business and leisure travellers.


View From The Top LodgeSaldanha Bay

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Established in 2000, Lagab Financial Services is a black-owned accounting firm specialising in taxation, bookkeeping, advisory and cost accounting services. They are based in Karen Park, north of Pretoria and are working towards opening another branch in Middleburg, Mpumalanga. Their clients include Khomanani Construction, Mayivuthe Contractors, Rena Business Solutions, Metsweding Consulting Engineers and Savumash Lodge.


Lagab Financial ServicesPretoria

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Kamva Capital is a management firm that was established in 2013. The company focuses on enterprise development services, project management, fund management, impact assessment and they service both large and small companies. Servicing clients such as Pioneer Foods, Petro SA, Curro Fund Services, Kamva Capital has a specific focus on high value consultancy, social investment partnership and business development services.


Kamva CapitalCape Town

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Established in 2006, Vintro Events and Entertainment Productions organises and manages different kinds of events and supplies all relevant eventing equipment for hire, including labour. A one-stop eventing shop, the company does catering, décor, DJ and sound hire, photography and video recording. Based in Mhluzi township in Middleburg, Mpumalanga, the company with 50 part time employees also has an internet café/photocopy shop that serves the community.


Vintro Events and Entertainment ProductionsMiddelburg (Mpumalanga)

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Kenneth Ramovha started his business, White Horse Guesthouse, in 2008 when he decided to turn his family home into a guesthouse. The guesthouse, which has eight en-suite luxury rooms with double beds offers bed, breakfast as well as conference facilities. The Makhado-based guesthouse has three permanent and two temporary employees.


White Horse Guest HouseMakhado

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With between 15 - 20 temporary staff members, Mackenzie Cater-ers can cater for any event, regardless of size. The Soweto-based company doesn’t have a set menu and they are versatile enough to be able to prepare meals that their clients want as a way of giving them a personal touch. Managing member Malesela Moshidi has always been passionate about food as she grew up in a home where meal time was a special occasion. Malesela decided to start her own catering business with her sister in 2002.


Mackenzie Caterers cc

Soweto

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Njinjicom is an information communication technology company supplying access points for internet to the end user. They also provide point to point layer two access link, Wi-Fi, cloud solutions, networking as well as software development. The company was started in 2014 when its managing director, Brian Magwaza, met his two partners, Jabulani Vilakazi and Gabriel Ramokotjo. The owners have been using their knowledge in the field to grow their company and are also training their staff of four permanent employees and nine interns, to work independently.


Njinjicom (Pty) Ltd

Diepkloof (Soweto)

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Study Buddy is an education service company, offering face-to-face tutoring for both educators and learners, in a bid to improve the chance of success for learners pursuing ter tiary qualifications.


Study Buddy

Johannesburg

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Based in East London (Eastern Cape), Siyaphola Air-conditioning and Engineering specialises in the installation and maintenance of air conditioners. They also deal with refrigeration and manufacture mobile fridges, cold rooms and freezers as well as beverage coolers, which they also service and maintain. The business was established in 2005, when owner Siyabonga Madolo quit his job in a company that sold air conditioners and decided to start his own company.


Siyaphola Air-conditioning & EngineeringEast London

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With a woman at the helm as majority shareholder, Mmabotse A Mmabore is a construction company based in Limpopo which has developed a track record of delivery in the mining town of Burgersfort, and more recently, with the Department of Health.


Mabotse A Mmabore Contractors ccBurgersfort

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Lions Rest Game Lodge offers luxurious accommodation, a venue for weddings and conferences, a spa and a taste of wild life with a selection of animals. Situated about two kilometres from the scenic town of Tweeling, Lions Rest is a haven of tranquility and its five employees ensure that guests enjoy the best service for a memorable time. The game lodge started operating in 2011 and boasts a few animals including lions, wildebeests, zebras, blesboks, springboks, sables and ostriches.


Lions Rest Game LodgeTweeling

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Hope Laundry & Projects is a laundry service based in Mkhondo village in Mpumalanga Province, and includes clothing alterations and repairs on their service menu, as well as custom-made clothing designs.


Hope Laundry & ProjectsPiet Retief

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1 Day Job Online is a one-stop shop for students seeking career counselling, scholarship and bursary programmes as well as job opportunities. The mobile app version of the product is set to go live September 2016.


1 Day Job OnlineMiddelburg, Mpumalanga

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While working at Setsoso Local Municipality as an asset clerk, Pule Moekoa discovered that many small and medium enterprises were struggling with compliance issues. That’s when he decided to resign and star t his own company, Drop Financial Consultants, in 2011, specifically to pursue this market. The company does asset counting, verification and register drafting as well as taxation and advisory services. With four permanent and four temporary employees, their clients include KTH, Star Hero, Matcom Printers and they have two offices in Ficksburg and Rivonia.


Drop Financial ConsultantsFicksburg and Rivonia

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Located at the Thusong Service Centre in Polokwane, FSM Source of Success is a co-operative which assists unemployed youth to become workplace-ready by equipping them with basic computer skills.


FSM Source of Success Youth DevelopmentPolokwane

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Based in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, Let Us Wash It Laundry and Dry Cleaning is a laundry and dry cleaning service which was founded in 2010 by Lerato Malatji.


Let Us Wash It Laundry and Dry CleaningPhalaborwa

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Located in Saldanha Bay, Hoedjiesbaai Lodge is a boutique tourism establishment boasting nine self-catering units, meeting the demands of the fast-growing West Coast corporate long-stay, and seasonal visitors.


Hoedjiesbaai Lodge

Saldanha Bay

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NumbrFactory is a Soweto based tax consulting firm for people and families affected by disability.


NumbrFactory

Soweto

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Sibongiseni Peter started his business, Hlisa Workwear Office Supply in 2013 after resigning from his job at a bank. The company sells occupational health and safety products such as Personal Protective Equipment (goggles, hard hats, gloves, and ear plugs), fire extinguishers, demarcation signs, lab coats and corporate uniform.


Hlisa Workwear

Durban

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Makhabisi Recycling was founded by Anna Hartebeest in 2007 after working for a recycling company in Wadeville. With 60 employees, her recycling company collects waste materials like plastic bottles, card boxes, cans and metal, which they then sell to companies. In 2010, Anna decided to hire members of her church who were not employed. She got a bailing machine and won a contract with the company she used to work for.


Makhabisi Recycling

Johannesburg

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Marikana-born Refilwe Sebothoma started her own company, PBM Creations in 2014 in her garage. Having grown up in a mining town, Refilwe had always been concerned about safety in the workplace. Her company sells personal protective equipment (PPE) and clothing, corporate clothing, corporate gifts and corporate display items. The Tshwane-based company has 11 employees and their clients include mining houses, production houses, construction companies and corporates.


PBM Creations

Tshwane

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Based in Germiston, Markalao Recruitment offers corporate clients a personalised recruitment service, screening and assessing candidates with the skills set and experience to match client vacancies.


Markalao Recruitment ccGermiston

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Thohoyandou-based Mabunga Toilets specialises in draining pit toilets and septic tanks. They also redesign and improve pit toilets using ceramic seats and they insert tiles to make them look better (and this has helped reduce problems of children falling into them). The company, which was founded by Hope Makhavhu in 2007, also recycles the waste they collect and use it to produce compost. They purify the water they take from septic tanks in rural areas to make it suitable for watering plants. With 12 employees, their clients include community members/individuals, schools and government.


Mabunga Toilets

Thohoyandou

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Based in Garankuwa on the outskir ts of Pretoria in Gauteng, Nyembe Waste Management specialises in healthcare risk waste management and the cleaning of crime scenes. The company which employs six local youth, services local mortuaries, hospitals and funeral homes.


Nyembe Waste ManagementGarankuwa

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Based in Cape Town, Merlyn Pietersen’s company, Essential Printer Consumables, sells office consumables, stationery, IT related products (laptops, printers, scanners) and office furniture (anything related to office environment – from desks, chairs to pens). They also do printer repairs and IT support. The company has 12 employees and a wide array of clients.


Essential Printer ConsumablesCape Town

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Moepya Trading is a Tshwane-based driving school which operates in the Cullinan area, training young aspirant K53-compliant drivers.


Moepya.J.D Tradings (Pty) LtdCullinan

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Montsamaisa Bosigo Transport is a ‘multi-purpose’ transport company based in Rustenburg, with two mini-bus taxis operating public transport services, two sedans serving as corporate shuttle and transfers with one bakkie which offers door-to-door courier collections and deliveries.


Montsamaisa Bosigo TransportRustenburg

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Tossoni Trading and Projects provides cleaning services to both commercial (offices and shops) and residential (household) buildings. With five permanent and three temporary employees, they have contracts with six companies including Shanduka Black Umbrellas, Commercial City Building and Public Deals. They also sell cleaning chemicals and supply wall-mounted soap dispensers and fem-care bins. The company was established by 32 year old Zokuthula Goqo in 2010.


Tossoni Trading and ProjectsDurban

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Your Transport is a metered taxi service based in Port Elizabeth, and includes private door to door courier services for its customers.


Your Transport

Port Elizabeth

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Operating from the Riversands incubator hub in Midrand, M-Squared Medical is a supplier of refurbished and pre-owned medical equipment, for General Practitioners, specialists and hospitals.


M-Squared Medical

Midrand

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A Pelican Park home-based enterprise, Y Jamodien & Associates offers admin, bookkeeping and accounting services to both small and medium businesses in the Western Cape.


Y Jamodien & AssociatesCape Town

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Based in Gauteng, Training @ Work is a SETA-accredited skills development and training business which assists both corporate and NGO clients with their staff development and community outreach programmes.


Training@Work

Gauteng

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Ntlantsana is an accounting firm that offers accounting services. The business is based in the Eastern Cape and has 22 employees. The firm has been operational for four years.


Ntlantsana AccountantsEastern Cape

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Business Investment CompetitionFinalists

The 2016 Small Business Expo runs from 8 to 10 September at the Ticketpro Dome in Northriding, Johannesburg.

The three-day expo, now in its 23rd year, provides SMEs, businesses and franchisors with a versatile marketing platform from which to build brand awareness, interact with potential customers and investors as well as to generate media coverage.

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Eskom Development Foundation NPC

Telephone 011 800 8111Email [email protected] www.eskom.co.za/csi

Small Business Expo

Telephone 011 549 8300Email [email protected] Website www.smallbizexpo.co.za

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The Expo also serves as a platform that links entrepreneurs, suppliers, customers, investors and funders and allows them to explore a variety of investment prospects and franchise options.

Every year Eskom Business Investment Competition f inalists are given the opportunity to exhibit at the Expo, as par t of their prize, giving these small businesses a unique opportunity to showcase their enterprises, network with other businesses and make contact with potential suppliers, distributors and customers.

The Eskom Development Foundation, which co-ordinates and executes Eskom’s corporate social investment programme, supports businesses through its enterprise development programme of which the Small Business Expo is a f lagship event.

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Eskom Development Foundation NPC PO Box 1091 Johannesburg 2000Tel +27 11 800 8111 [email protected] www.eskom.co.za/csi

Documents

Eskom 2016 BIC Catalogue