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KZN

KwaZulu-Natal
Business Chambers Council

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION

T he Durban Chamber is of human capital growth and How : training industry for over 16 years NB: Seating will be limited to 50
• To ensure you utilise the right
hosting a skills development
promoting a learning culture. She
and is a registered Assessor and
exhibition on the 1 March
skills to support your business?
on a first come first served basis
the process of Skills Development
2017, you are invited to attend to believes that with proper execution • Do you identify individual needs Moderator with 5 SETAs and a for each presentation and will be
committee member of the
learn more about implementing will benefit every individual, that support business needs? Association for Skills Development RSVP by 22 February 2017.
skills development and/or training organisation, industry and the • Do you measure training results in South Africa. She owns a
in your organisation. country as a whole. at the right level? business that assists training For further information please contact
• Do you incorporate an effective providers obtain SETA Diana Boast boastd@durbanchamber.co.za
or Prudence Sakala
Skills Development/Training 09:45 - 10:15: Andrew Layman skills development plan to drive accreditation and flourishes on sakalap@durbanchamber.co.za
Providers will exhibit their services How has education in South business results? helping capacity build training T: 031 335 1000
and courses between 09:00 and Africa contributed to the “Skills providers. www.durbanchamber.co.za
13:00 and will be available to Gap” and some short term About the speaker:
explain how these can help meet solutions to assist employers Jayshree is the MD of BMGI in
your organisation's training needs. overcome this hurdle? Africa and a qualified pharmacist.
She has trained and mentored
Presentations About the speaker: executives, leaders and
09:00 - 09:30: Andrea Lowe As the former CEO of both the improvement practitioners in
Introduction to Skills Durban Chamber of Commerce finding innovative solutions to
Development Compliance (SDA, and Industry and the business problems and her
SDLA) and how to successfully Pietermaritzburg Business commitment to change leadership
submit the annual skills Chamber and with his and skills development ensures
development plan and training distinguished career in education organisations achieve sustainable
return so as to be paid your spanning 30 years, Andrew will results.
mandatory grant. bring an interesting perspective to
this topic. 11:15 - 11:45: Jeanine Topping
About the speaker: Sector Education and Training
After more than 20 years of 10:30 - 11:00: Jayshree Naicker Authority accreditation of skills
working in the field of HR and This presentation will provide programmes made easy.
training Andrea started her own you with the tools to answer the
business, Labour Matters. She is following questions: About the speaker:
passionate about the importance Jeanine has been involved in the
ACHIEVING PERFECTION A GREATER SLICE OF

T he Durban Chamber is and put in the extra effort.” excellence and put in the extra THE ECONOMIC PIE
Vivian Reddy, Founder and
effort to achieve results. Reddy
Reddy commented, “My core
CEO of Edison Power was
the guest speaker at the first of the strength is my focus in everything commented that building Vijay Naidoo - President South Coast
relationships in business is
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Minara Chamber of Commerce's that I do.” He said that he has essential. He said, “We still have
series of Young Entrepreneurs always dreamt big, has had a vision the same clients as we had 35 years he case for giving woman business interest' and WOEs
Coffee Connections in 2017. The for what he aims to achieve and is they don't value clients. I started T owned businesses a greater • Sourcing and sharing inform-
ago, too many people fail because
goal is to provide a platform for passionate about the projects he slice of the economic pie ation that can benefit this sector
entrepreneurs to meet with leading embarks on. off my business, Reddy Electrical, goes beyond issues of gender • Diversifying their membership
business icons in order that they in the apartheid regime and equality and other populist notions. base by targeting WOEs
may progress their businesses with One example is Oceans answered the telephone as 'Mr The reality is that woman owned • Encourage participation by
one of the many success stories. Umhanga, a mixed use Edison'. As I was a perfectionist, I business owners generally bring a WOEs in chamber structures
development, which has been soon got lots of work and was different skills set to the • Establishing linkages with
Vivian Reddy, founder of the described as the most outstanding recognised by the quality of my management of their enterprises businesswomen's organisations
Edison Power Group, is an astute project in South Africa. The work, not by the colour of my skin.” that more often than not results in
businessman with the drive to development sold 93% of its units From these small beginnings, the their early success, growth and Similarly, local and district
achieve perfection in all that he within four hours of being put on Edison Power Group grew into the sustainability. These include municipalities can, and should
does. He said, "Success doesn't the market - a South African largest and the most diversified empathy, a more innovative contribute by:
happen overnight - it is patient record. Reddy said, “Oceans electrical contractor in Africa. problem solving approach, the
consistent effort". Umhlanga has the wow factor. It ability to stretch their limited • Ensuring their procurement
has been developed as something "When we start making money capital resources and novel policies and SCM processes
In a recent interview Reddy said that people will aspire to own. We we start buying things that we negotiating tactics. But should lest actively encourage and promote
that as a leader you must decide have created an appetite for can't afford - that's how business established (male owned) let their the participation of WOEs
what you want and do everything something exceptional.” fails." guards down in competing with • Building strong relationships
that it takes to achieve this. He them, the velvet glove often with provincial and national
added, “You need to think about Over the years, the Edison Group For more information on future events encloses sharp claws that are readily departments that focus on
the small things in your business has continually provided service visit http://www.minara.org.za drawn if needed... woman's issues to leverage
funding and support
The emergence of women owned opportunities
enterprises (WOEs) as a catalytic • Developing business support
force to enhance transformation incentives that favour and
and accelerate growth in local encourage WOEs
economies in particular cannot be
ignored. The adage that 'behind It must be acknowledged that
every successful man is a woman' some laudable initiatives are
is being pushed aside: increasingly emerging to underpin and support
women are emerging from the this emerging trend: I was
shadow of a husband/CEO/HOD privileged to attend the launch of
to take the lead confidently and SEDA's Woman Enterprise
competently. Coaching Programme (WECP) in
the Ugu District recently. This is
Chambers are well placed to sup- an intensive 10 module business
port and amplify this trend to the development course that will cover
benefit of their local economies by: all areas of business management.
Some startling statistics were shared
• Explicitly including the with us about the achievements of
promotion and support of WOEs the programme in other districts,
in their broader economic and we look forward to the
transformation goals replication of those success stories
• Fostering and forging in our region.
partnerships with stakeholders
that provide support and T: 039 682 0235
funding C: 083 700 5427
president@sccci.org.za, vijay@saol.com
L - R: Nathan Govender, Ian Shibe (Standard Bank Provincial Managers); Razak Jooma (Minara Director); • Actively promote the breakdown (Previously published in the Mercury
Ebrahim Patel (Minara President); Vivian Reddy (Edison Power); Rajan Govender (Standard Bank Manager); of barriers between 'established Network)
Imraan Noorbhai (Standard Bank KZN Head); Muhammed Moosa (Minara Director)

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