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KZN TOP BUSINESS AWARDS

KZN TOP BRANDS

K waZulu-Natal is home to a 11 First Technology KZN
large number of
10 KPMG
well-known brands that
8 Tyson Properties
have been home-grown and 9 Woodford Car Hire
driven from within the province. 7 Boxer Superstores
Many of these companies have 6 Defy
long histories and they continue to 5 REMAX
expand their footprints today. 4 Esquire KZN
3 East Coast Radio
Each year the much coveted 2 uShaka Marine World
KZN Top Brand award is given to 1 Serendipity Travel
the brand that has the most votes
on the public online poll. Once
more the interest shown in this
award is reected in the large
number of votes cast. We are also
delighted that the various
companies take advantage of the
opportunity to encourage their
sta members, clients and other
stakeholders to get involved in the
voting process, which takes place
over a number of weeks. is year
over 600 brands were represented
on the competition website.

As voted for by the people of
KwaZulu-Natal; e TOP KZN
brands are:

20 Dube TradePort
19 SLG
18 Hirsch's
17 Richeld Graduate Institute of
Technology
16 Edison Power Group
15 FMI
14 King Shaka International
Airport
13 MCS Debt Recovery
12 DRG Outsourcing Centre: Dinesh Naidoo, Group Operations Director and Carol Du Preez, Director of Serendipity Travel receiving the KZN Top Brand Award

PARTNERSHIP AWARD

S outhern African Shipyards e project started in August are spread to local, empowered massive boost to the local actively involved in the

companies. is contract has been
economy. Furthermore, each tug
(SAS), Africa’s leading
2014 and as the last tug is due to
manufacture of the tugs, sharing
commercial and naval
attending production meetings,
times when there have been ve
locally manufactured components,
technical skills, training artisans
shipbuilding and ship repair be nished in early 2018, there are about creating jobs, developing involves at least 60 percent of in the production process,
company, is on target to producing tugs under construction in the and developing engineers for the while SAS partnered with reputed quality assurance programmes,
nine powerful world-class tugs for shipyard at the same time. wellbeing of future generations. international companies for being part of the inspections, and
its partner Transnet National Ports aspects that cannot be the actual fabrication as well as
Authority (TNPA). e work of SAS has helped to e 42-month project, which manufactured in the country, like being part of the acceptance
cement the marine ship building has created 500 direct and 3 500 the propellers and engines. commissioning trials.
e milestone R1.9-billion and support industry locally and indirect jobs, including scores of
contract is the largest single has also ensured that the benets apprenticeships, has provided a SAS’s partner, TNPA, has been
contract that TNPA has ever
awarded to a South African
company for the building of
harbour cra.
Durban-based SAS has
previously built 12 other tugs for
TNPA, but the new contract is for
a brand new generation eet that
meets international standards and
boasts the latest technology.
e 31-long-metre vessels are
one of the world’s largest and most
powerful harbour tugs and are
destined for the various South
African ports where they will be
able to eciently manoeuvre and
safely pull the bigger ships that are
now entering South African
waters.

e milestone project reinforces
the capacity and skill of South
Africa when it comes to
competing in the global ship-
building industry, TNPA has said.

It is also visible evidence of the
government’s Operation Phakisa
(leveraging o the oceans Lalita Dhasiar –Ventura, KZN Top Business; Gregory Delpaul, GM: Shipbuilding for Southern African Shipyards; Mark Taylor, CEO eLan Property Group;
economy) in action. Londiwe Mkhungo, Transnet National Port Authority; Prasheen Maharaj, CEO of Southern African Shipyards; Imraan Noorbhai, Provincial Head KZN Standard Bank;
Grant Adlam, KZN Top Business

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