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STANDARD BANK KZN TOP BUSINESS

AWARDS RECOGNISE SUCCESS

udging is well underway 2. Entrepreneur Resilience and teambuilding. The shortlist 7. Family Business ■ Tyson Properties
for the Standard Bank KZN Entrepreneurial Resilience is comprises: This award is open to businesses ■ LHL Engineering
JTop Business Awards 2022. an individual’s or firm’s ability ■ Beekman Group where the majority ownership ■ Magnet
The awards committee is to successfully navigate through ■ uThandekile Foundation remains within a family (or ■ The Sharks
delighted with the vast number crises, setbacks, or challenges. ■ KZN Oils multi-family) structure, and ■ Hirsch’s
of entries and the range of Entrants in this category have where more than one generation
companies that have entered needed great quantities of this ■ MCS Debt Recovery & Connect contributes to the success of ■ Supertech Group
and the team is hard at work characteristic of late. We salute BPS the business. Judges will be ■ Cox Yeats Attorneys
adjudicating the entries. the following: ■ Cox Yeats Attorneys evaluating why these entrants are ■ KZN Oils
The Standard Bank KZN ■ Dr Fareed Amod – Crown 5. Small Business Start-up a stand-out family business and ■ Imperial Armour
Top Business Awards Dental Studio This award recognises start-up how being a family business has ■ DRG
recognise and celebrate some ■ Portio Dlamini – Emakheni businesses that have translated helped them to succeed. The 2022 ■ AmaZulu Football Club
of the exceptional businesses Cleaning & Industrial Solutions an idea into a successful business family business are: ■ Icebolethu Group
that operate in KwaZulu- venture. The judges are looking for ■ Beekman Group ■ Plennegy
Natal. This recognition is ■ Margaret Hirsch – Hirsch’s evidence of achievements to date, ■ LHL Engineering ■ Mediterranean Shipping
especially relevant given the ■ Saskia Hill – MCS Debt where the opportunities lie and ■ Magnet Electrical Supplies Company
many challenges businesses Recovery & Connect BPS how the entrants in this category To vote SMS the letters KZN to
in KwaZulu-Natal have ■ Nondumiso Mthwa – Indwala have managed their challenges, ■ Indwala Property Group 33808. A cost of R1.50 per SMS
experienced over the past two Property Group especially given the circumstances ■ Lichro Chemicals & Laboratory
and half years. ■ Isaac Mbatha – Sky Tents of 2020 to 2022. Shortlisted are: Supplies will be incurred.
Furthermore, you could win one
The following companies have ■ Gabbey Malope – Toutele ■ Eita Radio 8. Business Personality of of these three super prizes:
been shortlisted (and in no Agriculture College South ■ Infinity Growth Digital the Year ■ One of two one-night stays for
particular order) in the various Africa Marketing The Standard Bank KZN Top two people at the new Radisson
categories that are available in ■ Nerusha Maharaj-Sadapal – ■ Visual Network SA Business personality award Blu Hotel Durban Umhlanga
the 2022 awards. Finalists and Visual Network SA ■ Adah Investments is an honorary award given
winners will be drawn from 3. Digital/System 6. Community and Social to a businessperson who has ■ A two night stay for two people
these shortlists and announced Implementation Responsibility demonstrated exemplary business at the new Radisson Blu Hotel
at the hybrid awards ceremony. achievement, industry influence Durban Umhlanga
The winner of this award will This award is open to businesses and is a true inspiration to others.
The categories are as follows: be implementing in the digital or social enterprises that have The winner of this award will be VOTING CLOSES ON SUNDAY
1. Business Innovation sector to provide results that made a significant positive impact announced at the gala dinner. 24 JULY AT 10 PM
This category is open to have real impact. This award on the community and region 9. KZN Top Brand The Standard Bank KZN Top
businesses that can demonstrate is for those businesses that they operate in. Great interest Business Awards ceremony will
has been shown in this category
an innovative approach to employ digital thinking and The top homegrown brand be held on the 27 July 2022 at the
products, concepts or processes, technologies. Shortlisted are: which is going to make it very in KwaZulu-Natal is awarded new Radisson Blu Hotel Durban
which have contributed to the ■ SmartXchange difficult for the judges who based only on the results of a Umhlanga. The event will be
are astounded by the amazing
success of the business. The large ■ Beekman Group initiatives that are underway in public poll. In 2022 these results streamed online. To participate in
will be managed through a SMS
number of businesses that entered ■ Eita Radio the province. The shortlist is: the online proceedings visit
this category well indicates ■ Mi7 National Group voting system. www.kzntopbusiness.com. 
the emphasis on the need for ■ Airshot ■ SmartXchange All interested stakeholders –
continual change to succeed in ■ East Coast Radio business owners, employees, For more information contact
today’s business environment. ■ East Coast Radio ■ SLG clients, family and friends need to tracy@topbusiness.co.za
Those shortlisted are: ■ Netstream Integrated Solutions ■ Celebrate Life keep voting for their top brand as
■ Blue Security 4. Employee Wellbeing ■ Azibuyemasisweni Skills the rankings change daily.
■ The Holiday Club (Beekman This award is for businesses Development The current top twenty:
Group) that go the extra mile to engage ■ Project Rhino ■ Blue Security
■ Mi7 National Group their staff members and what ■ The Association for the Aged ■ Hollywoodbets
■ Hannah Grace difference this makes to the (TAFTA) ■ Woodford Car Hire SCAN
■
Innovate Durban
business. This may be through
■ Inzalo Utility Systems in-house training, flexible ■ Marshall Security ■ Beekman Group QR CODE
■ Visual Network SA working, personal development, ■ Beekman Group ■ East Coast Radio TO SEE
■ East Coast Radio workplace wellbeing activity ■ KZN Oils ■ SLG VIDEO

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