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EMPLOYEE WELLBEING




                                                                                his award is for   MCS Debt Recovery’s           officer at MCS Debt
                                                                                businesses that   success has been based on      Recovery said, ‘Thank you
                                                                          Tgo the extra           treating its staff as assets,   so much for this amazing
                                                                           mile to engage their   consequently the company       award. We are super excited.
                                                                           staff members and the
                                                                           difference this makes to   has a highly productive    The biggest thanks has to
                                                                           the business. This may   workforce.  Motivating staff   go to our staff who made
                                                                           be through in-house    in the call centre environment   this possible, we are
                                                                           training, flexible working,   is of prime concern and MCS   so grateful.”
                                                                           personal development,   Debt Recovery retains staff by   The finalists are:
                                                                           workplace wellbeing    offering good incentives and
                                                                           activity and teambuilding.  delivers on what is promised.   ■   Imperial Armour
                                                                           The winner is:         On winning the award,          ■   Capitol Caterers
                                                                            MCS DEBT RECOVERY     Saskia Hill, chief executive   ■   Toyota South Africa Motors



















                 Everyone you
              speak to is fighting
               a battle you know
                nothing about.

              –  BE KIND ALWAYS.
                                                                          L-R: Grant Adlam, Rajeshree Naidoo, Lee Anne Dhorie, Saskia Hill, and Hameed Noormahomed




        DIGITAL/SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION



             his award is for those   The Plennegy Group started its   advanced inventory management.  technology department headed   of technology and make Plennegy
             businesses that employ   digital transformation journey                              the call from the business and   a leader in the digital agriculture
        Tdigital thinking and         a year before the Covid -19   The pandemic was one of the   worked tirelessly to ensure   space.
        technologies that have had    pandemic hit – with investments   biggest disruptors ever seen in   that all staff were able to work
        an impact on their business   in cloud infrastructure; virtual   the technology arena. Overnight   as efficiently as possible in a   The finalists are:
        operations.                   meetings via Microsoft Teams; a   employees became remote   very difficult time. The team   ■   Blue Security
                                      new enterprise resource planning   workers – whether companies   has embarked on several new   ■   Toyota South Africa Motors
        The winner is:                (ERP) system for the Group;   were prepared for it or not.  projects that will catapult the
        PLENNEGY GROUP                                                                                                          ■   Future Farmers
                                      exploring digital automation   Plennegy’s information       Plennegy Group to the forefront
                                      in processing transactions so
        Founded in 1958, the Plennegy
        Group’s roots and purpose revolve   as to free up employees’ time to
        around agriculture, with its core   focus on growing the business
        business being that of growing   or growing their knowledge;
        food and servicing those who   and exploring software solutions
        grow food, to feed and nourish   to address specific areas of the
        the continent and beyond.     business, such as control and
























        L-R: Heinrich Joubert, Plennegy Group Head of IT; Michael Yeadon, Plennegy
        Group Chairman and Hameed Noormahomed, Standard Bank Head Business
        Client Coverage, KwaZulu-Natal


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