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Profiles
PINNACLE: New Growth Sectors Take Pinnacle to New Heights
As a leading distributor of technology, hardware and software in southern Africa, Pinnacle is key in Africa’s digitisation and the movement around the fourth industrial revolution. It has also been pivotal in the movement to remote working and the...
ABBEYDALE: 40-Year Commitment to Quality Construction Drives Abbeydale
There is vibrancy in South Africa’s construction industry once again. With lockdowns ended, and a vaccination programme running successfully throughout the country, builders are back on site and working hard to create. After the negativity around...
AFRICREST PROPERTIES: At Africrest, Residential Property is a Way of Life
Africrest Properties (Africrest) owns, re-develops and manages (in-house) office, retail and industrial properties, priding itself on the ability to tailor dynamic deals to tenants’ individual needs, over the last few years the company’s focus has...
JOTUN PAINTS SA: Jotun Displays Boldness with Quick SA Recovery
Leading the way in paint systems and products that protect and decorate surfaces, The Jotun Group is beginning to see green shoots in the market following a period of uncertainty driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. Globally, Jotun is an industry...
PICK N PAY: South African Giants Partner in Landmark Distribution Centre
The famed Pick n Pay Supermarket brand has enjoyed over half a century of sweeping growth and dominance, brought into existence when consumer champion Raymond Ackerman purchased the first four Pick n Pay stores in Cape Town in 1967, and now found...
MASSLIFT AFRICA: Commitment to Service and People Reaps Rewards
Unsung heroes, certainly, but forklifts are among the most powerful weapons in the armouries of numerous Southern African sectors. Whether moving heavy loads through a warehouse or a construction site, forklifts can safely lift objects humans...
ELLIES HOLDINGS: Solar Strategy Supports Sustainable Success
An insurmountable task was what faced Ellies Holdings CEO Shaun Prithivirajh when he joined the business in August 2018. Turning around and reshaping a long-standing brand, and reinvigorating a business that has so much to offer South Africans...
TALBOT: Sustainable Solutions to Significant Water Challenges
Established in 1989, Talbot’s purpose is threefold: to help clients understand and mitigate their water risks, effect water-related savings and enhance business sustainability – from the analysis and assessment of water use to the design,...
TRANSNET: Driving the Vaccine Rollout While Sustaining SA’s Economy
Transnet’s structural transformation in 2007 prompted a wholesale reshuffling and repositioning of the legendary brand. The main outcome of this evolution was the establishment of a coherent set of business units and operations, able to function...
LUFIL PACKAGING: Sustainable, Recyclable Packaging Solutions in the Bag
Established more than 35 years ago and originally named after its founder’s son, Luis Filipe, Lufil Packaging was acquired in 2004 by Bidvest and now operates under Bidvest Packaging, a division of Bidvest Data, Print & Packaging (BDPP) and...
TRSS: Trust the Best to Secure Your World
South Africa, unfortunately, remains a hotbed for crime. High unemployment drives desperation, and a police force that is much too small to manage alone is supplemented by an enormous private security industry. According to the Private Security...
OUTSURANCE: Out-of-this-World Service When You Need It Most
Today comprising some 5000 employees and South Africa’s third-largest insurance group, OUTsurance was launched in 1998 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI Holdings), a South African based financial services...
STANDARD BANK: Conjuring Food, Jobs and Elegant Shelter from the Humble Mushroom
“We have lived by our purpose of driving South Africa's growth while providing world-class financial services to our customers for 159 years,” opens Standard Bank. “Each day is powered by our passion for finding new ways to make dreams possible.”...
SANLAM: A Rock for People During Difficult Times
“The funny thing is, as much as people say ‘it must be a terrible time to be in the insurance industry’, if you think about it, that's why we're here,” smiles Sanlam CEO Paul Hanratty, reminiscing on the tempestuous year of 2020 and the ongoing...
RHEINMETALL DENEL MUNITION: A Partner with ‘Special Responsibility’
The world of warfare is changing. Like the rest of the economy, digitisation is shifting the defence business technologically. National security is now, more than ever before, a multifaceted industry and requires solutions across a wide spectrum....
VODACOM: Super App Set to Disrupt South African E-Commerce
Vodacom, the South African telco group majority owned by one of the world’s largest communications companies by revenue in Vodafone, is a leading and purpose-led African connectivity, digital and financial services company. Roots in South Africa...
STANBIC BANK ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe’s Best Bank Keeps the Customer Right at the Centre
The Standard Bank Group is the runaway leader banking and financial services group in Africa, and in Zimbabwe, Stanbic Bank has branches in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Kwekwe, Mutare, Chegutu, Ngezi, and Victoria Falls. Guided and inspired by the...