In line with the Government's efforts on economic transformation we are addressing black economic empowerment within our company. We are rated annually on the following 5 of 7 elements of broad-based black economic empowerment:

Management Control

We have focused our attention on black management control from our inception date. In the future we will continue to adopt the same policy, as long as we feel that there is value added in terms of expertise and ability. We also have an annual budget which we allocate for skills development and training. In line with the Government's efforts on economic transformation we are addressing black economic empowerment within our company. We are rated annually on the following 5 of 7 elements of broad-based black economic empowerment:
 

Employment Equity

We are aware of the government's recommendations on employment equity ratios and we have addressed these issues within our company. In terms of our 'race' spread, we are currently on target.
 

Skills Development

We have found the most effective training method to be life skills, psychology based training programs. Employees are
trained in smaller groups or even individually. In-house on the job training is also forms a big part of our training
program. The 2 main areas of focus are:

* Job Specific Training
Areas that are covered are stress management, customer service, communication and anything that will assist the employee to perform his/her job more effectively.

* Employee Development
This area of training centres around equipping the employee with new skills that he/she would need for a promotion. Eg. Junior supervisor training.
 

Preferential Procurement

Our company policy is to make affirmative procurement an integral part of our supplier recruitment strategy. We are currently using a number of black owned businesses for the integral parts of our operational setup. We will continue to source black owned suppliers to assist us in our core business functions.
 

Corporate Social Investment

Our company policy is to make affirmative procurement an integral part of our supplier recruitment strategy. We are
currently using a number of black owned businesses for the integral parts of our operational setup. We will continue
to source black owned suppliers to assist us in our core business functions.