Transforming Business for Success

In April 2014 one of the country’s leading loss adjusting and associated services companies, Crawford & Company South Africa took the local insurance industry by the horns and shook it up when Chedza International Holdings (Pty) Limited (Chedza) became the majority shareholder in the company in an empowerment deal said to be worth about R25-million. The Company prides itself on being a one-stop shop and offering a range of services, not just loss adjusting. These include services and resources in business interruption, investigations, reporting, assessments and business processes and consulting. Through its claims management system and global reach, it services the mining and power and energy, transportation and marine, engineering, and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sectors through the country and Africa.

 

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Service Delivery through ICT

Service delivery is often a sore topic for many a government department or arm of business. But the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has made, and continues to make, significant strides in a manner that was previously unheard of in Africa and South Africa. For the past 15 years, through the use of information and communications technology (ICT), SITA has played a crucial role in ensuring that services are delivered to South African citizens, across the board, by connected government departments that, among other things, allows easy access to government and fosters economic development to ensure the country’s continued competitiveness. To reach such levels of success in service delivery through the use of ICT has not been an easy task says Pandelani Munyai, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SITA. However, according to him, they have built “a proper foundation and infrastructure that can be used for government to deliver services even to the most remote rural areas of South Africa”.

 

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Creating and Adding Value in the Aerospace Sector 

Armed with a R25-million cheque to pay salaries for its 300 employees in 1993, the then R300-million company came into being. Many operational months later, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has a R1.8-billion asset base and a workforce of more than 1 000 employees. Apart from achieving this exponential growth in a highly competitive aerospace sector, ATNS is one of the most respected voices in this high-technology and vital sector in Africa and abroad. Under the capable leadership of Thabani Mthiyane, the chief executive officer (CEO) of ATNS, the company ensures that today’s work will benefit generations to come – and, what is more, it remains a good story to tell for the Department of Transport, which is the sole shareholder.

 

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