Excellence in Mpumalanga recognised during PMR.africa Awards

The PMR.africa Awards that were hosted at The Capital Hotel Mbombela on February 12 aimed to enhance excellence and set a benchmark in the business industry.The awards represent competitiveness, effectiveness, excellence, leadership and resilience, and indicate customer service and customer satisfaction. Through these awards, PMR.africa wants to acknowledge contributions and initiatives, strategies, effort and hard work. It wants a company to use the award to acknowledge and thank all its personnel for their hard work, and for contributing to being a winning company or institution.

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During this ceremony, Middelburg Observer, Lowvelder’s sister publication, won the prestigious Diamond Arrow award in the community newspaper category.

The other companies and institutions that scooped a Diamond Arrow award included SPAR Lowveld DC, in the retail stores category. Penryn College won in the independent schools category.
Linda Grimbeek, the chief operating officer of the Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism (KLCBT), received an award and was acknowledged for the work she does. The KLCBT was the overall winner in the category of companies/institutions doing most to enhance conservation and tourism.

Other Diamond Arrow winners includes:

• Uplands: Private schools
• ABSA: Banks (business banks)
• ABSA: Banks (credit cards)
• ABSA: Banks (personal banking)
• Ehlanzeni TVET College: Colleges/training institutions
• NJR Steel Nelspruit: Steel manufacturers
• Du Toit-Smuts and Partners Attorney’s: Law firms
• Silulumanzi: Water providing company
• Fidelity ADT: Security companies
• ACSU Group: Security companies
• Cartrack: Vehicle tracking and recovery companies
• Bidvest Prestige: Cleaning companies
• CSG Cleaning: Cleaning companies
• Bidvest Steiner Nelspruit: Supplier of hygiene equipment and products
• AVIS Fleet: Fleet management companies
• Orange Restaurant: Executive restaurants (executive lifestyle)
• Stabilis Inc: Accounting/auditing firms – business consultants
• Buscor: Local transport companies
• Old Mutual Insure: Insurance companies (short-term)
• AIDA Lowveld: Real estate agents
• Kiaat Private Hospital: Private hospitals/clinics
• Divergent Ops: Security companies (companies/institutions doing most to fight crime)
• GenLead: Best marketing agency.

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Johan Hattingh, the CEO of PMR.africa, said the aim was to celebrate excellence and acknowledge businesses from Mpumalanga. “We conduct a survey on an annual basis in the province and we interview a group of respondents. Then they nominate and rate companies and institutions based on who they think is doing a lot to contribute to economic growth and development. The big thing about the awards is that we want companies to celebrate excellence, but the important thing is we want them to acknowledge their teams.”

During Grimbeek’s presentation at the event, she said she would like to invite everyone to join the KLCBT’s new programmes.

“These include the massive integrated security programme, which is protecting the unprotected zones – our streets and main roads. Please contribute towards it, because we cannot do it without you. But it is protecting all of us.”