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MOTHEO APPOINTMENT
Motheo Infrastructure Contractors has appointed Lebogang Mashele as its Business Development Manager. It forms part of the Motheo Construction Group, a leading black-female empowered construction company. Mashele’ s extensive career experience includes Junior Business Development Manager, Site Engineer, and Contract Engineer at Franki Africa, Quality Civil Inspector at Bureau Veritas, and Quality Engineer at DEKRA Industrial.“ We welcome Mashele to the Motheo family, and are positive that her professionalism, positive attitude, energy, and good work ethic will go a long way to energise the business in her demanding new role,” Motheo Infrastructure Contractors CEO, Archie Rutherford, comments. The Motheo Construction Group’ s twenty-year model of transforming into a truly-empowered company is not only a first for the SA construction industry, but sets a benchmark globally, according to founder Dr. Thandi Ndlovu, who established the company in 1997 to focus initially on housing projects. In this regard, it comprises six black female shareholders with a majority stake. www. motheogroup. co. za
DORMAKABA SOUTH AFRICA’ S ACQUISITION OF AWM360 DATA SYSTEMS
Dormakaba South Africa is proud to announce the latest acquisition of AWM360 Data Systems( Pty). As you may know, AWM360 Data Systems is one of South Africa’ s most well-known Workforce Management( WFM) and Access Control solutions providers with more than 10 years of experience and an impressive client base. Their well-established reputation in the market made them a solid investment choice for dormakaba South Africa.
“ We believe this is a move in the right direction where we can leverage our success in our current business to really grow and develop the workforce management side. By acquiring AWM 360 Data Systems we gain instant expertise and can service our potential customers is the best way possible”
The acquisition is a logical move in dormakaba’ s effort to strengthen its reputation as a global leader in WFM and access control solutions. The dormakaba Group has also recently undergone a merger between Dorma( Germany) and Kaba( Switzerland). The two organisations had the perfect synergy in terms of product and market, and the merger has allowed them to create a cohesive brand with a powerful global footprint.
AWM360 Data Systems Managing Director, Guenter Nerlich adds that“ We are extremely excited that dormakaba has recognised the value of the AWM360 Data Systems brand.“ With this acquisition, dormakaba is now able to further its development in the Southern Africa enterprise resource planning( ERP) markets and expand its footprint significantly. For us, it allows AWM360 Data Systems to take our business to the next level while taking advantage of the additional expertise and market innovation which dormakaba provides.” www. dormakaba. com
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