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10 11 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards 2019 Bosch Capital - Public Sector Funding Strategies Bosch Capital has been involved in the development of several funding strategies for local government and government agencies. These funding strategies are largely based on a technical solution developed by the Bosch Projects consulting engineering team. Using these technical solutions, the Bosch Capital team is then able to assess current funding mechanisms and determine areas in which current funding streams can be enhanced or identify new funding streams that can be unlocked to provide additional funding. prestigious award, which acknowledges successful supplier development programmes that are making a lasting impact on the local economy. Balan Govender and Danai Magugumela with the Nation Builder runner-up award Bosch Holdings, one of 14 finalists in the 2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards, was named runner-up in the category of Nation-builder. There were 400 entrants from private and public sector enterprises, which showcased supplier development initiatives and their positive impact in healthcare, mining, manufacturing and the built environment. We are very proud of this The Nation-builder Award recognises initiatives that are achieving exceptional results in supporting and growing non-traditional suppliers in areas including youth, black women and rural areas, or areas with few alternative opportunities, as well as scarce skills not readily available in previously disadvantaged communities of South Africa. Bosch Holdings has taken critical steps to decrease the drastic skills shortages in our country, through the establishment of Bosch Ulwazi, which facilitates the advancement of engineering skills, provides solutions for engineer development and technical training, as well as supplier/ enterprise and socio-economic development. Balan Govender - [email protected] Booker Tate presents High Commissioner in London with 1828 map of St Kitts Earlier this year, Dr David Eastwood and Barry Newton, on behalf of Booker Tate, presented a 191-year old map of St Kitts (St Christopher) to His Excellency Dr Kevin M. Isaac, the St Kitts and Nevis High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. The map played an important role in the development of a sugar factory at Basseterre, which opened in 1912. It has since been proudly displayed in the offices of several companies, eventually taking prime position on the walls of Booker Agriculture International (BAI - which later became Booker Tate) in London and latterly in Thame. At the handover of the map, High Commissioner Isaac recommended that the National Museum in Basseterre would be the perfect home, among the cultural heritage of St Kitts and Nevis, for this important historical discovery. The map had apparently been a critical point of reference for planning the route of the small gauge railway used for the delivery of cane from the estates to the new factory yard and for delivery of the final sugar product from the factory to the wharf at Basseterre. BAI, which was contracted in 1968 to provide technical and management services to the St Kitts factory and to two sugar estates adjacent to the factory, inherited the map and after careful examination, identified a red line superimposed on it ending at the factory site. This reinforced the claim that the The St Kitts and Nevis High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Dr Kevin M Isaac, with Dr David Eastwood and Barry Newton (former Managing Director of Booker Tate), holding two sections of the map. map had been used to plan the original route of the railway line. With final closure of the St Kitts sugar industry and the relocation of Booker Tate to new premises, it seemed appropriate that this unique map should be transferred to the custody of his Excellency the High Commissioner of St Kitts and Nevis. One such project undertaken was the determination of sustainable sludge disposal options for Umgeni Water that was undertaken by Bosch Projects in association with Bosch Capital. Suitable and sustainable sludge disposal options based on the appropriate legislation was determined. This was then assessed against the waste management hierarchy before determining the long-term financial implications to the utility. Capital funding sources could include a combination of new and existing grants and debt. The Bosch Team are able to provide prioritised sector plans, based on the specific needs of the municipality and linked to potential funding sources. This provides the municipality with a road map that can be used to implement infrastructure Drying beds and sugarcane at Cool Air Waste Water Treatment Works projects. Clients have included the Water Research Commission, Umgeni Water and Development Bank of South Africa on behalf of three municipalities in the Northern Cape. Rajiv Paladh - [email protected] Waste avoidance and reduction Re-use Recycling Recovery Treatment & disposal Waste management hierarchy CESA YPF Math Workshop Initiative Earlier this year, the young professionals of Bosch Projects KZN tutored 60 learners in grade 11 for Mathematics as part of the CESA Young Professionals Forum Math Workshop Initiative at Margot Fonteyn Secondary School in Klaarwater. This is the second year that Bosch Projects has sponsored a math workshop session which consists of five sessions a year. The advantage of the team being multilingualistics is that the Young Professionals were able to communicate both in English and IsiZulu, helping learners grasp knowledge in a language that they best understood. There is a great deal of potential for future engineers to emerge from the classes and Bosch Projects are proud to have played a part in inspiring the next generation of engineers. Bosch Projects team: Uzair Osman, Karabo Botolo, Saathna Singh, Portia Malindi, Julian Reddy and Mongi Ngcobo along with Engineers without Borders. Uzair Osman - [email protected] Jonathan Innes - [email protected] Bosch Projects Young Professional Mongi Ngcobo with learners Grade 11 learners being tutored by a UKZN engineering student