SOCIAL AND RELATIONSHIP CAPITAL
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stakeholders, the environment and the community.
KEY INPUTS
Investment in community upliftment projects;
Farm school cricket development through the an nual Senwes
Spinners Farm School Cricket Development Programme. During the
past 14 years, since the launch thereof in 2006, 1 820 farm school
players from 19 primary schools participated in the programme,
454 coaching sessions were conducted and 56 coaches have been
trained;
Nelson Mandela Day project: potholes were repaired and garbage
was removed from around Senwes Head Office. Senwes, in collaboration
with North West Cricket, also hosted a cricket clinic at
Laerskool Wolmaransstad in aid of Nelson Mandela’s 67- minute
campaign;
Annual Christmas Tree project, where 590 underprivileged children
from 10 different institutions aimed at child care for abused,
special needs and abandoned children were involved;
Support hub in Losdoorns, which consists of a vegetable garden, an
improved early childhood development centre and sports initiatives;
Vegetable garden project at Rooigrond near Buhrmansdrif;
Transformation initiative;
Learnerships, where 30 learners benefitted from Senwes learnerships
in retail and grain handling and 14 apprentices were trained;
External bursary schemes;
Senwes, once again, sponsored the Nation in Conversation initiative.
This initiative serves as a platform for thought-leaders from
various industries to discuss issues in and around the agricultural
sector. Senwes' partnership with Nation in Conversation derived
a total of R7,8 million in value for the brand during the course of
the 2019 television series, the 2019 Nampo Harvest Day and the
2019 Nampo Cape show;
Programme for emerging farmers;
Client supporting initiatives;
Exclusive customer and supplier relationships;
Ensuring and monitoring ongoing legislative compliance;
Positive relationships with trade unions;
Senwes launched a series of videos where focused advice was
given to primary producers and processors on how to approach the
Covid-19 pandemic;
Senwes sponsored the Bultfontein Boertjiefees;
Senwes hosted its 16th annual Senwes Future Focus Day;
Senwes co-sponsored the annual Agri SA Congress and annual NWK
Agri Securitas Senwes Golf Day;
Senwes sponsored the annual Ottosdal Draf en Trap for the 27th
consecutive year;
Senwes offered AgriRewards participants the opportunity to convert
their AgriRewards loyalty benefits to Senwes shares;
Senwes hosted various harvester and technology days;
Senwes held the first ever Silo Festival in Wesselsbron;
Senwes hosted the Red Meat Producers’ Organisation 2019 congress;
Senwes, in collaboration with various partners, launched multiple
drought aid initiatives to support the Northern Cape producers
suffering the effects of the severe drought;
The Senwes Spinners High Performance cricket team participated in
the 2018/2019 High-Performance Programme hosted by North West
Cricket; and
Senwes obtained the naming rights for the Senwes Dragons
Women’s team.
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