Top performing companies in Limpopo awarded for being productive

Productivity SA, the government’s pre-eminent custodian of productivity bestowed productivity awards on four businesses in the Limpopo Province at the Limpopo Regional Productivity Awards held at Weesgerus Holiday Resort in Modimolle on Thursday (31 – 08 -2017).

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Productivity SA Board, Mothunye Mothiba says “The awards are intended at recognising organisations making significant contribution towards the creation of decent employment in South Africa”. Awards were conferred in the corporate, emerging, public and cooperative sectors.

The regional awards provide a platform to inspire a competitive and productive South Africa. Productivity improvement is considered the most effective way of ensuring ongoing competitiveness, economic growth and the creation of decent employment.

MEC of Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism Honourable Seaparo Sekoati, in his key note address emphasised the need for the country to place emphasis on developing productive capacity in all sectors of the economy. The MEC congratulated all participating companies for their contribution towards the betterment of the Limpopo economy.

Productivity SA is established in terms of section 31 (1) of the Employment Services Act, No. 4 of 2014 as a juristic person with the mandate to promote employment growth and productivity thereby contributing to South Africa’s socio-economic development and competitiveness’.

As part of assessing productivity of entities, Productivity SA has developed various tools and models that includes measurement tools that determine to what extent an organisation’s financial performance is influenced by price recovery and productivity. The regional award winners will represent the province during the National Productivity Awards to be held in Gauteng on 20 October 2017.

Winners of the 2017 Limpopo Regional Productivity Awards:

• Emerging Sector Category: Pavecon Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd
• Corporate Sector Category : Palabora Mining Company(PTY)Ltd
• Public Sector Category: Limpopo Agri-Food Technology Station
• Co – operative Category : Lephalale Womens Organisation Primary Co-operative

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