held at the Bon Hotel Conference Centre in Midrand on Tuesday. The
entity responsible for promoting productivity within South Africa,
Productivity SA, awarded the best performers at the ceremony which
will culminate in the regional award winners participating in the
National Productivity Awards in October.
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, consequently, more wealth for all. The CEO of Productivity
SA, Mothunye Mothiba, says "We all need to pledge our support to the
Productivity Movement in SA and business and government should work
together to enable economic growth".
South Africa currently faces major challenges, for example how to
create employment opportunities, stimulate economic growth and reduce
poverty. If South Africa is to reduce unemployment and poverty, and
increase its economic growth, its emphasis should be on developing
productive capacity in all sectors of the economy.
The Productivity SA Awards seek to galavanise companies into adopting
productivity as a fundamental tool to be more competitive.
Productivity SA was created in 1969 as the then National Productivity
Institute (NPI) and it focused on;
Providing assistance to individual companies in their productivity
improvement programs.
Conducting research in the field of productivity and related matters.
Promoting training and education through specific programs
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 National Productivity Awards were launched in 1979
and since then the awards have grown to become one of the most
prestigious awards for business in South Africa.
The winners are:
Emerging Sector : Legaci Superior Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services
Co – operatives Sector : Prejonet Agricultural Primary Co-Operative
Public Sector : City of Tshwane (Rosslyn Electricity Depot)
Corporate Sector : Rothe Plantscapers
