INDUSTRY NEWS
COLLECT-A-CAN CELEBRATES WOMEN IN AUGUST
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ollect-A-Can is a recovery and recycling organisation which encourages communities to create recycling entrepreneurship initiatives while preserving the environment. Several women across South Africa have made a sustainable contribution to both the environment and the economy, one of these dynamic women is Nomkhosi Mashile. Nomkhosi has two businesses which are close to her heart, New Beginnings Home Loans and Recycling Moms. Unemployed mothers who have been waste-pickers are given jobs and empowered through Recycling Moms. Through selling recyclable material, these mothers are able to provide for their families. In 2014, Susan Kone began researching how to dispose of fluorescent globes, which led to the formation of PWK Waste Management and Recycling in Vuwani, Limpopo. PWK recycles all recyclable waste and has provided employment for 7 full-time and 3 part-time staff members.
IVES SAB KICKSTART BOOST GS A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR HEAD START
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outh African Breweries (SAB) is giving young entrepreneurs a kick start to their careers. Launched in 1995 as a poverty alleviation project, the programme evolved to become a platform to promote sustainable enterprise development, in order to give young entrepreneurs the capacity to become high impact suppliers. Their remodelled KickStart Boost programme targets black business owners aged 18 to 35 in specific industries and provides them with skills training, mentorship programmes as well as loan and grant funding. Recently, SAB encouraged all entrepreneurs who participated in the programme prior to 2015 to enter the SAB KickStart Boost 2015 programme. Follow @SAB_KickStart on Twitter or on Facebook: www. facebook.com/SABKickStart to see how the competition progresses. 10
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THE SA 2015 WINE TASTING CHAMPIONSHIP
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outh Africa’s top sommeliers are vying for both the title of best sommelier as well as a three-year bursary at Restaurant Mosaic as part of the newly launched Mosaic Protégé programme, run in conjunction with the South African Wine Tasting Championships. The title of Best Sommelier is currently held by DW Eleven-11’s Patson Mathonsi. The winner of the bursary will have the chance to work alongside French sommelier Germain Lehodey and Moses Magwaza, commis sommelier of Restaurant Mozaic. The winner will also become a member of Team South Africa, and take part in the World Blind Challenge in October 2015. The South African Wine Tasting Championship has already held the Joburg and Cape Town regionals, and the Durban regional takes place at the end of August. The national finale will be held in Cape Town in September with the World Championship being held in Chateauneuf du Pape, France, on 17 October. Visit www.sawtc.co.za for more information.
