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EDITOR Mercédes Westbrook - mercedes@shop-sa.co.za

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SUB EDITOR Clare Matthes - clare@shop-sa.co.za Financial Controller Bill André - bill@shop-sa.co.za ADVERTISING MANAGER Wayne van der Wath - wayne@shop-sa.co.za ADVERTISING Anna-Marie West - anna-marie@shop-sa.co.za EVENTS & PR Manager Wendy Dancer - wendy@shop-sa.co.za

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NATIONAL OFFICE New Membership: Rachel Skink Reception: Ruth Montsho

Eco Pages

A green sustainability update.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Allan Thompson, Kolok Unlimited Bill Bayley, Rexel Brian Taylor, Forms Media Independent Africa Dion Botma, Ledger Systems Gary Pickford (Finance), Advanced Channel Technologies Geoff Logan, Waltons (Pty) Ltd George dos Ramos, City Office (Pty) Ltd Hans Servas (Chairman), Honorary/Life Member of shop-sa Helen Goodson, Redfern Print Service James Sibeko, Jabatha Paper & Stationery Ryan Bidgood (Vice Chair), OfficeNational Africa (Pty) Ltd Sam Pickering-Dunn, Managing Director, Staedtler SA Wessel Germishuizen, Libri Stationery CONTACT US PO Box 3226, Parklands, 2121 132 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, 2193.

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MARKETING SAVVY Dodgy Marketing Tricks 8 Aki Kalliatakis discusses those businesses which use less than honest means to promote themselves in the market place.

Direct Marketing on the up and up 18 Alastair Tempest, President of the Institute for Interactive Marketing (IIDM) and COO of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA SA) tells us why direct marketing is on an upward slope.

Tap into the informal sector 20 Retailers and brand marketers are offered a secure, supported expansion opportunity with CFS RICA.

ONLINE SAVVY

Innovate or die!

6 Gavin Moffat advises now is the time to assess whether your business is growing or decaying.

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Needful Things 10 Products to make your life more manageable when you are ‘Office Bound’

PersonAbility 15 My Office catches up with television personality Riaan Cruywagen.

Money Matters Protection for taxpayers Stiaan Klue asks how efficient and compliant your tax practitioner is.

Tips on being tops 12 Nomvula Violet Moloko the recently crowned OPSA/ Rexel SA National Office Professional of the Year 2012/2013 shares her perspective.

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Hi-Tech Meetings 16 A look at how communication is increasing exponentially as the tools of the trade make advances in technology.

IN EVERY ISSUE Crime Alert 2 Quick Find Retailer Guide 37 Product showcase 36 Buyers guide 40 Punchline 48

Easter Crafts 22 An eggciting Easter is here with these creative Easter crafts to try at home.

How to Buy a Binding Machine 26 Before investing in a binder look at the factors determining which binding machine best suits you.

Paperworld report back 28 Paperworld, held in Frankfurt, provided a comprehensive overview of the international paper, stationery and office supplies sector.

Debt Alert 30 Lauren Orritt discusses the disadvantages of having summons issued against you.

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Industry News 32 Business related news and reviews for the stationery and office products industry.

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CABLE THEFT CRIPPLING BUSINESS IN SA

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ommunication is critical to the flow of business, yet each electrical, telecommunications or transport cable stolen can shut down economic activity in a vast area for indefinite periods of time, seriously impacting the local economy.

The theft of cable, for their metal content, as well as piping and bolts to manhole covers continues to disrupt and degrade the supply of services to businesses and communities. Estimated at a cost of R10 billion per annum, the rate of theft casts doubt we will ever see Broadband and ADSL in every South African household and business if it continues.

Last year, cable theft on the Johannesburg’ Daveyton train line meant commuters had no train transportation for a week and in January led to a train derailment near Pretoria, injuring about 200 people. Cable theft at a water treatment plant near Hartebeespoort Dam led to water contamination and lives have been lost falling down open manholes.

Maboe Maphaka, senior manager at Eskom, estimates that cable theft costs the company approximately R400 million a year – notwithstanding the damage to its image; and costs to the consumer when power surges damage equipment, such as computers, TVs, and appliances plugged in at the time.

Telkom reported losses from cable theft to be as much as R183.5 million in its 2010/11 financial year; with the number of cable-theft incidents having increased

by 17% in that time.

Theo Hess, Telkom’s managing executive for network field services, says the services that cable theft disrupts are a “vital component to the running of businesses and an integral part of everyday living”.

Comments Tshepo Ramodibe, Vodacom’s acting head of corporate affairs, that while very little of their infrastructure relies on copper cables, there is impact when their fibre optic cables are damaged in the process of criminals digging up copper cables.

Theft and sabotage on optical fibre causes the most serious service disruptions and is responsible for the biggest downtime.

Who are the thieves?

Syndicates ‘employ’ people who are desperate for work, to steal copper cables and pipes as well as other non-ferrous metal items such as sheeting, grids, ladders, water meters, taps and manhole covers. Many of these people risk serious injury and death in doing so. The cables are then burnt to avoid identification and sold to scrap metal dealers, who sell them to overseas syndicates.

As an example, although Cape Town has no copper mines, over R77 million worth of copper leaves through its harbour each year. In response, the Copperheads - an elite task team of specially trained officers - were constituted in 2007 to combat the theft of non-ferrous metals in its city. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry is lobbying for cable theft to be classified as economic sabotage, which would lead to tougher

punishment for the culprits.

Neren Rau, the CEO of the chamber, says the move is essential to fight a crime that can slow down the economy, especially when there is such a disconnect between the relatively low value of the copper stolen and its global implication for businesses.

“Sadly, at the lowest level of theft, it’s merely criminals that are trying to put food on the table,” says Rau. “That’s why in the past we’ve had difficulty prosecuting them, there was a lot of sympathy. But now that we’re looking at the broad implication the derailment in Pretoria - it’s a problem of the economy as a whole.”

Telkom also reports arrests made through close collaboration with the NonFerrous Theft Combating Committee, Business Against Crime and the South African Police Services and has adopted various interventions, including alarming cable routes, employing the services of armed security firms, and deploying wireless technologies that are alternatives to copper.

Telkom says affected customers qualify for pro-rata rebates on their line rentals.

“Customers are advised to call our Billing Enquiries Service on 10210 to enquire about such rebates for the period during which their lines were non-functional.”

Play your part and Report Crime Report electricity theft to the Eskom Crime Line 0800 11 27 22 (toll-free and highly confidential). Reports can also be made at www.crimeline.co.za Telkom Crime Hotline 0800 124 000 Call the Copperheads for Cape Town based crimes any time on 0800 222771 to report metal theft.

If you own a business operating within the stationery or office products industry, inform shop-sa when your telephone line is down and we will notify the industry of your alternative contact numbers. Call the Crime Alert number 011 880 1147.

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eco news

The power of solar

The sun’s energy provides cost-saving opportunities for business into the future

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olar energy can help South African companies overcome the financial implications of future price hikes, with particular benefit seen in mediumsize businesses.

However, in order for sun-generated energy to become mainstream among the South African private sector, the solar industry has to start marketing it as a practical need-tohave solution instead of a green, nice-tohave solution.

“Solar energy is a good solution for South Africa’s private sector. It is cheaper than the diesel plants and generators that are often used as a substitute for conventional coal-generated power. However, it is still more expensive than Eskom’s electricity,” says Graeme Chown, executive director at energy management consultancy firm, PPA Energy South Africa.

This scenario is set to change.

“Solar panel prices in South Africa are dropping at around 10% per annum, which is pretty much on par with the rest of the world. We predict it will take three to five years for solar electricity to be cheaper than normal power, especially if Eskom is granted its 16%-increase per year.”

Chown spoke at the Solar Future South Africa conference, which took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in February. * The conference’s agenda topics tied in with Eskom’s application for electricity tariff increases and looked at the impact of this on the private sector.

During the public hearings on Eskom’s application at the start of 2013, the National Union of Metalworkers (NUM) said that 37,5% of energy-intensive companies in South Africa would, in due course, have to close down if the tariff hikes were granted. While NUM mainly referred to heavy industry and mining, other segments of the economy are expected to

eco news be hit harder, said Dick Berlijn.

According to the managing director of Pretoria-based solar electricity development firm Subsolar Energy, Berlijn, medium-businesses with high energy needs are the prime victims of past price increases and the proposed tariff increases.

“Take supermarkets, agricultural businesses, dairy farmers, and retailers that require a constant and considerable amount of electricity, for instance bottle stores. These types of companies are paying some of the highest tariffs, as opposed to many mining houses,” he said.

Because these medium-size companies are not large enough, they do not have enough power to put pressure on government when it comes to giving them more favourable electricity rates, Berlijn added.

“These businesses in particular would benefit most from solar systems as their demand is not as big as for instance mining, and therefore they won’t require massive plants.”

It seems that slowly, more and more companies in South Africa are realising the potential of solar.

One of the companies installing solar systems is

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the Romano Group which has installed nearly 1MWp of rooftop solar PV

“Marketing of solar energy should not revolve around the green element, but rather around the practicalities.”

- Andrew Rice systems across South Africa.

“One of those projects is a 100KWp system on the roof of a Pick n Pay branch in Hurlingham, Johannesburg,” explains CEO Alexi Romano.

“The system provides 25% of the venture’s electricity needs and as a result 4.000 fewer tons of carbon will be emitted into the atmosphere in the next two decades.”

According to Andrew Rice, one of South Africa’s top branding and advertising experts, more South African companies could and should use solar as a way to get electricity.

“While the Rainbow Nation has made great strides, it still has a

* At the end of February the National Energy regulator of SA (NERSA) announced that the electricity price would increase by eight percent annually for the next five years.

long way to go. It all has to do with marketing.

“The South African private sector is increasingly seeing solar as a viable solution, we have a long way to go before it is widely accepted as such.”

“It seems that perceptions are lagging behind the reality and the technology.

Technology has improved more than people realise it has. It takes time for that reality to catch up.”

Rice added that marketing of solar energy should not revolve around the green element, but rather around the practicalities.

“It is time for solar to be seen as a practical solution, something that we need rather than something green that is nice to have. It is up to the industry to market solar as such, so that people start to see it as a necessity.” m

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Innovate or

Acknowledgment Gavin Moffat (gavin@puruma.com or www.twitter.com/gavinmoffat)

Die

Now is the time to assess whether your business is growing or decaying.

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nnovation as a topic of discussion among business owners seems to crop up occasionally and mostly with little real understanding of what needs to be done. Innovation is not just a word that we should haul out when times are tough and we feel the need to develop a new product, relook at the business or devise a new revenue stream.

Innovation as a concept is something that should exist within your organisation, almost as a line-of-business function. That may seem a little extreme but if I asked you how much time, as a percentage of your work days per year, you put aside to innovation, your answer would be? Next to nothing? In a company where innovation is formalised guidelines suggest that the executive committee spend at least 5 to 10% of individual or collective time focused on innovation.

Innovation is not just about new revenue streams.

It runs the gamut of implementation of ideas around a process that radically changes the way in which a business approaches a traditional function to a product or service that produces a disruptive effect on the market, with ancillary benefits for the bottom line.

There is no better time than right now, or maybe tomorrow morning, to give consideration to how you can begin inculcating this culture into your organisation.

This is of course easier said than done. There is a degree of change management involved which needs to be carefully managed. Of course, innovation for innovation’s sake is just

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as bad as no innovation at all and will no doubt defocus the business from the day-to-day task of providing customers with products or services that have value for a price that they are prepared to pay.

There are a number of ways to assist the innovation adoption process. These can be as simple as using a social enterprise network to collaborate and engage across an organisation. You could put processes in place to encourage thought or interventions that question current business practices in an attempt to find what is working and what is not.

Innovation at a strategic level could also follow the path of scenario planning. It can begin with looking at a business category or industry where you leap 20 years into the future and see what the environment holds for you. Then work backwards to create the enterprise that you would need to get you there.

It sounds complicated and very often the organisational view is rather that “the future will take care of itself and needs little attention in the present”. This is a fundamental and often-seen error in business. We should all embrace the feeling of discomfort that seeps into our bones when we know that our current success is only a stepping stone to the next iteration of our strategy. Innovation is one of the best tools to constantly provide us with a view of what we need to give our customers value and remain a step ahead of our competitors.

As the actor, artist and songwriter Alan Arkin said, “Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re staying still, you’re decaying.” m

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Trends of Paperworld

What style is right for me?

What suits my taste? And what reflects my views?

These were some of the questions answered at the Paperworld Trends show.

Lectures This year’s Forum attracted many visitors with a spectrum of thought-provoking lectures covering marketing, trends, motivation, retail and sales. Its wideranging programme covered The ISPA.

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aperworld not only provides a comprehensive overview of the international paper, stationery and office supplies sector with new product launches and abundant opportunities for making new business contacts but also looks at providing visitors and exhibitors with lectures and informative talks by many industry leaders and researchers.

The first point of contact for those pursuing the latest product trends and ideas was the Paperworld Trend Show. The aim of this specific exhibit was to achieve better orientation, the perfect assortment and a targeted customer approach by filtering through the major themes and bringing them to visitors and exhibitors.

Experts gave guided tours through the trend worlds and spoke on the impact and implementation of these trends. www.shop-sa.co.za

Awards The International Stationery Press Association (ISPA) presented its international accolade, the Product of Year Award, at Paperworld.

This award honours the best projects and products at Paperworld according to the categories Innovation, Quality, Price, Presentation and Environmental Protection.

European Office Products Awards The gala dinner celebrating the annual European Office Products Awards presented by the UK’s OPI magazine celebrated products in the categories of Marketing, Customer Orientation, Innovation, Environmental Awareness, New Product Launch, Young Entrepreneur and Services for the Industry.

The Chairman’s Comment shop-sa chairman, Hans Servas, attended Paperworld and commented that although the show was massive, informative, innovative and still very pertinent to the stationery industry, it seems to have become quite a bit smaller than the shows from previous years.

His belief is that perhaps the stationery industry was putting its money elsewhere and that having floor space at the exhibit was becoming too expensive.

Servas also mentioned that the introduction of Paperworld China and Paperworld Dubai might have taken a small slice from the original Frankfurt pie. my office magazine

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Sneaky Sales $ Promotion Tricks

Acknowledgment Aki Kalliatakis is the Managing Partner of The Leadership LaunchPad, a company dedicated to helping clients become more customer driven. He can be contacted at 011 640 3958, or via the website at www.DelightYourCustomers.co.za.

Follow him on Twitter at @AkiKalliatakis or Leadership LaunchPad

Business, in today’s world of financial turmoil, will use every advantage to sell its products and services.

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any companies with advertising and marketing budgets have persuaded us that we cannot live without their products.

They take advantage of customers’ health, image and ego’s, which leads to huge spending on unnecessary products.

Water is a great example: it is essentially a free resource, but is actually a $60 billion industry around the world. Why? Because companies have persuaded us that bottled water is cleaner and better than tap water.

Marketers also use sneaky tactics to increase sales. Toothpaste manufacturers hit on the idea of widening the mouth of the tube in order to get customers to use more paste by volume. One shampoo manufacturer added two words on the bottle that led to a dramatic increase in consumption: “Rinse. Repeat.”

The big question is: Do we do whatever it takes in the short term in order to survive (and live with the consequences) or should we take a longer-term view and ensure our business’s future? Many companies take the short term view, but their tactics sometimes border on the immoral,

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unethical, and perhaps even illegal, and these practices, when exposed, could lead to serious negative penalties.

The more obvious illegal activities include collusion with competitors to fix prices, hiding information about the actual product and true prices until after customers have signed contracts, charging excessive interest rates on hire purchase, and many more dubious tactics covered in the Consumer Protection Act and other statutes. Occasionally, poor publicity and legal action may lead to these being stopped but ultimately questionable marketing tricks depend on human frailty – people’s gullibility coupled with a desire to get something for nothing, or to look good amongst their friends.

Some dodgy practices identified on the rumour mill • Cookie-based price gouging: Airlines flag interest in specific flights when consumers browse its Internet site by attaching a cookie to the visiting computer. When you return to the website to book the flight, the price has suddenly increased as the airline has identified keen interest in the destination by your previous enquiry.

• Bandwidth throttling: Internet

Service Providers (ISPs) slow down bandwidth when you reach a set percentage of your monthly allocation, and your internet access hits snail pace. As you look for a solution, you become the victim of the soft touch when the ISP advises you to go uncapped - at a higher fee.

• Creating additional demand: Some bottled water and energy drink companies add sodium – an ingredient that actually causes dehydration. There are still foods out there that contain huge amounts of MSG – which is not only very addictive, but a cause of obesity in children.

• Freemium: (a compound of ‘free’ and ‘premium’) refers to the practice of making a core offering available for free, but charging a premium for extras once consumers make further use of the underlying product or service.

Unethical trading practices are fast coming to the end of their shelf-life thanks to advances in consumer networking.

Engaging in such tactics is playing with fire. It doesn’t matter how sophisticated the ruse is, the truth will out. When these devious tactics are exposed, can you live with the consequences? m Vol 97 - Issue

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advertorial

New Typek website launched

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appi Paper and Paper Packaging is proud to announce the launch of the new Typek website http://www.typek.co.za as part of the Typek refresh roll-out plan that incorporated outdoor advertising, print advertising, some smaller sponsorships, vehicle branding and the latest addition of the website.

experience with interactive elements, this exciting development provides customers with another platform to engage with the Typek brand. It increases Typek’s on-line visibility, serves as an additional means of providing product range information and offers another contact point for customer requests.

In keeping with the refreshed brand identity that promotes the Earth Kind messaging, the trendy designed website reflects imagery that showcases Typek as a modern, sustainable and caring brand and includes the following elements:

The Typek website enhances the product value proposition to the market and was created in order to meet the changing communication needs of customers and as part of Sappi’s overall communications campaign.

Designed to facilitate a user-friendly

What’s On - All the latest promotions and activities Kids Zone - Download fun and interactive, educational activities Image Library - View and download images of the product range Environmental Awareness - Sappi’s

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commitment to sustainability Where to buy - Find out where to buy the new range.

An example of the landing page is included below. We encourage you to visit http://www.typek.co.za The Typek brand has now also taken to the road to create additional outdoor media exposure for Sappi and to promote consumer familiarity with the Typek brand. Sappi partnered with their logistics suppliers to apply vibrant designs on delivery vehicles moving between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

These vehicles are a cost effective form of advertising that brings the Typek brand identity to life in the form of eye-catching, moving billboards with a wide-reaching effect. m my office magazine

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Office Bound

Surround yourself with these needful things when it’s time to put your head down and be your productive best at the office.

Keep it cool There’s no point in getting hot and bothered when you can simply take a trip to the water cooler and clear your head. Drinking plenty of water promotes your health and health is our greatest asset.

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When you need speed One of the most economical printers on the market in this class, the Olivetti 3504MF multifunction desktop unit has most of the features of the large free standing units! Fast at 35 pages per minute print and copy speed, it offers colour scanning, network and standalone fax. Contact The Maynards Group for more information on www.maynards.co.za.

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Keep it together Accessing your desktop, while on the move, is made simple with the Executive Business Case from Flipfile.

Compartmentalised sections for pens, exam pads, business cards and zipper pockets would make any neat-freak executive proud. View their online catalogue at www.flipfile.co.za

Veggie Boost You’ve done two minute noodles, now you can choose the green route with two minute vegetable side dishes from Amore.

They offer a selection of eight tasty and nutritious vegetable side dishes free of MSG, preservatives, powdered milk or cheese.

Pop in the microwave for two minutes and voilĂ you have fulfilled your veggie quota for the day. For more information contact Ivan Smook on 021 872 6355, 082 943 0688 or ivan@applemore.co.za.

Press for repeat Recording a board meeting or a large gathering has never been easier. With only one sleek aluminium hard shell case, you can carry everything you need with the Olympus DM-550 Conference Kit and hey presto, conference recording is made easy!

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My Office caught up with her to get tips and tricks on being a great office professional.

“I’ve worked for various organisations, including SABC Radio, Alexander Forbes, Safety and Security SETA and the South African State Theatre in Pretoria,” says Moloko.

“This is the beauty of the profession. You acquire a generic skill set that allows you to perform in any industry and incorporate industry specific knowledge, which will serve you well in any industry.”

What makes a good office professional?

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Presence of mind. “People underrate presence of mind. When you have the presence of mind to say I am in this industry, what is required of me now?

When you’ve answered that question, you are able to assimilate all the desired skills into your job.”

Excellent Communication Skills. “Both written and verbal communication skills are integral to your success in the business world. It’s the make or break of every engagement – whether internal or external.”

Organisational Skills. “This includes time management – managing both yours and your executive’s time efficiently and effectively. You are organising yourself to organise somebody else. So, you are dealing with yourself and the next person(s), as some of us are not only assistants to one but more than one or even a team.

“We are talking beyond neat files but also ensuring that everyone gives the maximum output during their committed time and that everything is at the desired place at the right time.”

Emotional Intelligence. “You need to have emotional intelligence. You cannot do this job without it.

“There comes a time when you just want to ‘flip the pancake’ but you must remember the end result you are trying to achieve and keep that as a centre thought.

Humility. “I cannot stress that enough!

In this profession, you interact at such a high level as the support team behind the boss that if you are not careful, you could easily overstep that boundary.” m

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money matters Acknowledgment Stiaan Klue started his career with Deloitte in Johannesburg, has a Masters in Taxation, and is currently completing his PhD. At age 27, he founded the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT) as a controlling professional body for tax practitioners in South Africa.

Protection aimed at taxpayers imminent How efficient and compliant is your tax practitioner and how well are you protected?

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he last deadline for the 2012 filing season for provisional taxpayers filing their tax returns via e-filing was 31 January. Failing this, an administrative penalty for late submission of R250 is being levied for each month that the individual is late in submitting a tax return. Additionally, failure to pay the assessed tax by January 31 will trigger backdated interest.

It is reported that approximately 17 000 tax practitioners, roughly half of tax practitioners registered with South African Revenue Service (SARS), do not hold any formal qualification in taxation.

Tax practitioners came under attack in the 2012 Budget Speech when Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, announced that tax practitioners owed over R260 million to the state, and accounted for more than 18 000 outstanding income returns in their personal capacity. “If that is their attitude to their own tax compliance, one shudders to think what advice they are giving to their clients,” Gordhan stated.

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Stiaan Klue, chief executive of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT), ascribes the serious state of affairs to the enormous amount of tax changes promulgated in the past decade.

“In recent years tax legislation has become very complex and the noncompliance highlighted by the minister can be directly linked to the practitioners’ technical ability to perform the work, albeit exposing taxpayers to significant SARS penalties,” says Klue.

“It is evident that the primary aim of government with the regulation is to reform the tax profession to protect taxpayers against tax practitioners who practice without the required diligence, and in extreme circumstances practice recklessly to the ultimate detriment of the ordinary taxpayer,” Klue adds.

In order to measure the 17 000 tax practitioners before the 1 July deadline, the SAIT has developed a tax competency assessment, along similar lines to the US Inland Revenue Service (IRS) compulsory competency assessment for tax return preparers. The first national assessment was held on 15 February, with monthly tests scheduled thereafter.

The tax profession was recognised

by South Africa Qualifications Authority

(SAQA) in November 2012 when the tax designations were registered. This resulted in the tax profession joining the list of South African professional designations whose statutory and non-statutory professional bodies have to comply with criteria set out

by SAQA. The regulation of the financial services industry saw similar legislation when the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) was introduced in 2002, which sought to ensure that South Africa’s 140 000 financial advisers met competence requirements in order to protect consumers and professionalise the financial services industry.

“Looking at SARS’ Strategic Plan 20122017, non-registered practitioners owe SARS on average four times more tax than their registered counterparts,” comments Klue, who believes that the new regulatory regime, together with the occupational qualification in tax, will address the issue of training and certification of tax practitioners. As a recognised professional controlling body, the SAIT now has their own Taxation Disciplinary Board which can take action against their tax practitioners if they commit fraud or act unprofessionally. m Vol 97 - Issue

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Photo of Riaan Cruywagen by Nick Bolton

Riaan Cruywagen a South African legend This month, My Office chats to the renown and recently retired broadcast personality Riaan Cruywagen.

Q&A Tell us about your childhood and some favourite memories of growing up?

I have fond memories of my childhood days in the forties in Randburg where I was born and raised. I was the oldest of three children. In those days Randburg still had dirt roads, no electricity, no municipal water or sewerage system. As children we didn’t have a care in the world – the neighbourhood was safe, we played outside and could ride our bicycles without fear of being hit by traffic, because there was very little.

At what stage of life do you find yourself at now?

Scaling down, taking it a little easier, spending quality time with my loved ones.

What is your life’s motto or personal brand?

Never go home from work totally satisfied because there is always something you could have done better.

Use three words to describe yourself: Three P’s – perfectionist, professional, precise.

What is your business philosophy?

Never compromise your integrity and always be painstakingly honest in everything you do.

Briefly describe the highlights of your working career.

Each TV news bulletin was a highlight, because no two days’ news was ever the same. The first career highlight was when I was appointed to the permanent staff of the SABC in 1968 after completion of my studies with an SABC bursary at the University of Stellenbosch and embarked on a long and satisfying career.

What do you do best?

Broadcasting.

What has been your greatest lesson in life?

Always be true to yourself and your personality, and never

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compromise your integrity.

Tell us about the highlights or achievements you have enjoyed in your career?

I found an opinion poll a number of years ago that, after former president Nelson Mandela, I was considered by the viewers to be ‘the most credible South African’. I don’t think a news presenter could want any better recognition than that!

If you could change one thing in your industry, what would it be? Never to have a hidden agenda, pursue the truth and nothing else.

How do you handle stress? Very well. I remain cool, calm and collected even when things go radically wrong on air. What’s the use of throwing your toys from the cot anyway?

What makes you happy? Harmony among people. When the people around me are happy, I am too.

What is the one thing you can’t do without? My reading glasses – I’m hooked on reading!

What is your favourite website? Google, because it provides the answers to so many of my questions and queries!

What was the last new thing you bought? A Cobb cooker.

Do you have a hobby outside of work? Yes – I’m an organist.

Where do you like to go on holiday? Anywhere in the bush where it is quiet and serene.

What car do you drive and why? A Volkswagen Golf TDI – because I can’t afford a Mercedes-Benz CDI. What is your favourite perfume? For men? Michaelgameplan.

What are your small indulgences in life? Good calamata olives, Boursin cheese, baguette and French champagne.

Where/when do you read your copy of the My Office magazine? Wherever and whenever I get time. It could be in my favourite lounge chair, in an aircraft, in the Gautrain… m

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Hi-Tech Meetings How often have you left a meeting feeling it was a waste of time; felt unclear as to whether anything had been accomplished; and questioning if all those action items would ever really be followed up?

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f you answered yes to any of the above, chances are it’s not you - it’s your outdated meeting routine and lack of collaborative business communication tools at hand.

What makes a meeting effective? The meeting achieves its objective, it takes up a minimum amount of time, it leaves participants feeling that a sensible process has been followed; it effects decisions, generates collaborative sharing and new ideas, and creates a process supported by follow up status reports.

Enhanced computer-aided technologies have enabled levels of communication that leaps time and distance. From electronic mail, instant messaging, intranet and extranet links, translation, note-taking, videoconferencing and online training to more custom focused tools for businesses to meet, share, agree and process business transactions, we have no excuse not to be communicating more precisely, fluidly and efficiently.

Streaming the digital highway Electronic mail has overtaken the humble dialling tone, with more email addresses in the world than telephone numbers and more people with multiple e-mail addresses than multiple telephone numbers.

Instant messaging (IM) has become essentially real time e-mail, keeping managers in touch with employees and employees in touch with each other, without the delay and inbox clutter of email.

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The adoption of IM has been at grassroots level, much like the rise of the iPad in the business setting, where workers have carried over the habit from home or social settings in order to add speed and ease to workplace communication and eliminate time typically lost to “telephone tag” or wasted trips to a co-workers office who is absent or otherwise occupied.

Multi-dimensional meetings Integrated web, audio and video conferencing solutions have not only streamlined, but captivated, audiences

of web meetings, webinars, audio conferencing, online training seminars and multi-point video conferencing with the addition of technology that makes the best of sound, light and emotive influences.

Increasingly sophisticated electronic collaboration tools are further facilitating audience participation by stakeholders regardless of their location and complement face-to-face meetings, email, and teleconferences, by trimming time and expenses and fostering open communication and better evaluation and project management within teams.

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Regardless of differences in time zones or work schedules, software integral to the platform provides documentation of threaded discussions, audit history, and other mechanisms designed to capture the efforts of many into a managed content environment be it workflows, projects, deadlines or sign-off on deliverables. While several well-known commercial electronic collaboration products exist such as SAP and Microsoft’s Sharepoint, there are other customised products available that offer advanced document management and user participation, for example via electronic voting systems that provide proper authentication of votes and assurance of confidentiality.

Meetings with social media It’s been said that the social media phenomenon really isn’t anything new, it’s just better technology.

With origins most likely born from e-mail and instant message correspondence, social media is rapidly moving from an emerging communications medium to the mainstream of marketing.

Adding a new dynamic to how we communicate before, during and after meetings and events, social media creates the ‘buzz’, listing who is going to be there and giving participants a reason to go tell others by adding embedded links to specific sites, videos or forums that promote more sharing.

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wireless to ensure attendees will be able to use Twitter and post to blogs and other sites more easily. And they data mine the most active bloggers and attendees via their online profiles so they can invite them to associated groups, blogs and forums.

The life of a meeting is then seamlessly extended by building a thriving online community that remains open to further valuable insights, interaction and information.

Fear factor Digital tools still face the challenge of the human factor – the fear of technology and the resistance to investment in technical knowledge and time, as well as some of the more traditional corporate cultures that do not support open discussions and sharing of power.

What they offer in its place is anywhere (online) capability which avoids travel time and cost, increased participant availability (any place, any time), increased interactivity and participation, more shared sophisticated analysis and automatic, comprehensive, neutral documentation.

Modern meetings get results. Modern meetings become an action plan with assignments and timelines that are automatically tracked. The visibility of decisions and assignments during the meeting keeps everyone engaged and allow for automatic follow-up resulting in less wasted time and greater accountability.

Isn’t it time to rethink your ‘meeting of minds’? m

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marketing savvy Acknowledgment

Direct Marketing on the upward slope

Alastair Tempest is President of the Institute for Interactive Marketing (IIDM) and COO of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA SA).

Interactive and direct marketing (IDM) has always flourished in times of economic recession. It is one of the few marketing disciplines that can provide an immediate and easy way to measure return on investment (ROI) for the marketer.

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hus it is being increasingly used, frequently in collaboration with other marketing disciplines (advertising, sales promotion, point of sales, sponsorship, etc) to stimulate sales, as well as inform consumers.

Getting a detailed concept across is one benefit of IDM. Most “above-the-line” advertising does not have the space to tell a story and explain, whereas most IDM media are greatly suited to describe and amplify, which is why financial services, tourism, IT, and other complex product sectors find IDM so appealing.

One of the most pressing issues all marketing and advertising faces today is the fragmentation of media. Not long ago there were only a few TV and radio channels to advertise on. Now DSTV and other satellite TV service providers are giving us a vast choice of broadcasters, but increasingly people prefer to spend

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much of their leisure time on the internet.

Advertising is becoming wallpaper which consumers are only vaguely aware of.

In the case of IDM, we are all too aware of the e-mail spam we receive, or the call centre calling us about irrelevant products at inconvenient times of the day – it’s infuriating - so IDM can be perceived as intrusive and irritating. This is partly due to badly targeted messages; partly to the time we receive those messages, and partly to the medium used.

The DMA recognised these issues some years ago and produced a code of conduct as well as best practices for its 250 members. It also runs the Do Not Contact (DNC) list where consumers who do not wish to be approached by marketing can register. We now have about 60 000 consumers registered and our members are required to “clean” their marketing lists against the DNC. They are also required by law, the Consumer Protection Act, to keep their own internal “suppression” list to register consumers who complain directly to them about not wanting to receive their marketing.

Because of the proliferation of “spam, usually from outside our borders, some

of the electronic communication media, like e-mail, is becoming increasingly challenging to use. Direct mail, however, still has that curiosity and enjoyment factor when the recipient receives a letter or package. Direct mail is therefore growing - and with over two million new addresses issued by the South African Post Office (SAPO) in the last couple of years, direct mail is a major player in South Africa.

Once the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill is enforced, the rules of IDM will change. Consumers will have to give their consent for marketing by electronic communications, but consent will not be necessary for direct mail or telemarketing.

As with any discipline, to get the most out of IDM, marketers need to be well trained in the processes and that is truer today than ever before with the explosion of choice in the media available for marketing from direct mail, to e-mail, sms, telephone and social media.

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he informal market, is mainly financially supported by the government’s extensive social support programme, represents a massive opportunity for retailers to extend their vast distribution channels, increase their national footprint, develop new markets and offer new products and services, while increasing brand awareness and loyalty.

The logistical and financial challenges of reaching the informal markets have previously prevented retailers from expanding into this untapped market.

Fortunately, rapid advances in technology in the form of robust, easyto-use and highly customisable terminals now allow retailers to “set up shop” quite literally anywhere in South Africa, quickly and cost-effectively.

These terminals, known as the V5 Rica terminals, were recently launched by CFS Rica, the company behind successful RICA registration of more than 40 million sim cards across South Africa.

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The vast informal market in the less-developed and far-flung corners of our country has remained untapped. Now retailers and brand marketers are offered a secure and supported expansion opportunity independent from their main infrastructure. retained many of the proven features of its predecessor – such as exceptional portability and ease-of-use, a spill-proof QWERTY keyboard, an external antenna and a long-lasting battery. But the latest version now also incorporates a GPS tracking module which enables geo-tagging of the exact location of each terminal, as well as an internal 3G/GPRS modem for connectivity from remote locations and the encryption and transmission of data.

In addition to the two megapixel integrated customer-facing webcam and the FIPS-approved biometric fingerprint reader, a range of peripherals can be attached as “plug-and-play devices”.

These include flatbed scanners, USB hand-held barcode scanners, thermal printers, signature pads, numeric keypads, magswipe card readers and debit and credit card payment devices.

Small retail outlets are not limited to selling food and other basics, these terminals allow for an increase in offering that includes pre-paid airtime, electricity and insurance vending; money transfer transactions and registrations; agency banking; ticketing for events and transport; barcode scanning for stock control; and fingerprinting for successful loyalty programmes and lay-bye programmes.

“In this way, the retail outlet becomes

more than just a ‘shop’, it becomes a ‘point of presence’ or a central hub of economic activity in the area,” comments Craig Aiken, CEO and Project Director of CFS Rica.

While the terminals operate as standalone devices, independent from a retailer’s main infrastructure, advance technology ensures connectivity at all times, without the need for high-value equipment such as iPhones or iPads that create a theft, damage or loss risk.

Furthermore, the terminals are backed-up

by CFS Rica’s unique support package that encompasses optimised uptime, including the ability to upgrade firmware and effect repairs onsite; optimised insight including a full asset management system to keep track of the data flow, utilisation and location of each terminal; and optimised efficiency, by putting in place the systems and processes to create a full turnkey solution that extends from hardware and software design and development, local manufacture, installation and logistics to repair facilities, data hosting and full support. m

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Eggciting Easter Our collection of ideas is sure to guarantee that you’ll have some fun making crafts with the children this Easter. These easy Easter craft ideas include Easter egg crafts, Easter basket crafts, Easter bunny crafts, Easter bonnet crafts and chicks of all sorts. Go on, get stuck in!

The Good Ol’ Paper Plate There a many ways to transform the dependable paper plate into something fun and exciting.

Painting and decorating can transform the old faithful into a mask or a strikingly fun decoration. By stringing a few colourful paper plates along a small rope or string, the paper plate can make a decorative chain.

The Mask Kids love to fantasise about being someone or something else. Let their creativity flow by creating a mask or a hat of the Easter Bunny himself.

Egg Head Instead of simply dunking your egg in dye, take egg decorating to another dimension.

Give your eggs some personality and character by transforming the egg into little bunnies or chicks.

Other ideas would be to bedazzle, to use as place cards with names, to decorate with stickers or even give a speckled paint effect.

Make a Basket A paper basket craft can be adapted and decorated for almost any occasion and made by any age of child.Using scrapbook papers and or printer card, you can create a wonderful, colourful selection of baskets - or use heavier coloured or glossy card for a different effect. A great idea is to fill the basket with shredded paper and use it for children to collect their Easter eggs.

Table Settings Table settings need not be plain and boring but could rather be something to chirp about.

Marvellous Muffins Limiting the Easter food decorations to only the muffins is not necessary. Here’s a chance to Easter everything up.

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Baffled

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Depending on the situation, organisations, home offices, schools or universities could benefit from having their documents professionally bound. Professional binding can however carry a hefty price tag. It may therefore be a good idea to acquire an in-house binding machine to prepare documents for distribution.

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hy bind?� asks Beswick, the company that represents Fellowes locally.

Beswick explains that first impressions are important. When you’ve worked hard on a project and invested time and effort into your presentation, you need to give it the professional finish it deserves. It will then make the greatest impact.

The benefits to binding, says Beswick includes the presentation of a professional, high quality image which can only leave a positive impression.

Binding also enhances the usability because bound documents are easy to handle and store. Bound documents protect and preserve materials which otherwise can become dog-eared with age and frequent use.

Binding adds style and colour with a wide choice of covers, combs and wires.

Before deciding on investing in a binder, there are a number of factors which should help you determine which binding machine would do the best job.

When binding, you need to assess the type of binding required to suit your needs, says AZ Trading. Also, investigate the options of plastic, wire or thermal binding. Ask yourself, how long do you require your bound document to last? This will determine whether you need a glued product or can make do with plastic or wire option.

How many pages will be included in this document? Who is the intended recipient of this document? Is it going

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to schools, a CEO, is it artwork or a quotation? Your answers will again determine the type of binding you choose.

Plastic comb/plastic ring binding is the most common form of binding. The Galaxy Comb Binder from Fellowes punches 25 sheets at a time, while binding documents of up to 500 sheets. The Satellite removable binding platform allows multiple users to punch and bind simultaneously reducing down time in the workplace.

To bind using a comb binder, you must first punch holes in the sheets of paper, using the binder. Then insert a comb into the machine and open the rings away from the spine by pulling on the lever. Line up the holes that have been punched and slide the paper onto the combs of the plastic element. Close the comb using the same lever.

W. Vos & Co., which supplies South African shores with Renz products, says that ringwire binding is fast gaining in popularity. This method is more permanent than plastic comb binding as documents are very durable, and pages can be folded back 360 degrees, making them easy to read and copy. This method of binding is also widely regarded as being more attractive than comb binding. The most popular applications for using ringwire are for training manuals and instruction books that need to be referenced regularly. Another popular use for ringwire binding is wall and desk calendars where the pages can easily be flipped over.

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the Parrot Perfect Bind use spine for maximum machine. attention and minimal Sections of the effort. Thirty-four publication are hole spines can Rexel glued to a spine be zipped and using melted unzipped with soft glue that a click bind is heated. editing tool Once the glue or by hand so cools, it binds you can add the paper to the and remove spine of the cover. pages anywhere Silveray Statmark and anytime. It is Company, as the sole suitable for mailing and distributor of Leitz products the document lies flat making photocopying easy. It also boasts a in South Africa, has introduced the innovative Leitz impressBIND 140. It is 360 degree page turning capability.

StripBind, also from Rexel, has two the only binding system that can bind options available, namely VeloBind 15 to 140 pages without electricity in 15 seconds. The impressBind does and SureBind.

VeloBind is a re-closable four- not require heat up time and binds pin format that allows typical small securely and professionally.

It is the only system of its kind desktop or personal usage to bind and re-open with just one simple A4 plastic that can produce professionally bound hardcover books without strip. punching, gluing or SureBind is a secure electricity, making the 10-pin format and the process simple and official professional quick. option to impressBIND permanently gives a book bind classified bound finish, documents. which is The pages ideal for here cannot presentations, be removed or conference changed. packs or any T h e r m a l other important binders require DSB documents. the use of electricity, explains Parrot. Thermal For further information or advice on binders easily join documents without the need for punching and are purchasing a binding machine, contact shop-sa on 011Â 880 1147 for the contact commonly used for books or booklets.

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debt alert Acknowledgment Lauren Orritt has been involved extensively in the debt recovery business for the past 20 years from a litigation perspective as well as from the legal advisory perspective. She consults for many suppliers, manufacturers and wholesalers within the home office products industry with a view to assisting them in reducing their bad debts whilst at all times attempting to avoid litigation and court involvement.

Disadvantages of having summons issued against you

Over the past few months my articles have focused on formal debt collection procedures by way of the issuing of summons.

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owever, it is important to emphasise the disadvantages of such proceedings and the detrimental effect that it could have on the relationship between supplier/ creditor and debtor.

It is always recommended that if a debtor is experiencing cash flow problems that they contact their creditors as promptly as possible so as to avoid summons being issued against them.

The disadvantages: 1. Issuing of summons is a costly affair and whilst the initial cost is borne by the creditor / supplier – the debtor is the party who pays the price given that common practice is for the courts to award costs of proceedings against the debtor / defendant.

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2. Once a judgment has been granted against the defendant it is recorded on the defendant’s credit history - this has serious damaging effect due to the fact that the judgment then becomes public knowledge; 3. In execution of a judgment against a defendant – the sheriff will sell the defendant’s assets on auction for a fraction of its value; 4. A debtor will have to instruct an attorney to defend any summons issued against it – this will have the resultant effect of incurring further legal costs and adding to the defendant’s liabilities; and finally, 5. When debt gets to summons often than not is an indication between creditor and debtor – unnecessary animosity can

stage – this more that the relationship have broken down always be avoided.

So once again, I encourage debtors to approach their creditors and to implement mediation or amicable resolution procedures as soon as possible. In my next article we will look at possible ways of alternative debt resolution. *These guidelines are a general guideline only and in the opinion of the author – they are by no means and exhaustive explanation of the entire civil process in our courts. m Shop SA_half pg ad.pdf

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Walton’s Bloemfontein Customer Day The Walton’s Bloemfontein Customer Day was held towards the end of January at the Walton’s DC and Retail. The aim of the open day was to introduce and showcase their new premises, the facilities on offer, as well as affording staff the opportunity to meet and mingle with their clients. The launch of the HP Elite pad and introduction of the HP Planet Recycling Programme were also introduced at the event.

There was an overwhelming response to participate in the exhibition, with the following suppliers exhibiting: HP, Intel, Pentel, Warstreet, Parrot, Silveray, Fellowes, Kolok, Bantex, Mondi, Rainbow Carpet Protector, Pilot, Rexel, Henkel, Max Frank, Sharp, Bic SA and Little Logbook. m

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OPSA offers jobs portal OPSA is all about helping people build the career they want. As part of this commitment, OPSA aims to give people access to the right jobs, in the right areas, at the right salary. OPSA is thrilled to announce a new jobs portal on the website where you can upload your CV and search for jobs. The best part is it’s free! m

Improve your range of products with all the “hard to get” and standard items. As a one man business for 30 years, the owner is now considering retirement. The products are in demand countrywide and well-known as a major brand.

The customer base includes wholesalers, stationers, schools, as well as packaging and corporate. The factory is situated in a quiet rural area, merely an hour from Johannesburg.

No trains, traffic jams, robots or taxis. The staff have been with the company for 18 years and longer, while the company was also honoured as the number one customer of some of the biggest suppliers. If interested, fax your details to 086 299 3767. The sky is the limit. m

Bidvest releases results Bidvest results for the half-year to December 31, 2012, reflect an 18,2% rise in normalised headline earnings per share to 725,1 cents while normalised basic earnings per share are 24,5% higher at 724,4 cents. Normalised headline earnings exclude the abnormal profit of R399,1 million on the partial sale of the investment in Mumbai International Airport Private Limited in the comparative period.

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OFFICE NATIONAL UPDATE Office National welcomes new member Claron Office National, based in Kimberley.

Office National now stock Lenovo products. See their catalogue on www.officenational.co.za.

Catalogue launched After months of hard work and long hours, Office National recently launched its latest furniture catalogue. The feedback thus far has been absolutely incredible!

Building a catalogue like this comes with a huge amount of challenges, but having supplier partners that understand these challenges and help overcome them, makes the process so much easier.

Copies of the catalogue are currently being distributed but in the interim, this catalogue can be downloaded from the following site as an e-Mag www.officenational.co.za. m

SABS certifies locally produced products Buying from South African manufacturers creates business opportunities for locally-produced products and services and thereby strengthens the economy. This, in turn has spin-offs for job creation in our country.

In support of the ‘Local Content’ initiative the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) was appointed as the Verification Agency for Local Content in the public sector procurement system by the Department of Trade and Industry.

The Local Content initiative forms part of the revisions to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) that came into force last year. All businesses that are tendering for goods, works and service contracts within the public sector, in the ‘designated sectors’, must meet the set minimum local content requirements.

The first group of designated sectors includes power pylons, rolling stock, buses, canned vegetables, clothing, textiles, footwear, leather products and satellite television set-top boxes.

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industry news Inovocom Update High speed and cost effective Epson has expanded its SureColor wide-format printer lineup with three cost-effective, high-speed, 4-colour printers for CAD, GIS and POS applications. The three new models: Epson SureColor SC-T7000, SC-T5000 and SC-T3000 offer fast, reliable printing on coated and non-coated mediaa up to 44inch (1,118mm), 36-inch (914mm) and 24-inch (610mm) wide respectively, taking just 28 seconds to produce an A1 print in draft mode on plain paper. m

Sildi Office Supplies have resigned from Office Active, effective 1 February 2013.

Memberships of All in One Stationers (Springs) and Sunran Trading (Durban) have been terminated from Office Club membership.

The Office Club family would like to extend a warm welcome to Jeftha Office Supplies (JOS) and Express Stationers. JOS are based in Wychwood, Germiston, while Express Stationers are based in Mooikloof, Pretoria. m

EVENTS Hobby-X, 7 – 10 March, Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg: SA’s favourite exhibition of materials, equipment and ideas for hobbies and crafts. m

Hostex, 17-20 March 2013, Sandton Convention Centre: four days of hospitality industry networking, edu-tainment, service and product sourcing, and culinary competitions. m

Africa’s Big Seven 2013, Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand: the biggest food and beverage trade show on the continent is made up of seven component sectors including AgriFood; Pan African Retail Trade Exhibition; FoodTech Africa; DrinkTech Africa; Interbake Africa; Retail Solutions Africa and FoodBiz Africa. m

BRICS Trade Exchange, 16-18 October 2013, Sandton Convention Centre, Thebe Exhibitions and Projects: a Business-to-Business (B2B) Trade Fair platform for facilitating trade between the BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Find out more at www.bricstradeexchange.co.za m

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Philips Digital Voice Tracers When it comes to voice recorders, people look for perfect audio quality which can only be delivered by a dedicated device where the perfect combination of audio quality and ease-ofuse delivers the best recording experience for consumers. Introducing the new Voice Tracer product range from PHILIPS, where each new product has its own unique and breakthrough audio recording benefit such as 2Mic stereo recording, AutoAdjust recording, 3Mic Auto Zoom recording, High Fidelity recording and 360° meeting recording.

Tel: 011 887 1056 Email: info@speech.co.za Web: www.speech.co.za

Coloraction Coloraction is a range of tinted multifunctional papers and boards produced from elementally chlorine free pulp, made from responsibly managed wood forests. Coloraction is Forest Stewardship Council™ certified 70% mix source. Coloraction can be used to colour code paper systems and add maximum impact for reports, leaflets, business documents and any creative application. Coloraction can be used for easy identification amidst other paperwork, for colourful invitations, leaflets and tickets, for eye catching presentations and reports. It is available in Pastels, Mid, Bold and Neon colours. It can also be successfully Litho printed for economical brochures, pamphlets, note books and much more.

Tel: 011 688 6000 • Fax: 011 688 6162 Email: marketing.office@antalis.co.za www.antalis.co.za

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REDFERN RAILWAY & PACKAGING LABELS Redfern labels constantly on the move! Across borders; at airports; harbours; in the office and at home.

Available in the following Sizes: • 150X90mm This Side Up; • 150X90mm Railway label; • 150X60mm Packing slip enclosed; • 100X150mm Fragile – Handle with Care / Breekbaar hanteer versigtig • 250 labels per roll

Tel: 021 552 9680 • Fax: 021 552 9681 sales@redfern.co.za

Fellowes Galaxy 500 Comb Binder The Fellowes Galaxy 500 Comb Binder has many great features including the Satelite System removable binding platform, which allows multiple users to punch and bind simlutaneously. A Full Width Punch Handle allows for increased leverage and reduced effort. The Back Margin Adjustment selector is ideal for thick documents and a front access full size storage tray for covers and backs makes this binding machine a leader in its category. Give your documents the Fellowes Finish with the Galaxy 500 comb binder.

For more information visit www.fellowes.co.za

If there is a school nearby!

You can sell Albums for the athletes medals.

• A3 Files for drawings.

• PVC covers for very expensive handbooks.

• Adjustable files for lectures.

• Bunting with logo’s for sport etc.

If in the last 30 years, lots of stationers countrywide could benefit with bulk orders from schools…why not you?

Surprise yourself and visit our website.

Tel: 056 931 0627 • Fax: 086 299 3767 Email: jsmplastic@lantic.net www.jsmplastics.co.za

Canon PIXMA MG6340 Multi function printer • • • • • • •

Premium 6-ink Photo All-In-One Internet printing with PIXMA Cloud Link Intuitive touch panel with 8.8cm touch screen Low-profile, stylish design in black or white Tablet & Smartphone ready My Image Garden software Direct Disc Print & Auto Duplex

Tel: 011 248 0300 www.koloksa.co.za

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Fusion 3000L A4 and A3 Laminator Ideal for the frequent home or office user, the Fusion 3000L A3 Laminator guarantees a great result fast. Stylish and compact, it is ready to use in only 90 seconds and laminates a single A4 document from ID to A4 size in just 36 seconds. This laminator can take a maximum pouch thickness of 250 micron and laminates at a speed of 500 mm per minute. The A3 machine laminates from ID to A3. An adjustable pouch guide and exit tray keep documents precisely aligned and perfectly flat. Other features include “auto off”, an anti-jam manual release button and fast pouch thickness selection.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

Fusion 3100L A3 Ideal for the frequent home or office user, the Fusion 3100L A3 Laminator guarantees a great result fast. Stylish and compact, it is ready to use in one minute and laminates a single document up to A3 size in just 22 seconds. The maximum pouch thickness is 360 micron and laminates at a speed of 800 mm/min. An adjustable pouch guide and exit tray keep documents precisely aligned and perfectly flat. Other features include “auto off”, an anti-jam manual release button and fast pouch thickness selection.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

Fusion 5000L A3 Designed for frequent large office use and equipped with a host of intelligent features and intuitive controls, the Fusion 5000L A3 Laminator guarantees super fast, perfect results. Stylish and compact, it is ready to use in one minute and laminates a single document up to A3 size in under 18 seconds using standard 2x 75 to heavyweight 2 x 250 micron pouches at a speed of 1000 mm/min. Some of the other features include a digital control screen, countdown timer, 4 roller system and audible beep when ready.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

Fusion 5100L A3 Ideal for high volume, large office use and equipped with a host of intelligent features and controls, the top of the range Fusion 5100L A3 Laminator guarantees ultra fast, perfect results.

Stylish and compact, it is ready to use in one minute and laminates a single document up to A3 size in just 15 seconds using standard 2x 75 to heavyweight 2 x 250 micron pouches.

Complete with auto and cold lamination setting, anti-jam manual release button and fast pouch thickness selection this full Logic LCD laminator is versatile to handle all your jobs.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

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Coming Soon From DSB - Dual Cutter DC-20 - All in One All in One Paper Trimmer & Guillotine cutter, is designed to not only save storage space, but to also show ease of mobility. This Multi-purpose cutter, is capable of trimming in various patterns as well as offering a “corner cut” function.

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A4 Size Cutter/Guillotine Up to 10 sheets (Guillotine) Straight Cut 5 sheets (trimmer) Perforation 3 sheets (trimmer)

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Wave Cut 3 sheets (trimmer) Corner Cut 1 sheet (trimmer) Comes with Spare cutting mat Easy to carry, light weight.

Tel: 086 111 4407 / 011 7928919 Fax: 011 7929732 sales@aztradingcc.co.za | www.aztradingcc.co.za

convenient alternative to staples, adhesive roll tape Tower’s new Adhesive Dots and Adhesive Tapes are a convenient alternative to staples, adhesive roll tape and are available in both permanent and removable variants. Use these exciting new products to wrap presents, paste reminders, mount photos and for updating your scrapbook.

For more information on these and other Tower products call 0800 220 488 or visit: www.towerproducts.co.za

TOWER QR CODE FOR EASY TEMPLATE ACCESS Tower’s A4 printable products range now has a convenient QR code on the reverse of the packaging to provide for fast access to Tower’s fourteen NEW label templates. Simply scan the QR code or follow the instructions on the leaflet inside the pack and in no time you’ll have the templates you require to print your labels.

For more information on these and other Tower products call 0800 220 488 or visit: www.towerproducts.co.za

OLYMPUS PROFESSIONAL DICTATION SYSTEMS – DS-7000 Professional dictation has never been so powerful – or simple. Olympus introduces the DS-7000 to satisfy the highest demands for business dictation requirements. The durable, metal-bodied unit with its large, market leading colour LCD screen combines the best usability with maximum recording quality. The new ODMS Software fully supports and integrates into your existing workflow setup. ODMS is optimized to integrate seamlessly with Dragon Voice Recognition Software to deliver a market leading user friendly software solution.

Tel: 0860 00 1922 Email: sales@maynards.co.za www.maynards.co.za

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Source products here A ADDING MACHINE, POINT OF SALE AND MACHINE ROLLS BSC Stationery - Treeline PaperGeni Rotunda ADHESIVES, GLUES AND SPRAYS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Correction Fluid, Glue sticks & Super Glue BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex, BIC, Bostik, Ponal, Pritt, Pentel, Faber Castell, Staedtler Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Freedom Stationery - Marlin ADHESIVE NOTES 3M SA PTY Ltd - Post-it ® BSC Stationery - Stick ‘n Notes

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ART, CRAFT, GRAPHIC AND DRAWING MATERIALS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Pentel, Pilot, Henkel, Bostik, Staedtler, Faber Castell CTP Stationery - A4 coloured poster boards Faber Castell - Comprehensive range Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni, Artline Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd. - Oil pastels and watercolour paint

B BAGS AND CASES Bantex - Moulded pencil cases BSC Stationery - Treeline, Penflex, Gotcha, Staedtler, Bantex Flip File - Business cases.

Freedom Stationery - Space Case and Marlin Global Bag And Sportswear Manufactures Custom schoolbags ,tracksuits Kolok - Kenton Topmark - School Bags, Laptop Bags, Pencil Cases, Sports Bags, Luggage BATTERIES BSC Stationery - Eveready Nikki Distributors - Duracell Batteries Nikki Distributors - Energizer Batteries BIN RANGE

Bantex - Waste paper bins Krost Office Products

BINDING ACCESSORIES AZ Trading - Plastic Comb, Wire, Thermal & Covers Beswick Office Products - Fellowes BSC Stationery - Treeline, Rexel, Bantex CTP Donau - Donau files and slide binders, A4 poster board Martin Yale Africa - Comb, Wire Parrot Products - Parrot Comb Binding Machines Rexel Office Products - Rexel and GBC W Vos & Co - Renz covers & combs, ringwire BINDING MACHINES AZ Trading - DSB, Neorel Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Martin Yale Africa - Martin Yale Parrot Products - Parrot Comb Binding Machines Rexel Office Products - GBC and Rexel ranges W Vos & Company - Renz.

BOARDS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - BIC Velleda School Whiteboards BSC Stationery - Bestboards, Pentel, Pilot, Artline, Penflex CTP Stationery - Flip Chart Pads Hortors Stationery - Legal Notices i.e. Basic Conditions & OSH Act and Leave and Absence Chart Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Artline Flipchart Markers, Artline, Maxi whiteboard markers Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Parrot Products - Full range of boards and accessories. Custom boards printed to your specification.

Rexel Office Products - NOBO whiteboards, pinboards, easels and accessories BOOK COVERS Bantex - Book Covers CTP Stationery - Poly Prop Donau heavy duty covers Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly paper Freedom Stationery

Gordon’s Productions - contact paper woodgrain, marble, pattern designs. Magic cover back to school clear and coloured self adhesive paper. (4M rolls, A4 and lever arch).

Plastic coated brownkraft rolls and pre-cut polythene covers.

Grafton Paper Products Palm Stationery Manufacturers - brown paper rolls, poly rolls, gift-wrap RBE - Papersmart BOOKS AND PADS Bantex - Hard and soft cover noted range BSC Stationery - Treeline CTP Stationery - Impala and premier books and pads Freedom Stationery - Manufacturers Hortors Stationery - Legal registers Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery - Powerstar RBE - NCR Business Books BOXES AND CARTONS Beswick Office Products - Bankers Box to Boxes and Cartons CTP Stationery - Archiving Systems Rexel Office Products Specialised Filing Systems - Archive and Off-Site Tidy Files - Acid free archiving products

C CALCULATORS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Kaiser, Sharp Freedom Stationery Kolok - HP Nikki Distributors - Truly calculators Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - IBICO CALENDARS CTP Stationery - Diaries assorted sizes CALLIGRAPHY Max Frank - Artline

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buyer’s guide Canteen Kolok - Tea, Coffee, milk etc, Sunbeam(appliances), Cleansui (water filters and refills) Carbon Paper and films RBE - NCR Business Books CD’S, DVD’S AND DISKETTES Kolok - Verbatim, Kenon CLIP BOARDS Bantex - PVC and moulded plastic CTP Stationery - DONAU brand Parrot Products - Masonite and whiteboard CLIPS, FASTENERS AND PINS Bantex - Paper clips Freedom Stationery - Marlin Grip Binders Essentials, Stephens, Penguin Tidy Files - Filing solution COLOURING BOOKS Empire Toy & Stationery - Empire books Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave COMPUTER ACCESSORIES Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - Verbatim, Kenon Krost Office Products Pyrotec - Tower Inkjet-laser labels, business cards and photo paper COMPUTER CLEANING Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Pyrotec - Tower computer cleaning range Kolok - ComputerCare COMPUTER CONSUMABLES CTP Stationery - Full range of DONAU files KMP - for computer consumables Kolok Unlimited - Penguin (Ribbons, Toners, Inkjets,) ,Till and fax rolls Redfern Print Services - Redfern inkjet/laser/ copier labels and a full range of stationery labels COMPUTER HARDWARE Kolok Unlimited - Blazer UPS systems, Geha (Interactive white boards)

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See page 46 for contact details CORPORATE STATIONERY & GIFTING Star Stationers and Printers CRAYONS AND CHALKS BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Henkel, Faber Castell, Staedtler Faber Castell - Wave crayons and pastels Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Chalks and Crayons

D DESK SETS AND ACCESSORIES BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Desk Set Solo Delux Bantex - Comprehensive range - moulded plastic BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Ledger Systems - Falcon Products Rexel Office Products - Rexel Eco Range DIARIES, PLANNERS AND ORGANISERS CTP Stationery - CTP Brand Hortors Stationery - Legal diaries Rexel Office Products - NOBO planners, refills and T-card kits South African Diaries - For all your diary needs DICTATION - TRANSCRIPTION Olympus Audio S.A - Digital Voice Recorders, Transcription Kits and Accessories.

Powerhouse Dictation for Philips - Dictation, transcription, meeting recording, mini-tapes, foot pedals, accessories DRAUGHTING AND DRAWING OFFICE SUPPLIES CTP Stationery - A4 Poster Boards

E EMBOSSERS AND ENGRAVING Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Ideal & Trodat Embossers (pocket, desk and electronic), Trotec

CTP Stationery - Commercial envelopes Global envelopes Grafton/Star KZN ENVELOPES Merpak Envelopes - Simplistic, full range of printed and plain envelopes PaperGeni RBE - Papersmart ERASERS & ERASING / CORRECTION FLUIDS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Tippex tape, bottle and Pen BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Artline, Faber Castell, Pentel, Pilot, Staedtler, Pritt Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Tape/Erasers Pentel S.A (PTY) LTD - Hi-Polymer and Ain eraser, correction tape and pens

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Files and filing African Filing Systems - Top retrieval filing and arching products Bantex & Viking - All filing and storage BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex Mobifile CTP Stationery - Full range of quality DONAU brand Flip File - Executive display files, expanding files, Document folders, dividers Freedom Stationery - Edo / Unifile Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Lever arch, Ringbinder files, Manilla flat folders Grafton/Star Kolok - Geha (Binding machines) Palm Stationery Manufacturers - leaver arch, ring binder files, manilla flat folders.

Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd. - Display book Vivid, document file, clip file and presentation file Rexel Office Products - Prima and Rexel ranges Specialised Filing Systems - Top Retrieval, Archive and Off-Site Tidy Files - Filing solutions

ENVELOPES AND MAILING BSC Stationery - Leo Envelopes, Jiffy

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Source products here FOLDERS Bantex BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex CTP Stationery - DONAU Brand Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - View files, polypropylene & board folders Tidy Files - Specialised

Max Frank - Shachihata, Artline Rexel Office Products - Numbering machine ink Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Trodat, Noris fastdry, security, numbering, franking. Laundry.

Rexel Office Products - GBC

FORMS - LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS Hortors Stationery - complete range of custom, company, miscellaneous, magisterial, etc.

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FURNITURE - OFFICE & SCHOLASTIC Krost Office Products - accessories New Era Office cc - Specialising in all office furniture desks, chairs, credenzas, boardroom tables, etc Reboni Furniture Group - Manufacturing and distribution of educational and office furniture Specialised Filing Systems - Cabinets, Shelving and Hi-Density

Janitorial Kolok - Goldenmarc (Cleaning products), Brooms, Mops and equipment.

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GUILLOTINES AND TRIMMERS AZ Trading - DSB, Kobra Beswick Office Products - Fellowes, Vivid Martin Yale Africa - Martin Yale Rexel Office Products - SmartCut and ClassicCut W Vos & Co - Ideal

I INDEX TABBING AND DIVIDERS 3M SA - Post-it flags, Flag pen and highlighter Bantex - P.P and Manilla board BSC Stationery - Treeline, Bantex, Flip File CTP Stationery - DONAU Brand board and P.P Flip File - Index Tabs, Flip tabs Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Grip Binders Rexel Office Products - Rexel, Mylar and Prima board INKS KMP - for computer consumables.

LEGAL STATIONERY Hortors Stationery - All legal registers, forms, diaries etc

MARKERS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Permanent Markers, Highlighters, whiteboard BSC Stationery Sales - Treeline, Collosso, Penflex, Artline, Maxi, Pentel, Pilot, Bic Faber Castell - Permanent and non permanent Freedom Stationery - Marlin Interstat Agencies - Edding Max Frank - Artline , Maxi, Uni Parrot Products - White board, permanent and OHP markers. Wide range of highlighters Penflex - White board, flipchart, permanent markers, highlighters Pentel (Pty) Ltd. - Maxiflo, white board marker and paint marker Power Stationery - Powerstar

LABELS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Tower, Midmadex Freedom Stationery - Marlin Nor Paper Pyrotec - Tower stationery, inkjet-laser labels Redfern Print Services - Redfern Inkjet/laser/ copier labels and a full range of stationery labels Specialised Filing Systems - Filing Tidy Files - Filing solutions LABELLING MACHINES Kemtek Imaging Systems - Distributor of Brother P-Touch Labelling System LAMINATING MACHINES AZ Trading - DSB, Speedlam, Lamiace Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - GEHA and Galaxy

MATHEMATICAL GEOMETRY SETS & ACCESSORIES Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers

Martin Yale Africa - Fujipla Parrot Products - Parrot A4 and A3 Laminators Rexel Office Products - GBC and Rexel ranges W Vos & Co - PEAK & Renz.

MINUTE AND GUARD BOOKS Hortors Stationery - Company registers, minute books and other legal registers Ledger Systems - Falcon products

LAMINATING POUCHES AND MATERIALS AZ Trading - A0 to ID card size Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - GEHA, Penguin laminating pouches and rolls Martin Yale Africa Parrot Products

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NUMBERING MACHINES Rexel Office Products Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Reiner Dater/ Numberer (manual/electronic), Trodat

O OFFICE ERGONOMICS Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Back/Wrist/ Foot support; Notebook riser stand Rexel Office Products - Kensington copyholders, risers, footrests, Rexel range of electric staplers and punches which reduces chances of RSI (repititive strain injury) OVERHEAD PROJECTION AND ACCESSORIES 3M SA (Pty) Ltd. - Overhead film, transparency, multimedia Kolok - Penguin Transparencies Max Frank - Artline Parrot Products - Data Projectors, OHPs, screens and rear projection film Penflex - Penflex Overhead projector pens Rexel Office Products - NOBO

PAPER FOLDING MACHINES Martin Yale Africa - Martin Yale W. Vos & Co - Ideal PENCILS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - BIC Evolution Graphite, BIC Matic Clutch ,Velocity Clutch, Atlantis Clutch, BU4 Clutch BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Faber Castell, Pilot, Pentel, Uni, Staedtler, Henkel Freedom Stationery - Marlin / Edo Max Frank - Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Hotshot, Mechanical Pencil, Techniclick Pencil.

Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - Rexel HB & Derwent Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd - Tradition, Wopex, Technical, Clutch Pencils and lead PENCIL LEADS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Criterium 0.5mm leads Faber Castell - Extensive range, beginner to artist Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Ain lead, standard lead various grades

P PAPER AND BOARD Antalis South Africa - Office paper and packaging solutions Bantex - Cube refills BSC Stationery - Apex Paper - Typek,Rotatrim CTP Stationery - DONAU A4 poster boards Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly paper Freedom Stationery Grafton/Star Kolok Unlimited - Geha (paper media), EPSON, HP, CANON, Nor Paper Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Cubes and board RBE - Papersmart Rexel Office Products - Prima Paper & Board

PENCIL SHARPENERS Freedom Stationery Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery - Powerstar PENS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Criterium 0.5mm leads BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Faber Castell, Pilot, Pentel, Uni, Staedtler, Henkel, Lexi, Penflex Faber Castell Freedom Stationery - Marlin and Edo Max Frank - Artline, Maxi, Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Penflex - Penflex ballpoints and rollerballs Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Superb Ballpoint, Energel Pen Power Stationery - Powerstar

PEN CARBON BOOKS BSC Stationery - Treeline, RBE Freedom Stationery - Marlin Power Stationery - Powerstar RBE - NCR Business Books PERSONAL STATIONERY Bantex - Telephone Management, Conference and Filing CTP Stationery - Home office and personal filing system, diaries Grafton/Star PLANNING BOARDS AND ACCESSORIES Parrot Products - Range of year planners, term planners, maps and in/out boards. custom printed boards designed to specification.

Rexel Office Products - NOBO planners POINT OF SALE PRINTER ROLLS PaperGeni Rotunda

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PRINTING Olivetti Imports - Distributors of Multifunctional Printers / Copiers Star Stationers and Printers Kolok - Epson, Lexmark (Hardware), Hp Printers, Oki (Hardware) PRINTER CONSUMABLES Impression Management - Prinart, Logic, Q-Ink, Sanchi, Oliser and ATIKMP - For computer consumables.

Kolok - EPSON (inkjet, large format etc), LEXMARK, HP, Brother (Toners and Inks), Oki (Toners, inks and Ribbons), Tally Genicom (Ribbons), Seikosha (Ribbons), Panasonic (Toners and Ribbons), Kyocera (Toners), Printronix (Ribbons), IBM (Ribbons), Ricoh (Toners), Fujitsu (Ribbons) Nor Paper PaperGeni Royce Imaging Industries - Remanufacturers and suppliers of inkjet and laser cartridges Technical Systems Engineering - Suppliers of quality compatible cartridges and bulk inks for Epson, Canon, Lexmark, HP and Samsung

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Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd - Ball point, Fineliner, Gel and Pigment liner pens

Fusion 5000L

Fusion 5100L

Source products here PUNCHES AND PERFORATORS Bantex - Plastic and Metal Beswick Office Products - Kangaro BSC Stationery - Treeline, STD, Bantex, Rexel Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Parrot Products - Parrot range of punches Rexel Office Products - Rexel

R RUBBER STAMPS Max Frank - Schachihata X Stampers Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co. - Trodat RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - AZ Liquid polymer, TROTEC laser engraver, flash system

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RULERS Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Penflex - PENFLEX rulers

S SCHOLASTIC SUPPLIES Bantex and Faber Castell BSC Stationery Sales - Treeline CTP Stationery Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly Flip File - Flip File display books A5, A4, A2, A3 Freedom Stationery - Marlin and Edo Gordon’s Productions - contact paper woodgrain, marble, pattern designs. Magic cover back to school clear and coloured self adhesive paper. (4M rolls, A4 and lever arch).

Plastic coated brownkraft rolls and pre-cut polythene covers.

Grafton Paper Products Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers Max Frank - Artline, Maxi, Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Parrot Products - chalk boards/slates Power Stationery - Powerstar Pyrotec - Tower Adhesive Book Cover 45cm x 2m

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SCISSORS AND CUTTERS Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Rexel Office Products SCRAPBOOKING Rexel Office Products - Trimmers and guillotines Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Making memories, Clearsnap, Marvy, Ranger, Bazzill, Carl SHREDDERS AND ACCESSORIES AZ Trading - DSB, Kobra, Roto, Repairs to all makes Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - GEHA entry level and high-end shredders Martin Yale Africa - Intimus, Martin Yale, PaperMonster Nikki Distributors - Nikki shredders Parrot Products - Parrot range of value shredders Rexel Office Products - Rexel range W Vos & Co - Ideal.

STATIONERY SUNDRIES - SCHOLASTIC BSC Stationery - Treeline, Pritt, Henkel, Staedtler, Pentel, Pilot, BIC, Bantex, Faber Castell, Artline, Penflex CTP Stationery - DONAU Scissors and cutting knives Freedom Stationery - Marlin, Edo and Unifile Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave STENCILS Freedom Stationery STORAGE SYSTEMS CTP Stationery - Archiving Systems Suspension Files Kolok - VERBATIM (hard drives, USB sticks etc), HP Specialised Filing Systems - Filing Tidy Files - Filing solutions

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SLATES Freedom Stationery - Marlin Parrot Products - Whiteboard and chalk board

TAPES 3M SA (Pty) Ltd. - Brand Scotch® MagicTM BSC Stationery - Sellotape, Brother Freedom Stationery Palm Stationery Manufacturers

SPECIALISED STATIONERY AND BOOKBINDING Ledger Systems - Law reports and periodicals

TELECOMMUNICATIONS NIKKI Distributors - Siemens office phones

SPIKE FILES Grip Binders

TELEX ROLLS AND TELETEX PAPER Rotunda

STAMPS, STAMP PADS AND INKS Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Trodat, preinked stamps, stamp and fingerprint pads

THERMAL ROLLS Rotunda

STAPLING MACHINES AND STAPLES Bantex Beswick Office Products - Kangaro BSC Stationery - Treeline, STD, Bantex, Rexel Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Interstat Agencies - Genmes Parrot Products - Parrot range of staplers Rexel Office Products - Rexel range

TONERS AND CARTRIDGES KMP - Computer consumables Kolok - PENGUIN (Inkjets and Laser toners), EPSON, LEXMARK, HP. PaperGeni TOP RETRIEVAL FILING Optiplan a div of Waltons - Paper based top retrieval filing systems

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Specialised Filing Systems - Total Solution and more Tidy Files - Complete onsite and offsite filing solutions TOYS, HOBBIES AND GAMES Freedom Stationery Pyrotec - Toby Tower Stickers and Activities

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V VISITORS BOOKS/REGISTERS Ledger Systems - Falcon Products - visitors books, hotel guest register, restaurant reservation registers

TRANSFER LETTERING AND SIGNS Parrot Products - Vinyl lettering TRANSPARENCIES Kolok - Penguin transparencies for inkjet and laser OEM, Penguin and HP Transparencies Rexel Office Products - NOBO range

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Interstat Agencies - Cape Town

PaperGeni

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011 844 9202

PvtBag X926, Rivonia, 2128

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021 551 9555

Box 36696, Chempet, 7442

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011 011 3900

info@papergeni.co.za

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011 806 2388

Customer Serv: 0800 118 311

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021 557 5456

Capetown@interstat.co.za

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011 011 4099

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African Filing Systems

Interstat Agencies - Port Elizabeth

Parrot Products

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011 896 5279

www.africanfiling.co.za

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041 453 2558

Box 27693, Greenacres, 6057

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011 607 7600

debbie@parrot.co.za

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086 540 6892

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041 453 8504

pe@interstat.co.za

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011 615 2502

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Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Penflex

Kemtek Imaging Systems

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011 688 6000

Box 6893, Johannesburg, 2000

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011 624 8000

Box 86173, City Deep, 2049

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021 521 2400

Box 36964, Chempet, 7442

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011 688 6162

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0866 101 185

labelling@kemtek.co.za

7

021 521 2402/3

info@penflex.co.za

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Cape Town (

021 959 9600

7

021 959 9640

Box 19231, Tygerberg, 7505

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Durban (

031 714 4000

7

031 700 9253

Box 284, Umhlanga, 4320

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Pretoria (

012 379 0060

7

012 379 0052

Box 4013, Pretoria, 0001

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Bloemfontein (

051 447 8681

7

051 447 6765

Box 1795, Bloemfontein, 9300

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Port Elizabeth (

041 486 2020

7

041 486 2219

Box 9088, Estadeal, 6012

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Pietermaritzburg (

033 386 2078

7

033 386 2078

Box 1425, Pietermaritzburg, 3200

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Botswana (

00267 391 2139

7

00267 397 5459

Box 1705, Gaborone

AZ Trading

Kemtek Imaging Systems - Cape

Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd

(

021 521 9600

Box 181, Cape Town, 8000

(

011 474 1427/8

Box 202, Crown Mines, 2025

7

021 551 5032

brenth@kemtek.co.za

7

011 474 5563

www.pentel.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - KZN

Powerhouse Dictation

(

031 700 9363

Box 15685, Westmead, 3608

(

011 887 1056

info@speech.co.za

7

031 700 9369

Sandim@kemtek.co.za

7

086 555 3833

www.speech.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - PE

Power Stationery

(

041 582 5222

Box 15685, Westmead, 3608

(

032 533 4003

Box 1305, Verulam, 4340

7

041 582 5224

clinth@kemtek.co.za

7

032 533 3254

powersta@netactive.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - PTA

Pyrotec

(

012 804 1410

PO Box 816, Silverton, 0127

(

021 787 9600

PvtBag X1, Capricorn Square, 7948

7

012 804 4286

johlettat@kemtek.co.za

7

021 787 9791

tower@pyrotec.co.za

RBE Stationery Manufacturers (Pty) Limited

KMP (

021 709 0190

Box 183, Steenberg, 7947

(

011 793 7321

sales@rbe.co.za

7

021 709 0199

kmppty@iafrica.com

7

011 793 7348

www.rbe.co.za

Kolok Unlimited - Head Office

Reboni Furniture Group

(

011 248 0300

Box 4151, Johannesburg, 2000

(

086 173 2664

7

011 248 0381

infojhb@koloksa.co.za

7

086 627 7737

Kolok Unlimited - Cape Town

www.reboni.co.za sales@reboni.co.za

Redfern Print Services - Cape Town

(

021 597 2700

Box 6385, Roggebaai, 8012

(

021 552 9680

Box 403, Milnerton, 7435

7

021 297 2799

infoctn@koloksa.co.za

7

021 552 9681

sales@redfern.co.za

Redfern Print Services - Durban

Kolok Unlimited - Durban

(

086 111 4407

www.aztradingcc.co.za

(

031 570 4900

Box 4206, Riverhorse Valley East, 4017

(

031 205 9598

dbnoffice@redfern.co.za

7

011 792 9732

sales@aztradingcc.co.za

7

031 569 6880

infodbn@koloksa.co.za

7

031 205 7092

www.redfern.co.za

Bantex

Redfern Print Services - Johannesburg

Kolok Unlimited Polokwane

(

011 473 9800

Box 43201, Industria, 2042

(

015 298 8795

Box 862, Ladanna, 0704

(

011 837 4119

Box 1445, Crown Mines, 2025

7

011 474 3101

slavepak@bantex.co.za

7

015 298 8315

infopol@koloksa.co.za

7

011 837 8917

jhboffice@redfern.co.za

Beswick Office Products

Kolok Unlimited - Port Elizabeth

Rexel Office Products

(

011 433 2686

Box 82319, Southdale, 2135

(

041 406 9900

Box 3163, North End, 6056

(

011 226 3300

www.rexelsa.co.za

7

011 680 2166

info@beswick.co.za

7

041 406 9920

infope@koloksa.co.za

7

011 837 2781

admin@rexelsa.co.za

BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Rotunda

Kolok Unlimited - Namibia

(

011 474 0181

PO BOX 43144, Industria, 2042

(

00264 (61)370500

Box 40797, Ausspannplatz, Namibia

(

021 552 5135

Box 189, Maitland, 7404

7

011 474 6068

16 Maraisburg Road, Industria, 2042

7

00264 (61)370525

valne@kolok.com.na

7

021 551 3070

rotunda@iafrca.com

BSC Stationery Sales

Kolok Unlimited - Nelspruit

Royce Imaging Industries

(

011 420 3250

Box 278, Brakpan, 1540

(

013 758 2233

Box 4338, White River, 1240

(

011 792 9530

www.royceimaging.co.za

7

011 420 3322

sales@treeline.co.za

7

013 758 2235

infonel@koloksa.co.za

7

011 792 9480

sales@royceimaging.co.za

CTP Stationery

Kolok Unlimited - Bloemfontein

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Head Office

(

011 226 5600

Box 43501, Industria, 2042

(

051 433 1876

PvtBag X01, Brandhof, Bloemfontein

(

011 262 1400

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 474 9242

sales@versafile.co.za

7

051 433 2451

infobfn@koloksa.co.za

7

011 262 1414

tgrodat@rse.co.za

Empire Toy & Stationery

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Cape Town

Kolok Unlimited - Botswana

(

011 614 2243

Box 261524, Excom, 2023

(

00267 393 2669

PvtBag B0226, Bontleng, Gaborone

(

021 448 7008

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 614 3075

empire@netactive.co.za

7

00267 317 0762

clemencem@vbn.co.bw

7

021 448 7014

cpt@trodat.co.za

Faber Castell

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Durban

Krost Office Products

(

011 473 9800

Box 43201, Industria, 2042

(

011 626 2067

Box 75401, Gardenview, 2047

(

083 377 4109

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 474 3101

slavepak@bantex.co.za

7

011 626 2912

sales@krost.co.za

7

031 266 1082

dbn@rse.co.za

Flip File

South African Diaries

KZN ENVELOPES

(

021 638 3105

Box 2190, Clareinch, 7740

(

031 465 3992

P O Box 41259, Rossburgh, 4072

(

021 442 2340

Box 4862, Cape Town, 8000

7

021 633 6942

ashly@flipfile.co.za

7

031 465 1669

info@kznenvelopes.co.za

7

021 442 2341

phoneyman@sadiaries.co.za

Freedom Stationery - Johannesburg

Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd

Ledger Systems

(

011 314 0953/4

Box 6459, Halfway House, 1685

(

011 433 1808

Box 82586, Southdale, 2135

(

011 579 1600

www.staedtler.co.za

7

011 314 0957

gpsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 433 8863

info@ledgersystems.co.za

7

011 608 3497

admin@staedtler.co.za

Freedom Stationery - Cape Town

Specialised Filing Systems

Martin Yale

(

021 557 9152/3

36-38 Silverstone Rd Killarney Gardens

(

011 838 7281

phillip@martinyaleafrica.com

(

011 477 0640

7

021 557 9155

cptsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 838 7322

www.martinyale.co.za

7

011 477 3528

Freedom Stationery KZN (Head Office)

www.specfiling.co.za

Star Stationers and Printers

Max Frank

(

032 459 2820

Box 478, Mandini, 4490

(

011 921 1811

Box 200, Isando, 1600

(

031 569 1061

luke@starstat.co.za

7

032 459 3255

sales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 921 1569

sarah.schoeman@tigerbrands.com

7

031 569 1094

www.starstat.co.za

Freedom Stationery - East London (

043 731 2422

Box 14111 West Bank 5218

7

043 731 2421

elsales@freedomstationery.co.za

Global Bag And Sportswear Manufactures

Maynards - Olympus Audio S.A / Olivetti Distributors (

0860 00 1922

Technical Systems Engineering

sales@maynards.co.za

(

011 708 2304

Box 1532, Northriding, 2162

www.maynards.co.za

7

011 708 1799

sales@tse.co.za

Tidy Files

Merpak Envelopes

011 943 4210

(

031 305 6507

P.O Box 18586, Dalbridge, 4014

(

011 719 7700

sales@merpak.co.za

(

7

031 301 6553

www.globalbags.co.za

7

011 885 3174

www.merpak.co.za

Topmark

www.tidyfiles.co.za

(

011 837 8045

(

031 465 5544

envelopes@absamail.co.za

(

011 334 2013

Box 10383, Lenasia, 1821

7

011 837 7442

7

031 465 5634

www.envelopes.co.za

7

011 334 7358

kuban@neweraoffice.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) - Cape Town

Global Envelopes

New Era Office cc

info@topmarksa.com

(

021 787 9600

(

031 705 8713

Suite 69, PvtBag X4, Kloof, 3640

(

0860 006731

cpt@nikki.co.za

7

021 787 9791

7

031 705 8714

jacquie@gordons.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) - Johannesburg

Gordon’s Productions

Nikki - Cape Town

PvtBag X1, Capricorn Square, 7948

(

011 611 1820

59 Lepus Rd, Crown Mines, 2025

(

011 262 0777

Box 550, Bergvlei, 2012

(

0860 006731

dbn@nikki.co.za

7

011 611 1834

tower@pyrotec.co.za

7

011 262 0780

sales@graftonpaper.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) Durban

Grafton/Star Paper Products

Grip Binders (

011 421 1300

Nikki - Durban

(

031 701 0192

Box 594, Pinetown, 3600

(

0860 006731

jhb@nikki.co.za

7

031 701 1285

tower@pyrotec.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tribe

Nikki - Johannesburg orders@tigerpaper.co.za

Hortors Stationery (

011 620 4800

Box 1020, Johannesburg, 2000

Nikki - Pretoria

(

011 314 4746 (Jhb)

Box 6280, Halfway House, 1685

7

086 612 4663

orders@hortors.co.za

(

0860 006731

pta@nikki.co.za

7

021 386 4261 (Cpt)

tribe@global.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Versafile

Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers (

036 634 1535

Box 389, Ladysmith, 3370

Nor Paper

7

036 634 1890

impalastat@mweb.co.za

(

011 011 3900

7

011 011 4099

Impression Management

sales@nor.co.za

(

DBN 031 777 1222

www.impression.co.za

Optiplan a division of Waltons

(

JHB 011 708 7743

sales1@impression.co.za

(

011 620 4000

Pencil Park, Croxley Close, Herriotdale

(

CPT 021 592 0847

7

086 681 8256

rcurrin@gp.waltons.co.za

Interstat Agencies - Durban

Palm Stationery

(

031 569 6550

Box 201707, Durban North, 4016

(

031 507 7051

viran@palmstat.co.za

7

031 569 6559

interstat@mweb.co.za

7

031 507 7053

www.palmstat.co.za

(

011 226 5600

Box 43501, Industria, 2042

7

011 474 9242

sales@versafile.co.za

W. Vos & Company (

011 493 7139

www.wvos.co.za

7

011 493 8807

info@wvos.co.za

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