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Macsteel Special Steelers Meet the 3 runners representing the whole of Macsteel Special Steels in the 6X4X48 challenge to raise money for a new classroom container for Shine’s literacy program. _ Lindi, Zinzi and Nomfundo _ We have now raised 55% of our pledged target and are hoping our other MSS branches are wanting to support us too!
We are so excited to take part in Shine NPO's 6x4x48 Challenge where we will run 6km every 4 hours for 48 hours to help Shine raise funds for their new literacy classroom container
Our Flip Flop Day Winners are: Ayanda Jiyeza (Trading Port Elizabeth); Marko Du Toit & Wesley Lombard (MacCity) and Karen Langley (Harvey Roofing) CONGRATULATIONS!
FLIP FLOP DAY A big thank you to all the Macsteelers for taking part in CHOC'S Flip Flop Day. We had such a blast spotting some of the most creatively decorated Flip Flops!
Our Team Leaders at their Team Building session at Ushaka Marine World "Thank you to Yvonica and Kim for the wonderful Ushaka trip. We had a blast of a time. Yvonica is a real dare devil, that we had loads and loads of fun with. Thanx again…. Hope we have an opportunity to do an event like this together in the near future." Celeste Hitzeroth, External Sales, Special Steels KZN Big shout out to our KZN Team Leaders:KARITA PILLAY Karita Pillay Justin Ramgopal Elisha Naidoo Yvonica Wolmarans Eunice Naidoo Celeste Hitzeroth
Keabo Entle hosted their second Back To School Community initiative and we had the pleasure of supporting them. Together we handed over 100 school shoes and 100 school bags to learners in the Vosloorus and Katlehong areas. Thabang Mokoena, founder and Chairperson, spoke very openly about understanding the impact that having a good pair of school shoes and a school bag has on the confidence of a young mind.
SHINE celebrated World Literacy Day at Goede Hoop Primary School on 21&22 September. It was a fantastic day out for all those involved. The story of the Three Little Pigs came alive! The learners had a blast!! A special thank you to Macsteel for supplying us with the reading material as well as the sweets on the day.
SHINE GOLF DAY 2021 The annual SHINE Golf Day was held at the ERPM Golf Club on the 16 September. Despite the wind it was a fantastic day out for 135 golfers!! On behalf of SHINE i would like to thank the 13 Fourballs from Macsteel for playing in the day. A lot of fun was had by all. Yvonica and her team managed to raise R18 000 from the TV raffle at the 5th hole. Thank you so much for all your effort, we really appreciate it! SHINE would like to thank Macsteel for their continued support of our golf day. We managed to raise R71 000 on the day. We look forward to seeing everyone back next year.
Usizo, our Macsteel Enterprise and Supplier Development Program, promotes active participation with immediate benefit to customers in order to create shared, sustainable value. Being a part of the Usizo program offers customers opportunities to receive financial and non-financial support such as business mentorship and industry-related transfer of skill. During April, our Macsteel Trading Durban branch hosted a Novice Forklift Training for two valued Usizo customers. The 5 day training was comprised of 6 modules after which the attendees may obtain an NQF level 3 CREDITS 7 (TETA Accredited Certificate). Congratulations to ACD Industrial Supplies CC’s Caderyn Naidoo and Ashyn Hiralal as well as Rich Steel trading (Pty) Ltd.’s Ntando Hadebe and Sithembiso Sikhumbuzo Mathenjwa on obtaining the accreditation. We hope this intervention goes a long way towards developing their industry expertise.
Substance abuse is a crisis that affects many communities and tears apart families. Organizations such as Silkworth Recovery Centre have thus created an environment to help rehabilitate those affected and their community at large. The ongoing partnership between Macsteel and Silkworth Recovery Centre has allowed for the program to reach over 30 000 beneficiaries. For the year 2020, Macsteel has availed R200 000.00 to the center to fund their Kemoja program that caters for 17 000 beneficiaries. With this funding, the program can afford to invest in transportation, stationary, marketing and coordinator requisites. Sadly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability for us and the center to connect with the community at large has been affected. As a result, the envisaged programs have been delayed. Fortunately, however, Macsteel has also created a link partnership between the Silkworth Recovery Center and the Department of Education and Social Development that has assisted the center to launch the program in schools and establish monitoring and evaluation systems to track progress. As Macsteel, we look forward to further cultivating this relationship in the foreseeable future.
