Erwic Awards 2020

WOMAN-OWNED CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

CELESTE LE ROUX – REACT 24 R eact24 is a 100% black woman owned and operated company. The business is registered in the construction sector and has BBBEE Level 1 rating. React24 has an employment equity plan in place.

maintenance service provider to the Property Facilities Market within South Africa. With a national footprint, React24 renders bespoke specialist facilities and construction maintenance services to the residential, industrial, commercial and retail markets. Its clientele includes the more prominent and listed property companies within the South African property arena. “I consider myself a ‘market disruptor’ in challenging the norm and taking on such male dominance head on,” says the owner, Celeste le Roux. “Within my business I have recently invested in sending my administrative female personnel on the AMI (African Management Institute) Management Programme. One such female administrator achieved national recognition in the programme and showed the skill to take on new challenges within the business. “I have recently promoted this particular administrative female to Portfolio Manager within React24. I am constantly investing in training and equipping my female black staff in education and encouraging them to further develop themselves.” 

React24 is one of the few companies who currently employs female black

plumbers within South Africa. This has received favourable publicity for React24 in tertiary institutions within South Africa who have engaged in discussions with React24 to forge a working relationship for their apprentice students in the building and plumbing faculties. React24 employment equity plan is in sync with government’s regulations and for this reason the business emphasis is to employ, empower and equip black, previously disadvantaged individuals and women, especially within the built environment of South Africa. React24 is a specialist facilities and construction

WOMAN IN CONSTRUCTION ENTREPRENEUR STRIVING IN A MALE DOMINANT

R obus Engineering is a 100% Black Woman Owned (BWO) company, es- tablished in 2013, managed and run by a black female MD Revona Alice Botha (celebrating her 30 th anniversary, with a vast engineering and construction expe- rience within the infrastructure and built environment. Qualified as the 1 st black woman “Artisan Electrician” in 1990 at Spoornet (Electrical Infrastructure), now an installation Electrician and duly Registered Professional with SACPCMP & ECSA).

Worked for Spoornet (8), Eskom (11) and active in the private sector since 2008. Revona Botha is a double award winner in 2017 for “Woman in Construcrion” & Top Standard Bank Woman in Construc- tion. Robus Engineering continually identifying opportunities in the broad infrastructure and built environment, with the need for strong black partici- pation in the different areas: Growth & Development, Capacity Building (Skills Development), and Job Creation.

Providing the following services for major engineering works (HV & MV Networks – Substations and Lines): • Professional Engineering Services (Design, Construction & Project Management) • Civil Construction • Technical Training (Workplace Skills Development)

CONTACT DETAILS

Cell (076) 834 5989 Email: admin@rob-eng.co.za Website: www.rob-eng.co.za GAUTENG (Johannesburg) Tel (011) 967 0038 NORTHERN CAPE (Kimberley) Tel (053) 874 7107 EASTERN CAPE (East London) Tel (043) 735 1721

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