The Imperial group – as part of its BBBEE commitment to ‘enterprise development’ – has conjured up an enterprising scheme to develop entrepreneurial skills among its workers. In simple terms, “this is a business-toblack- business transaction where the aim is to provide, contribute and assist in the operational and financial development of the business’s sustainability” – including full rent-free premises and utilities. Even more simply, it has led to the creation of Morajane’s enterprise, NOTOS Cleaning Services, a business unit now overseeing the washing and cleaning of over 400 Imperial trucks a month, cleaning the yard and running an on-site canteen and tuck shop for truck drivers moving in and out of the Imperial facilities. So successful has this been as a test case that Imperial is assessing the feasibility of other enterprise developments such as this and in funding sole suppliers to Imperial. CAPTION John Morajane’s ambition is to run his own ‘clean-up company’ within the transport industry.
