Wat \u2019n voorreg om aan die einde van \u2019n interessante 2023 te staan. Dit was \u2019n jaar van vele gebeurtenisse \u2013 in ons besigheid spesifiek, maar ook in ons land en in die groter globale omgewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir die nuwe, saamgestelde groep (GWK, NTK en VKB) was die jaar opwindend en vol hoogtepunte, spesifiek n\u00e1 die amptelike goedkeuring van die samesmelting met GWK, wat op 31 Mei aangekondig is. Dit het gekom n\u00e1 uitgebreide gesprekke, onderhandelinge en skakeling met ons besigheid se belangrikste belanghebbendes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In di\u00e9 stadium is ons dankbaar vir die vordering wat reeds deur die integrasieproses bereik is. Dit is die gevolg van harde werk en toewyding van die groep se mense. Op \u2019n formele en informele basis is daar reeds goeie samewerking tussen die verskillende afdelings in onderskeidelik GWK en VKB, met \u2019n groot aantal effektiwiteite wat reeds ontsluit word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ons sien uit na die volgende spronge wat in die nuwe jaar gegee kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ons almal is maar net te bewus daarvan dat Suid-Afrika onder druk is. Aspekte soos beurtkrag, die gebrekkige toestand van groot dele van ons land se infrastruktuur ten opsigte van paaie en treinspore, en probleme wat tans by hawens ondervind word, plaas enorme druk op die ekonomie. Dit l\u00ea werksaamhede aan bande, bemoeilik die vervoer van produkte en veroorsaak dat invoerprodukte in hawens vasgekeer word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit alles het natuurlik \u2019n invloed op lewenskoste, en dit plaas almal onder druk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is juis waarom dit vir die maatskappy belangrik was om \u2019n sterker en meer volhoubare besigheid te vestig wat eksterne skokke en uitdagings makliker kan absorbeer. Nou, as \u2019n saamgestelde groep, kan ons saam risiko\u2019s beter proaktief identifiseer en bestuur, geleenthede daardeur ontgin en die volhoubaarheid van die bedryf ondersteun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baie druk word in die land ervaar, maar gebeure op die sportveld het vir ons Suid-Afrikaners tot \u2019n groot mate weer nuwe hoop gebring en ons tot \u2019n eenheid gebind. Natuurlik was die Springbokke se oomblik toe hulle die w\u00eareldbeker omhoog hou ons almal se trotse oomblik. En die Protea-span, wat daarin kon slaag om na die halfeindstryd van die netbal-w\u00eareldbekertoernooi deur te dring, het net weer aan die hele w\u00eareld bewys dat Suid-Afrika op die sportveld \u2019n gedugte teenstander is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nou l\u00ea die Kerstyd voor \u2013 \u2019n wonderlike tyd vir baie van ons. Dit is \u2019n tyd wanneer \u2019n mens so \u2019n bietjie kan wegbreek en tyd saam met geliefdes deurbring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Mens moet hierdie tyd waardeer en koester, want die waarheid is dat dit nie vir almal beskore is nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eerstens is daar mense wat deur die feestyd bly werk omdat besighede aan die gang moet bly, want daar is kli\u00ebnte wat steeds aandag en diens moet ontvang. \u2019n Opregte woord van dank aan almal wat in hierdie tyd besighede oor die land heen gaan beman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar is ook di\u00e9 wat weens gebrek aan middele nie aan die feestelikhede kan deelneem nie. My wens is dat mense in hierdie tyd, wat immers \u2019n tyd van dankbaarheid is, sal uitreik na ander wie se omstandig\u00adhede van ons s\u2019n verskil. Saam kan ons Kersfees \u2019n ware fees van dank\u00adbaarheid maak, nie net vir onsself nie, maar ook vir diegene rondom ons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As \u2019n saamgestelde groep bedank ons elke kli\u00ebnt, ondersteuner en verskaffer met wie ons die voorreg gehad het om vanjaar besigheid te doen. Beste wense vir \u2019n baie gese\u00ebnde Kersfees, en mag 2024 voorspoed in oorvloed bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat \u2019n voorreg om aan die einde van \u2019n interessante 2023 te staan. 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