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06/04/2011

FleetAfrica wins 2011 Oliver Empowerment Award

FleetAfrica achieved double acclaim and stamped its mark of empowerment success at the 2011 Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards when the company was recognised as the Top Empowered Company in the Transport category and CEO, Kamogelo Mmutlana, was voted the Top Black Businessman.

The 10th annual Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards (the ‘Olivers’), the mark of BEE distinction for transformation leaders, was held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 24 March 2011. The awards were bestowed by guest of honour and keynote speaker Mr Thembelani Nxesi, Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, before an elite audience of political and business leaders. 

FleetAfrica was a big winner on the night picking up two awards and closely edging out parent company Super Group, a fellow finalist, as the Top Empowered Company in the Transport sector. It was a particularly pleasing evening for FleetAfrica CEO Kamogelo Mmutlana who capped off his own company’s success with further recognition from his peers after being named the Top Black Businessman for 2011.

The awards mark FleetAfrica’s rapid empowerment progress with the company improving its B-BBEE ratings consistently over the years from a level three to a level one contributor in 2010, with a 135% procurement recognition. Furthermore, FleetAfrica was ranked the number one company in the fleet management sector of the TOP500 Companies award in 2010.

Mmutlana says FleetAfrica is a specialised fleet management company at the forefront of the full service leasing industry in South Africa. “We manage some of the largest fleets in the country for government, parastatal and private-sector companies. We currently have more than 46 000 vehicles under management, ranging from motor cycles and cars to materials handling equipment, waste compactors, fire engines, and ambulances.”

Within our first few years of operation we secured the then largest government fleet outsourced contract, City of Johannesburg, as well as some major Parastatal and Blue Chip corporate fleets” said CEO Kamogelo Mmutlana.

Mmutlana informs that FleetAfrica has achieved significant savings and improved service offerings for Government through the management of the largest and second largest government fleet outsourcing contracts to date, being the City of Johannesburg and Eastern Cape Provincial Government (ECPG) contracts.

Mmutlana attributes the company’s success to industry leading technology solutions, focused and committed staff, the ability to leverage group skills, the integrity of the FleetAfrica brand in the industry and the fact the company has a long and successful track record both in the corporate and government sectors.

He says integrity and honesty are the cornerstones of the business, with the company culture based on transparency and mutual respect in its dealings with clients, employees, shareholders and service providers.

Mmutlana attributes the company’s success to industry leading technology solutions, focused and committed staff, the ability to leverage group skills, the integrity of the FleetAfrica brand in the industry and the fact the company has a long and successful track record both in the corporate and government sectors.

He says integrity and honesty are the cornerstones of the business, with the company culture based on transparency and mutual respect in its dealings with clients, employees, shareholders and service providers.