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Recognising the need to optimally use the available resources in the Free State province, the Free State Department of Health (FSDOH) has embarked on a Public Private Partnership, as regulated by the Treasury Regulations to the Public Finance Management Act, No 1 of 1999 and concluded an agreement with Community Hospital Management/Netcare in November 2002. In terms of this agreement available under-utilized resources at Universitas and Pelonomi Hospitals are to be made available to the private sector, while further specialised facilities and services are to be added on.
Construction work started in January 2003 and on 1 October 2003 Universitas Private Hospital, as Phase 1, comes into being.
Purpose and objectives
The purposes and objectives of this Agreement are to combine the various strengths of the Government and the private sector, to add on existing resources through private sector investment and to improve existing resources through the creation of income generating activities for the benefit of both the Concessionaire and the Free State Health Department.
Practically this is now eventuating into the coming into being of Universitas and Pelonomi Private Hospitals.
As such this agreement constitutes the first Public Private Partnership of substantial magnitude in the South African healthcare sector.
Universitas Private Hospital
Located within the landmark Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, the Universitas Private Hospital is a 127-bed facility providing highly specialised medical services to residents of the Free State and surrounding areas in a hi-care, hi-touch and hi-tech environment including a 20-bed ICU and four operating theatres.
All major disciplines are offered, including Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery, Gastroenterology, Paediatric Surgery and a specialist Pelvic Floor Unit. The doctors practising at Universitas Private Hospital count among the highest qualified, private sector specialists and academic consultants in the country.
Opening 1 October 2003 are:
• 70 Surgical beds
• 37 Medical beds
• 20 Beds ICU / High Care
• 4 Theatres and Specialised theatres to be shared, e.g. Cardio-thoracic, Neuro-Surgery, Urology scope and ENT.
Pelonomi Private Hospital
Construction will start early in 2004 and will, as in the case of Universitas Private Hospital, be situated in a part of the existing Pelonomi Hospital.
Planned to open July 2004 are:
• 64 Surgical Beds
• 23 Medical Beds
• 11 Day ward Beds
• 12 Paediatric Beds
• 18 Obs & Gyne Beds
• 5 Neonatal ICU Beds
• 16 ICU beds
• 4 Delivery rooms
• 2-3 Own theatres and the possibility to share theatre time with the Government Hospital.
The top management team of the new Universitas Private Hospital, from left, Ronnelle Nell (Nursing Services Manager), Dr. Heide-Marie Smalberger (Regional Manager Netcare: Free State), Ian Cunningham (Financial Manager) and Ansisco Booyens (Pharmacy Manager).
Pelonomi Public Hospital
Upgrading of a part of the public facility in Pelonomi to improve patient care in wards and also in the theatre complex, has already started in January this year and is scheduled to be completed by November 2003.
Major Accident & Emergency Unit (Trauma Unit)
This will be a Joint Venture and will provide a service to both public and private patients. Patients will only be separated after they have been evaluated and stabilized. This Venture will ensure a high quality service to the whole community of the Free State and Northern Cape and promise to improve revenue flow for the public sector.
School for entrepreneurship and Business Development
The School for Entrepreneurship and Business Development of the Technikon Free State, as part of the Faculty of Management, has as its sole aim the training and education of students for specific and practical employment needs in the business sector. To this end, the School prides itself of what it has achieved so far in its three years of existence and this was no more evident than at the Prestige Evening which the School held on 9 September 2003 at Oliewenhuis Museum, Bloemfontein.
At this event, in the form of a glittering banquet, the top students in various categories for 2002 were honoured, while a glimpse was provided of the highly relevant and exciting research being done by post-graduate students at the School, especially as regards the small business sector.
In his keynote address at the Prestige Evening, the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management of the TFS, Prof. Piet le Roux, said that the School for Entrepreneurship and Business Development is indeed proud of the quality of the customized-trained and industry-ready candidates it is producing. Proof of this is that a considerable number of just qualified students and top achievers were absent from the Prestige Evening due to the fact that they have already been absorbed by an eager labour market and are employed in excellent positions at far-flung centers like Cape Town, Upington, Johannesburg, etc.
Prof. Le Roux went on to state: “You are the President of your own personal services corporation. You are the Chief Executive Officer of your own life. You are completely responsible for the business of your life. You are in charge of production, distribution, marketing, quality, finance and research and development.
In the long run, you write your own pay cheque and determine your own salary. If you are not happy with the money that you are making, you can go to the nearest mirror and negotiate with your boss. We no longer have the luxury of standing aside and looking at the rate of change, thinking that it affects some people but not us. Every innovation, discovery, and paradigm shift in modern life is as applicable to you as it is to a multi-billion rand corporation. Every piece of information being generated in some way relates to you.
The men and women who will survive and thrive in the years to come, are those who are continually looking for ideas and insights that they can use to be faster, more flexible and more effective. Like all high achievers, your goal is to be a leader. In fact, if you are not committed to being the best in your field, you are unconsciously accepting mediocrity. If you are not getting better, you are probably getting worse. If you are not committed to being one of the top 10% of people in your field, you will end up somewhere far below. To conclude, when you begin to see yourself as an active participant in the dynamic world around you, you take full control of your own destiny. You become the architect of your own future and the primary creative force in your own life. And always remember: You are your own best customer!”
Exciting new programs for 2004
B.Tech.: Business Administration
The objective of the programme is to provide practical and academically based professional training for managers and aspiring managers in the field of business practice, as well as in the all functional aspects of management.
Admission requirements: A three-year National Diploma, a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification.
Duration: The B.Tech.: Business Administration is presented in such a way that it can be completed in two years on a part-time basis or full-time for 1 year.
Enquiries: Mr AP Roux, Tel: (051) 507 3225, Fax: (051) 507 3133
Email: proux@tfs.co.za
B.Tech.: Project Management
Aims to provide a qualified learner with the necessary skills to initiate, plan, execute, control and terminate a project within his/her area of expertise in any organisation.
Admission requirements: Relevant B.Tech degree or National Diploma or equivalent relevant qualifications. Above-mentioned requirements may be substituted with relevant experience coupled with a tertiary qualification/s.
Duration: Minimum one year part-time.
Enquiries: Mr. J Steyn, Tel: (051) 507 3189, Fax: (051) 507 3133
Email: jsteyn@tfs.ac.za
National Diploma: Security Management
Career opportunities: Security Officer / Security Practitioner/Consultant / Security Manager / Entrepreneur.
Admission requirements: Grade 12.
Duration: 3 Years.
Enquiries: Mr. W Smith, Tel: (051) 507 3220, Fax: (051) 507 3133
Email: bsmith@tfs.ac.za
The new National Higher Certificate (NHC) in Accountancy
This two-year certificate will allow learners to be exposed to the content of all relevant professions in order to make an informed decision.
Subjects include: Financial Accounting / Cost Accounting / Commercial Law / Business Information Systems / Economics / Auditing / Taxation / Language and Communication Skills / Business Calculations / Entrepreneurial Skills
The NHC leads to 3rd and 4th years in Accounting, Internal Auditing, Management Accounting and Taxation.
Enquiries: Mr. J Steyn, Tel: (051) 507 3189, Ms. Cunha, Tel: (051) 507 3131.
Pioneering doctoral thesis on small business management
A flagship study project in the School for Entrepreneurship and Business Development was done by Ms. Vicki Baard and submitted for the D.Tech. degree, entitled “The design and implementation of an interactive IT consulting system to improve performance in South African small business.” The final result of the study is being awaited, but the purpose was to design an intervention - the Interactive IT Consulting System for small businesses in South Africa - and to implement the system into the small business sector to improve performance.
The rationale for the study is as follows:
• Small business (SB) is of critical importance for the dynamics and stability of the economy as well as the socio-political structure. The importance of this entity in South Africa is demonstrated by the 53,9% contribution to formal private sector employment and the 34,8% contribution by the small business sector to the total gross domestic product in 2001, while small businesses contribute some 98% to the total business population in South Africa.
• Despite the dynamics of the small business, the sector faces high failure rates in the first three years of existence, mainly due to internal factors such as managerial incompetence, a lack of business experience, inadequate planning and poor financial control. The sector also exists in a hostile external environment containing legal and regulatory constraints, limited access to finance and the presence of intensified global competition. Over the last four years SA has lost some R68 million due to the failing of over 117 000 government-assisted small businesses.
• Information technology (IT) provides very real benefits to the small business sector, including gains in efficiency and business performance, increased managerial competence and the provision of information to increase flexibility and responsiveness to the external environment. The optimal use of IT with its inherent benefits can assist in driving the small business sector from the spectre of failure, past mere survival and into growth for ultimate success.
• However, despite the benefits offered by IT, small business owner-managers are failing to adopt IT as effectively as their larger counterparts. The reasons for this is a lack of general knowledge of computers, lack of expertise to computerise, inability to identify the small firms' information needs and a lack of financial resources.
Therefore a mindshift change in the application of IT in the small business sector in SA is an indispensable starting-block towards a new direction in business and entrepreneurial development in SA.
For more detail, Ms. Baard can be contacted at vbaard@mweb.co.za
New Director for School
Dr. Andrè van den Berg, serving at the Technikon Free State since 1982 and one of the pioneers in the establishment of the School for Entrepreneurship and Business Development, has just been appointed as Director of the School. Previously Dr. Van den Berg was the Acting Director.
Dr Van den Berg has distinguished himself in academic qualifications, scientific business research, authoring a number of publications and participation in business and development conferences both on national and international level. Currently he is serving inter alia on the Exco of the Bloemfontein Chamber of Business and on the board of directors of Samba Co-op Ltd.
As to the way forward at the helm of the School, it is the view of Dr. Van den Berg that the School should be a regional leader in entrepreneurship and business development, with the emphasis on developing and enhancing entrepreneurial and business spirit among students, the business sector and the community.
Synergy with business sector
Seen on the whole, the closely-knit relationship between the School of Entrepreneurship and the private sector continues to entertain tremendous potential for dynamic synergy. This relationship rests on three pillars: The lecturers of the School of Entrepreneurship are drawing professional know-how from the private sector by visiting various private enterprises on a regular basis; secondly, the School strives to plough expertise back into its feeding region through various community projects; and, thirdly, the School wishes to serve the private sector through demand-driven short courses.
During 2003 various lecturers from the School have visited the production facilities of companies such as AVBOB Ltd., Daimler-Chrysler, Castellano Belltrami, Johnson & Johnson and others. In this way the lecturers get the opportunity to link the theoretical world of academics with the practical world of business, with ultimately the student getting the advantage of the fruitful interaction.
The School is moreover involved in community projects such as entrepreneurship training of emerging entrepreneurs during E-Week. This event, this year to be held 14 - 17 October 2003, is a training competition for start-up entrepreneurs and addresses aspects such as creativity, the generating of business ideas, how to write a business plan, etc. For more info, the Secretary of the School of Entrepreneurship, Ms Etta van der Merwe, can be contacted at (051) 507 3219.
Furthermore on a regular basis the School provides staff to address previously disadvantaged persons, e.g. small business management training to nursery school owners, financial management guidance to HIV/Aids training practitioners, etc.
The School of Entrepreneurship also provides training in the form of short courses to the business sector. For instance, the short course Managerial Excellence was presented for the second time this year, while other customized short courses can be designed according to specific needs. The School has also commenced with a process to establish a set of courses accredited with selected SETA's.
Boholo ba bang ba rona, ditekesi tsa diminibase ke tshita e kgolo mebileng naha ka bophara. Mokgwa wa ho kganna metseng ya ditoropo o batla o fetoha makoloing ana a emang hohle moo a batlang, bakganni bana ba fetola le melao ya tsela mme ba hlola ka tsela ya ho dula ba etsa lerata ka dihooter tsa bona. Sena se fapane bapalaming Ditekesi tsa diminibase di dula di le teng nako e kgolo eo o e batlang, di a o palamisa mme di o theolle moo o batlang, di a potlaka mme di a tshepahala bakeng sa maeto a makgutshwane e bile le ditefello di tlase ha ho bapiswa le bahlodi ba bang ba jwalo ka diterene le dibese.
Le ha mathata ohle a amangwang le indasteri ya ditekesi e le nnete, ditekesi tsa diminibase di kgonne ho tlisa kgolo ya kgwebo bathong ba batsho (BEE) le theho ya mesebetsi ka palo e tlase ha ho bapiswa le dikarolo tse ding tsa moruo.
Leha mokgwa wa BEE o ena le mathata ha jwale, indasteri ya ditekesi ke bopaki ba mekgwa ya borakgwebo ba banyane Afrika Borwa ho sa kgathelatsehe hore ba hlaha kae. Ditekisi tsa diminibase di bapala karolo e kgolo moruong nakong eo moralo wa dipalangwang wa Afrika Borwa o hlokang ho hlokomelwa ha ntle molemong wa bapalami le moruo wa naha.
Tlhophisobotjha ha indasteri ya ditekesi eo e leng dipuisanonzg nako e telele, ena le tsela ya ho lokisa le ho fetola indasteri ena. Ha jwale, ntle le sebopeho sa indasteri ya ditekesi le mesebetsi e metle eo e e bapalang ha e fumane le ha e le karolo ya tshehetso ya R4 bilione eo mmuso wa provinsi le naha o e abelang dibese le diterene selemo ka seng. Bakeng sa bapalami ba dibese ho nehelanwa ka tshehetso ya R198 ka kgwedi.
Tlhophisobotjha ha indasteri ya ditekesi ho tla etsa hore mmuso o tsetele indastering ena, ka ho hlokomela hore indasteri ya ditekesi ke karolo e kgolo moralong wa dipalangwang le hore e mona nako tsohle. Ka Motsheanong 2004 tshebetso e tlo qala ka ho ntshwa ha diminibase tse ntjha tse 25 000 selemo ka seng ho nkela sebaka indasteri ena e ntseng e ena le mathata.
Tshebetso ena e lokela ho phethelwa nakong ya dilemo tse nne.
Lefapha la naha la Dipalangwang lena le maikemisetso a mabedi ao e leng a bohlokwa malebana le indasteri ena. Ke ho etsa hore indasteri ena ebe ya demokrasi, e be molang hobe le dikgetho le boetapele bo botjha indastering ena naha ka bophara. Indasteri ya ditekesi e lebelletswe hore e fihlelle boemo ba kopano mokgatlong ka dinako tsohle. Ha sena se ka fihlellwa Afrika Borwa e tla be e fihlelletse ntho ya bohlokwa.
Die Sanlam-handelsmerk is 'n naam wat die afgelope 85 jaar tot in elke uithoek van die land bekend geword het.
Dis 'n naam wat vir elkeen iets anders beteken. Vir baie is Sanlam die bekende blou embleem van twee beskermende hande wat eens op haas elke dorp sigbaar was. Of die reuse winkelsentrums in groot stede. Televisieflitse met babas en klei. Nuus op koerante se sakeblaaie. Die naam op frokkies van ons topatlete...
Vir ander is dit die persoon van Sanlam wat hulle besoek en ernstig oor hul finansiële toekoms gesels. En vir byna drie miljoen kliënte en aandeelhouers is die naam sinoniem met gemoedsrus oor môre.
Wat 85 jaar gelede as 'n geloofsaak begin is om die Afrikaner 'n vastrapplek in die land se ekonomie te gee, het nou gegroei tot een van die magtigste finansiële dienstegroepe in die land. 'n Reus wat met sy dinamiese, innoverende en sterk kliëntgedrewe aanslag finansiële gemoedsrus aan miljoene Suid-Afrikaners gee.
Dit is juis hierdie sterk kliëntgedrewe fokus wat Sanlam-kliente voortdurend gerusstel dat die maatskappy na hul beleggings, en dus ook hul toekoms, met groot sorg omsien. Dis ook die fokus wat Sanlam die nommer een keuse maak van 'n groeiende aantal nuwe kliënte uit alle taal- en bevolkingsgroepe.
Sy sukses leun op drie pilare: Sanlam het steeds die beste mense in die bedryf, die maatskappy spog met 'n sterk - en waarskynlik die bes opgeleide - adviseurskorps in die land en sy handelsmerk is alombekend.
Die bekendheid van die Sanlam-handelsmerk het ongelooflik toegeneem in die swart mark. Verlede jaar is 40% van alle nuwe polisse aan swartes verkoop. Sanlam bied ook 'n wye reeks innoverende finansiële produkte, waarvan verskeie eerstes was vir die bedryf. Maar dit is nie net diegene wat 'n direkte belang in Sanlam het wat in sy sukses deel nie. Deeglik bewus van sy verantwoordelikheid op die snypunt van die daaglikse lewe in Suid-Afrika, belê Sanlam op groot skaal in die hede - en in die toekoms - van al sy mense.
Sanlam beskou sy korporatiewe burgerskap as baie belangrik en bedryf daarom 'n gefokusde program van maatskaplike betrokkenheid. Sy fokus is op vier areas, naamlik opvoeding, entrepreneurskap, gesondheid en welsyn, en sportontwikkeling. Sanlam is ook betrokke by veiligheid en misdaadvoorkoming, natuur- en omgewingsbewaring en kulturele inisiatiewe.
Verskeie puik prestasies die afgelope paar maande is 'n konkrete bewys dat Sanlam gefokus is daarop om sy missie met passie uit te leef en om 'n leier te wees in welvaartskepping in Suid-Afrika. En om op die manier 'n verskil te maak in die lewens van alle Suid-Afrikaners. Praktiese voorbeelde is volop en daadwerklik- ruimte hier ontbreek om dit te noem.
Feit van die saak is, as 'n bedryfsleier het Sanlam 'n bewese geskiedenis van sukses, goeie prestasie en innovasie. Met passievolle mense wat bemagtig is en wêreldklas-tegnologie, wil Sanlam vorentoe verdere gestalte gee aan sy voorneme om goeie diens en opbrengste te lewer aan al sy kliënte en aandeelhouers.
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