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ELECTRICAL NEWS
JANUARY 2017
SPONSOR: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
FINALISTS: BESAMANDLA; EDISON POWER GAUTENG;
NAMASTHETHU
WINNER: EDISON POWER GAUTENG
Dave Alcock accepting the certificate for Namasthethu (finalist); Martin
Jacobs – Edison Power Gauteng (winner); Zanelle Dalglish – Schneider
Electric; Agreement Buti Leburu – Schneider Electric; and national direc-
tor of the ECA(SA), Mark Mfikoe.
SPONSOR: EE PUBLISHERS
FINALISTS: DAN ELECTRICAL; H&S ELECTRICAL
WINNER: H&S ELECTRICAL
Hendrik Swanepoel – H&S Electrical (winner); Irene Blythe – EE
Publishers; Johnny Cunniff – ECA(SA) president; and Danie Esterhuizen
– Dan Electrical (finalist).
SPONSOR: MUFARO
FINALIST: NICK’S ELECTRICAL; ELECTROTRUST
WINNER: ELECTROTRUST
Stephan Kruger – Electrotrust (winner); Johnny Cunniff – ECA(SA)
president; Mandla Mbukwane – Mufaro; and Cecil Lancaster – ECA(SA)
Meadowdale training manager.
SPONSOR: MOMENTUM
FINALISTS: DAN ELECTRICAL; GPA POOLS AND
ELECTRICAL; RELIANT ELECTRIC
WINNER: RELIANT ELECTRIC
Andre Wagenaar – GPA Pools and Electrical (finalist); Thapelo Thango
Momentum); Ranier Venter – SHEQmanager, Reliant Electric; Brett Harrison
– MD, Reliant Electric; Alice Setlatjile (Momentum); and Michael Straton, past
president, ECA(SA).
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ECA(SA) PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS 2016 HONOURS TOP ACHIEVERS
The Electrical Contractors’ Association of South Africa held its annual Presidential
Excellence Awards at Emperors Palace on 24 November when the top achievers in
the electrical industry were honoured.
SPONSOR: ECA(SA)
WINNER: ECA(SA) HIGHVELD REGION
The ECA(SA) Regional Office of the Year Award went to the Highveld
Region. Mark Mfikoe – national director, ECA(SA); Johnny Cunniff –
president, ECA(SA); Highveld regional director, Louis Pretorius (winner); and
Giel Labuschagne – first vice-president, ECA(SA).
SPONSOR: NESTLIFE
FINALISTS: EDISON POWER, GAUTENG; BRAND
ENGINEERING; RELIANT ELECTRIC
WINNER: RELIANT ELECTRIC
Finalist, Dominique Hoshe – SHEQ manager, Edison Power, Gauteng
(finalist); Johnny Cunniff – ECA(SA) president; Ranier Venter – SHEQ
manager at Reliant Electric and Brett Harrison – MD at Reliant Electric
(winner); Vusi Sithole – CEO Nestlife; Herman Kriel – Brand Engineering
(finalist); and Mark Mfikoe – national director, ECA(SA).
SPONSOR: NESTLIFE
FINALISTS: EDISON POWER, GAUTENG; ELECTROTRUST;
BRAND ENGINEERNG
WINNER: ELECTROTRUST
Carlos De Gouveia – Edison Power, Gauteng (finalist); Johnny Cunniff –
president ECA(SA); Pieter Gouws – Brand Engineering (finalist); Neels
Prinsloo – Electrotrust (winner); and Dr Mzwandile Zwane – executive
manager: strategy, NestLife.
SPONSOR: BROTHER
FINALISTS: ELIZABETH KGOFELO; TANGANEDZANI
MUKWEVHO
WINNER: TANGANEDZANI MUKWEVHO
Johnny Cunniff – ECA president; Tanganedzani Mukwevho (winner);
Fezeka Bani – Brother; Elizabeth Kgofelo (finalist) and Quinten Dorman
– Brother.
SPONSOR: EUROLUX
FINALISTS: DC ELECTRICAL (MALL OF AFRICA); DC
ELECTRICAL (LYNNRIDGE MALL); STANDARD ELECTRICAL
(NEWMARKET MALL)
WINNER: STANDARD ELECTRICAL (NEWMARKET MALL)
Shantonette Pillay – ECA(SA) regional director, KwaZulu-Natal; Anthony
Lloyd – Eurolux; Michael Straton – ECA(SA) past president; Frans Cronje –
DC Electrical (finalist); and Andre Steffens – Standard Electrical (winner).
SPONSOR: COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AFRICA
FINALISTS: BESAMANDLA; BRAND ENGINEERING; CATO
RIDGE ELECTRICAL
WINNER: BRAND ENGINEERING
Mark Mfikoe – national director, ECA(SA); Levine Warries – Copper
Development Association Africa; Michael Straton – past president,
ECA(SA); Kobus Labuschagne – Besamandla (finalist); Gerhard Lotze
– Brand Engineering (winner); John Theo – ECA(SA) chairperson,
marketing committee and Arn Petersen – Cato Ridge Electrical (finalist).
SPONSOR: VOLTEX
FINALISTS: BESAMANDLA; EDISON POWER GAUTENG;
NICK’S ELECTRICAL
WINNER: EDISON POWER GAUTENG
Mark Mfikoe – national director, ECA(SA); Pieter du Toit – ECA(SA)
regional director Free State; Jessica Hitchcock – Voltex marketing opera-
tions manager; Michael Straton – ECA(SA) past president; Steve Fourie
– Edison Power Gauteng (winner); Kobus Labuschagne – Besamandla
(finalist); and Rikus Kearney – Nick’s Electrical (finalist).
SPONSOR: COMTEST
FINALISTS: B&W INSTRUMENTATION; BESAMANDLA; CATO
RIDGE ELECTRICAL
WINNER: CATO RIDGE ELECTRICAL
Lucas Bowles – ECA(SA) regional director, Eastern Cape; Barend
Niemand – Comtest; Arn Petersen – Cato Ridge Electrical (winner); and
Michael Straton – ECA(SA) past president.
SPONSOR: HELLERMANNTYTON
FINALISTS: STEFAN ROBERTS; MALOKWANE MARABA;
JUHANDRE NIEWENHUIZEN
WINNER: MALOKWANE MARABA
Juhandre Niewenhuizen (finalist); Johnny Cunniff – ECA(SA) president;
Stefan Roberts (finalist); Malokwane Maraba (winner); and Claude
Middleton – HellermannTyton.
INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR – OFFICE BLOCKS
NATIONAL SAFETY AWARD
INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR – RETAIL AND SHOPPING
CENTRES
SPECIAL INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AWARD
INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR – INDUSTRIAL
INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR – HOTELS AND HOSPITALS
INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR – RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR – COMPLEXES
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – MALE
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – FEMALE
BEST CONTRIBUTOR TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY
RETICULATION CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE YEAR AWARD