GAMING FOR AFRICA
Yamkela Luphepha from Zandspruit, who has cerebral palsy and has spent most of his young life lying down or being carried. The project was a collaboration with the Sweethearts Foundation, which works with corporates, schools, and volunteers, collecting bottle tops and bread tags for recycling in exchange for wheelchairs for people who cannot afford them. At the handover ceremony at Silverstar on 28
Gift of Wheels – From Silverstar Casino to Yamkela S
ilverstar Casino staff brought the month of love to a joyful end with the handover of a custom-built wheelchair for 13-year-old
February, Yamkela in his wheelchair and his mother Xoliswawere escorted down the passage lined with staff members to thank the staff for their efforts and to show off Yamkela’s brand new ‘wheels’. The Foundation, which believes that “a
wheelchair is a basic human right”, has collected and recycled over 43 tons of bottle tops, close on six tons of bread tags, and donated almost 300 wheelchairs since 2013. Yamkela, who lives with his mother and two
sisters, aged 26 and four, has been in desperate need of a wheelchair – for mobility and also to enable him to sit up and be comfortable. Xoliswa is thrilled with the life-changing gift of a wheelchair, which, she says, “will allow me more freedom and to
Tsogo Sun Announces Group and Management Restructure
J
acques Booysen to Retire, Chris du Toit Appointed CEO-Designate Tsogo Sun has announced
that it will restructure Tsogo Sun Group’s hotel interests under one holding company – namely THL (Tsogo Sun Hotels Limited) – to allow shareholders to participate directly in the hotel and gaming divisions of Tsogo Sun. This will entail the separation of Tsogo Sun and THL, culminating in the listing and unbundling of THL. Subsequent to the successful
implementation of the Proposed Transaction, Tsogo Sun will comprise only of the gaming division, being casino and alternative gaming operations. The intention is to change the name of Tsogo Sun from “Tsogo Sun Holdings Limited” to “Tsogo Sun Gaming Limited” in due course. THL owns, leases and manages
hotels in South Africa as well as several sub-Saharan countries, the Seychelles and Abu Dhabi. THL will also hold the Group’s minority
project initiated by Sweethearts Foundation both reduces the amount of plastic that ends up in our landfills and provides mobility for people who would otherwise not have any. I am very proud of the Silverstar staff and what a difference we have collectively been able to make to Yamkela and Xoliswa’s lives. Bottle top collection has become second nature to us and will continue unabated.
investment in RBH Hospitality Management and International Hotel Properties, based in the United Kingdom. The hotels that have been developed as part of the various casino complexes owned by the Group will remain with Tsogo Sun and be operated under a management agreement by THL. The Group’s 59.2% interest in Hospitality Property Fund Ltd (“HPF”) will remain owned and consolidated by THL. The successful completion of the
Proposed Transaction will be subject to, inter alia, the fulfilment of suspensive conditions including, inter alia, approval by the relevant regulatory authorities.
The restructuring will bring about
various directorship and management changes: The composition of the board of directors of THL will be set out in the THL pre-listing statement and will include Mr Marcel von Aulock as Chief Executive Officer and Mrs Laurelle McDonald as Chief Financial Officer. Mrs McDonald is currently the Group Corporate Finance Manager of Tsogo Sun and has been with Tsogo Sun for twelve years.
take Yamkela to places that I never could before. Thank you to all the employees at Silverstar for caring and for making this happen.” Adele Wilson, Silverstar CSI Manager, explains the
process, “In June 2017, each department at Silverstar was issued with large bins to fill with bottle tops, which were regularly emptied and weighed. With every 450kg collected, Sweethearts Foundation will donate a wheelchair to a beneficiary of our choice, which in the case of Yamkela, was guided by a staff member who lives in Zandspruit and is passionate about serving the disabled in her community.” The Silverstar CSI team met with Yamkela and
Xoliswa and took them for an assessment to customize his wheelchair for his condition and for easier mobility in the informal settlement. The value of the wheelchair is R7,531. Wilson adds, “The bottle tops and bread tags
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