Zebra has been certified as a Level 4 BEE contributor, about to be upgraded to a Level 3 contributor, which is indicative of our commitment to sustainable broad based economic empowerment. Below follows a brief outline of our approach to selected elements of the scorecard:
Procurement and Joint Ventures
Zebra has built a substantial database of both national and local suppliers with whom we have established sound working relationships.Our procurement strategy has remained constant by always monitoring the scorecard and HDI ownership status of new and existing suppliers.
Enterprise Development
We have an active Enterprise Development program where we strive to develop the entities on our Enterprise Development program through mentoring sessions and active assistance with problems where possible. Advice is always given freely where required. Where possible we draw in these entities into sub-contracts and Joint ventures. This has had the effect that Martin & East (PTY) LTD has always achieved maximum points for Enterprise Development on our scorecard. We pride ourselves in the knowledge that we have assisted in the development of emerging contractors into established contractors and will continue to do so.
Corporate Social Investment:
Martin & East (Pty) Ltd has is proud to sponsor between 30 and 50 previously disadvantaged children who attend the Star Schools programme enhancing their grade 10 to 12 English, maths and science. The programme is run at the CPUT on Saturday mornings and part of our social investment is towards transporting learners to this venue. In addition, we are also actively involved with the Go for Gold programme where 10 learners are sponsored. This programme initially has a similar focus to Star Schools but later extends to providing learners with career opportunities within the built environment. Finally, we provide continuous counselling and medical support to our HIV positive.