1. INTRODUCTION

Bella Forma Investments 9 (Pty) Ltd., trading under the name Kgabisa Services, is a privately-owned company based in Potchefstroom that specialises in providing community cleaning services. The vision of Kgabisa is to collaborate with the community in creating a beautiful clean city that will instill pride and inspire a culture of excellence amongst all its residents. A clean and beautiful environment together with a culture of excellence in conduct will serve to attract businesses, investors and tourists to the our city that will in turn lead to job creation and eventually stimulate socio-economic development in the whole area. Kgabisa also wants to serve as an incubator for the start-up of small black businesses. Kgabisa was founded in 2007 by M-Tech Industrial (Pty) Ltd., a Level 3 BEE company headquartered in Potchefstroom. M-Tech is 74.9 percent owned by Flownex International (Pty) Ltd. a South African holding company and 24.9 percent by Royal Bafokeng Holdings. Although Kgabisa is currently wholly owned by M-Tech, M-Tech’s intention is to transform it into a Black majority-owned SMME company as soon as it has become self sustainable.

Kgabisa is not a conventional residential garden services provider but rather focus on large plots and parks as well as streets and pavements. Our services include:

• Cleaning litter on vacant plots, large parks and gardens as well as streets and pavements.
• Cutting and trimming grass on vacant plots, large parks and gardens as well as streets and pavements.
• Collecting and removing leaves from streets and pavements.
• Eliminating weeds from pavements.

M-Tech Industrial is an engineering firm that specializes in the development of engineering software, the design and manufacturing of energy-saving equipment such as heat pumps and mine cooling units, energy demand side management and consultation services in the nuclear, power generation, mining and chemical process industries. M-Tech’s biggest clients are PBMR (Pty) Ltd., Eskom, Sasol and various mining companies. M-Tech employs about 65 people, of whom about 50 are engineers. M-Tech Industrial provided the finances to capitalise Kgabisa and also raised the funds to operate the business. The equipment that we procured include a pick-up truck, gardening equipment such as brush cutters and lawn mowers and a large leaf vacuum cleaner mounted on a trailer designed and built with the help of M-Tech (shown on the right). The sources of the operating income of about R13000 per month are the University, the companies M-Tech Industrial and Ages and a number of individuals. Kgabisa currently employs five people and focuses on picking up litter and cutting grass on pavements in the Bult and Dam areas.

2. STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY

In addition to providing cleaning services that will translate to a beautiful city, investment in Kgabisa will also
indirectly bring the following benefits to our city:
- Environmental stewardship through the cleaning of the environment;
- Culture of pride and excellence amongst residents (for our city and environment);
- Socio-economic development by attracting businesses, investors and tourists;
- Business incubator for development of small black businesses; and
- Strategic partnership with an engineering company that can help solve challenging technical
problems.

3. SERVICE DEFINITION

The basic service package consists of the following services:
- Cutting and trimming grass on the pavements once every two weeks;
- Cleaning litter from streets and pavements two times per week;
- Picking up leaves once every two weeks;
- Eliminating weeds on the pavements by spraying weed-killing agents once a month;
- Proactively engaging the community by motivating businesses, individuals and other organizations
such as schools, churches, the University and individuals to contribute to the cleaning and
beautification of our city.

4. SUCCESS INDICATORS

Realisation of the following will serve to indicate successful service delivery:
- Clean streets and parks (depending on service options);
- Creation of 12 to 16 jobs (depending on service options);
- Creation of at least one Black SMME;
- Increase community involvement in the cleaning and beautification of our city;
- Increased awareness among all our residents of the need to protect and care for our
environment;
- Increased sense of pride amongst all our residents; and
- Reinforcement of a culture of excellence amongst our residents.

5. SUMMARY

The services that will be provided include the following:
- Cutting and trimming grass on the pavements once every two weeks;
- Cleaning litter from streets and pavements two times per week;
- Picking up leaves once every two weeks;
- Eliminating weeds on the pavements by spraying weed-killing agents once a month;
- Proactively engaging the community by motivating businesses, individuals and other organizations
such as schools, churches, the University and individuals to contribute to the cleaning and
beautification of our city.

Kgabisa looks forward to collaborating with businesses and the community in creating a beautiful clean city that
will not only instill pride and inspire a culture of excellence amongst all its residents but also that will lead to
socio-economic development of the whole area.