Illovo Sugar Africa Group Chief Executive Officer, Gavin Dalgleish, presented a Safety Award to Oswald Magwenzi, Zambia Sugar Managing Director, Tuesday 9 April 2024, at a ceremony held at the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), Johannesburg.

The award was presented to Oswald in recognition of his safety leadership and the company’s safety performance during the period under review. This award is part of the ABF Sugar Safety Recognition Programme introduced to encourage and recognize excellent safety behaviour and performance of employees, teams, and operations across all ABF Sugar businesses worldwide.

ABF Sugar Safety Recognition programme includes quarterly and annual recognitions. There are three categories that are covered. Category one is where an employee or team is nominated per mill/operation that demonstrates consistent safety excellence. This award is presented on a quarterly basis.

Category two is for an operation or mill. The mill or operation per Business Unit (BU) is recognised for good safety culture and safety performance. The entity’s operational performance is linked to business safety Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and Safety Culture indicators.

Category three is for the Business Unit where one BU across the ABF Sugar Group is recognised for standout safety culture and safety performance. The BU performance is linked to business safety KPI’s and Safety Culture indicators.

Last November Zambia Sugar was recognised for safety leadership on the continent at the AfriSAFE conference held in Lagos Nigeria. This resulted in the selection of Livingstone, Zambia as this year’s venue for the hosting of the 2024 AfriSAFE Congress scheduled for 7-8 November 2024.