SIMUNYE – As cane growers, millers and all stakeholders involved prepare for the beginning of the crushing season, the biggest cane grower and miller in Eswatini is poised that everything is in place.
RES Corporation’s General Manager Operations Patrick Myeni toured the corporation’s factories stationed at Simunye and Mhlume yesterday to ensure that all equipment and the corporation’s biggest asset, employees, are ready for the crushing season commencing today.
“The employees are ready for the big day. We have worked tremendously well as a company to ensure that we meet all targets set for the off-crop season and we are all positive that this crushing season will again be a record breaker,” Myeni said.
Myeni added that RES Corporation has been improving all equipment in both factories to ensure the success of the Simama 20-20 strategy’s success.
Simama 20-20 was the company’s strategy of reducing the unit cost by 20 per cent by the year 2020 which ended on March 31, 2020. Among the improvements highlighted by the General Manager were increasing land under cane for the corporation and out-grower schemes and installation of new tech-equipped evaporators at Mhlume Factory.
“All this improvements fall under the Integrated Growth Plan in-which management and the board seek to improve efficiencies, thus making the corporation sustainable. We are looking forward to yet another year of sustainability and ensuring the growth of the business against all odds in the market environment,”
RES uplift operational standards to prevent the spread of COVID-19
SIMUNYE - As the world navigates the pandemic, the focus for RES at this time is on staying clean and physically distancing of employees for their safety and that of the community.
Management suspended the biometric access system because of its contact nature, where in its place, the company enforced fixed opening and closing times of certain buildings. Alcohol testing which is connected to the access control system has been deactivated temporarily and replaced with the safest and hygienic random testing with handheld devices.
RES Group Public Affairs Manager Sifiso Nyembe said; “As we begin crushing cane tomorrow (today), all is set for employees to enjoy work in a minimal COVID-19 risk environment. We continuously communicate with employees to ensure that they understand every guideline received from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the country’s authorities as well.”
Nyembe further encouraged all Emaswati to abide by the guidelines provided by the aforementioned because one’s safety is the community’s safety.
“Fighting Corona virus is our responsibility and that of everyone in our community. I encourage you to share information with others so that we can spread the word and ensure that we change our behaviour and win the fight against this virus,” Nyembe said.
Among other steps taken by the company to mitigate the spread of the virus include but not limited to;