Sojo Business & Tourism (an association for the upliftment of facilities and the establishment of employment opportunities in the south of Johannesburg) recently hosted their SOJO annual charity golf day in partnership with Gold Reef City.
Seventy-six people, all dressed in lime green Ernie Els golf shirts, strutted onto the greens at Reading Country Club. Nicky Vakaloudis, the CEO of SOJO Business & Tourism, congratulated the top 10 fourballs.
“First place was Bidvest Steiner, second and third was THC Pharmacy, fourth was Mayfield Park Service Station, fifth was Quatro Cleaning Service, sixth was Gold Reef City, seventh was Johannesburg Expo Centre, eighth was The ODD Ball-featured FNB Stadium CEO, Bertie Grobbelaar, PRP Solutions with Tsogo Sun complex GM, Kiran Singh, and Pam Golding and Hammond Pole Attorneys were in ninth place,” said Vakaloudis.
“The Unconventional CA, who also sponsored our goodie bags, Goscor Cleaning Equipment, Bidvest Prestige, iProp, Howden, Vumacam, and Mall of the South were the remaining nine who had a great time.
“Congratulations to everyone who won. No one won the R100 000 hole-in-one prize sponsored by Succession Financial Planning and Turn 1 Insurance Brokers. Kriya Govender, from PRP Solutions, won the consolation prize of an IV Zeal multi-vitamin drip sponsored by Mall of the South, for being closest to the pin.”
Vakaloudis congratulated all businesses for uniting with them to combat the plight of homelessness.
“SOJO Business & Tourism and its members are honored to partner with JHN (Johannesburg Homelessness Network) this year to establish a shelter with skill development in Johannesburg’s south,” said Vakaloudis.
Mary Lyn Gillett-de Klerk, the vice chairperson of JHN and the owner and founder of the Johannesburg Organization of Services to the Homeless (Josh), said the goal of the program is to transform the homeless into homeowners.
“Thank you to the sponsors Gold Reef City, Thaba Eco Hotel, BodyTec, Centurion Golf Club, Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Restonic, Mobimed, Leap of Faith Creations, Absolutely Water, Lattelicious, Robot Hardware, Zwartkop Country Club, Mall of the South, Del Forno Mall of the South, Johannesburg Expo Centre, Group 1 JAC, Chester Finance and Ammil Gin. There was almost R200 000 worth of donations,” she said.
In keeping with the recycling theme, the City of Johannesburg’s regional office sponsored space at the club for an SMME vendor who sold earrings made from recyclable materials.
Nicky Vakaloudis and Dennis Mathebula.
Sheldon Stuurman and Kiran Singh.
The winning team, Bidvest Steiner, with Nicky Vakaloudis and Mary Gillett-de Klerk.
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