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RMI Executives
RMI Board Members
RMI Directors
RMI Head Office
Chief Executive Officer:
Jakkie Olivier
Cell: 082 452 5150
jakkie.olivier@rmi.org.za
Chief Operations Officer:
Jan Schoeman
Cell: 082 552 7712
jan.schoeman@rmi.org.za
Financial Director:
Renee Coetsee
Cell: 082 412 6760
renee.coetsee@rmi.org.za
Company Secretary:
Gary McCraw
Cell: 082 560 6613
gary.mccraw@rmi.org.za
Jakkie Olivier – CEO
Jeanne Esterhuizen – President
Vacant – Vice President
Vuyani Mpofu
Ferose Oaten
Mark Dommisse
Frank MacNicol
Eugene Ranft
Riaan Botha
Les McMaster
Johann van de Merwe
Mams Rehaman
Sandra Singh
Charles Canning
Marcel van Ruler
Henry van der Merwe
ARA, SAVABA
Attie Serfontein
Cell: 082 452 5153
attie.serfontein@rmi.org.za
MIWA
Pieter Niemand
Cell: 082 812 5391
pieter.niemand@rmi.org.za
NADA
Gary McCraw
Cell: 082 560 6613
gary.mccraw@rmi.org.za
SAMBRA
Uvashen Bramiah
Cell: 061 148 4289
uvashen.bramiah@rmi.org.za
TEPA, SAPRA
Vishal Premlall
Cell: 082 886 6392
vishal.premlall@rmi.org.za
VTA
Julian Pillay
Cell: 082 560 6625
julian.pillay@rmi.org.za
Training Director
Louis van Huyssteen
Cell: 082 560 6623
louis.vanhuyssteen@rmi.org.za
Transformation Director
Nonhlanhla Noni Tshabalala
Cell: 083 208 7161
noni.tshabalala@rmi.org.za
Labour Director and
Company Secretary Designate
Jacques Viljoen
Cell: 083 337 9922
jacques.viljoen@rmi.org.za
Danelle van der Merwe
Brand and Communication Manager
Cell: 082 926 5846
danelle.vandermerwe@rmi.org.za
Nonhlanhla Noni Tshabalala
HR Manager
Cell: 083 208 7161
noni.tshabalala@rmi.org.za
Julian Pillay
Regulatory Compliance Manager
Cell: 082 560 6625
julian.pillay@rmi.org.za
011-886-6300
www.rmi.org.za
Surrey Square Office Park
330 Surrey Avenue,
Ferndale, Randburg
2194
RMI Regional Offices
Julian Pillay: Regional Manager: KwaZulu-Natal
Randall Langenhoven: Regional Manager: Western Cape
Peter van Mosseveld: Regional Manager: Eastern Cape/Border
Jeff Molefe: Regional Manager: Central
(Gauteng/Northwest/ Mpumalanga/ Limpopo)
Reemo Swartz: Regional Manager: Free State/Northern Cape
Central: Randburg: 011 886 6300
KwaZulu-Natal: Durban: 031 266 7031
Eastern Cape/Border: Port Elizabeth: 041 364 0070
Western Cape: Cape Town: 021 939 9440
Free State/Northern Cape: Bloemfontein: 051 430 3294
RMI PARTNERS
RMI4Sure 011 669 1214
RMI4Law 0861 668 677
RMI4BEE 066 292 0102
RMI4OHS 072 787 5503
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www.rmi.org.za
nered with Disky an online platform to
make it convenient and quick for motorists
to renew their vehicle licenses using WhatsApp
at any of the 190 Supa Quick stores across South
Africa.
“We are all pressed for time, and no one likes
to stand in notoriously long, slow-moving queues
or post office,” says Adeshni Sewbaran, franchise
director at Supa Quick. “We wanted to find a way
and Disky was the obvious choice.”
To renew your vehicle license, you can simply
the Disky QR code and press ‘send.’ You will re
ceive a WhatsApp message and, by following the
user-friendly prompts, you can then make the
payment and collect your license disc within five
be charged. All types of vehicle licenses can be
renewed, including those for motorcycles, cars,
license simply because it’s inconvenient or takes
advantage of this value-added offering and make
sure they comply with the law. Anyone can apply
for renewal on your behalf, and you can complete
home,” says Sewbaran.
uring the last two years, a project team
tablish a new production facility at the
Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant in
Kariega.
This R235-million project came to fruition
recently when the ultra-modern wax flooding
facility began operating here – simultaneously
improving the efficiency and environmental im
pact of the wax flooding process for locally-built
Volkswagen Polos and Polo Vivos.
The wax flooding process, which serves to
protect Volkswagen vehicles from corrosion in
the cavities of the vehicle body, is now performed
in a building covering 5 350m² across four levels,
in the plant’s former electro-coating facility. This
same process is what enables Volkswagen to sell
vehicles with a 12-year anti-corrosion warranty.
The process of wax flooding follows after the
body of a vehicle has been painted, as certain
cavities in the body are inaccessible during the
painting process. First the vehicle body is put
in a pre-heating oven, to prevent the wax from
solidifying too quickly when it is injected. Next,
the body is lowered onto a wax flooding frame
where wax (heated to 110 degrees) is injected
and flooded into the cavities. Finally, the vehicle
is tipped at a 15-degree angle to allow excess
wax to run off for re-use. The wax used for the
tablets weighing 4,26 kilograms, which are melt
Using this new facility has not only allowed
the VWSA plant to increase the volume of
vehicles moving through the wax facility, but
The new facility uses 25% less energy for heat
ing, and – as it uses liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) – has reduced CO₂ emissions for the pro
cess by 55%.