SKJ - Sekunjalo - Media Release - Sekunjalo Investments Limited rated as South

SKJ - Sekunjalo - Media Release - Sekunjalo Investments Limited rated as South  
Africa`s top empowered company for 2010                                         
Sekunjalo Investments Limited                                                   
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1996/006093/06)                                            
Share code: SKJ & ISIN: ZAE000017893                                            
("Sekunjalo" or "the company" or "the group")                                   
MEDIA RELEASE - SEKUNJALO INVESTMENTS LIMITED RATED AS SOUTH AFRICA`S TOP       
EMPOWERED COMPANY FOR 2010                                                      
Sekunjalo Investments Limited, a black controlled investment holding company    
has been named the country`s most empowered company.  This prestigious award    
was released today by the Financial Mail/Empowerdex Top Companies Awards for    
2010.                                                                           
In recent years, the Financial Mail/Empowerdex Awards have authoritatively      
ranked Sekunjalo in 2006 as the Top Empowerment Company and in 2004 and 2005    
as one of the Top Empowerment Companies (2nd and 7th respectively) out of the   
Top 200 companies listed on the JSE.  Sekunjalo has also won the award in its   
sector in 2004, 2005, 2006 and now 2010.                                        
Whilst the award considers empowerment factors (such as black ownership, black  
management, employment equity) when deciding its scores for companies,          
additional factors such as employment equity, skills development,               
preferentially procurement, enterprise development and social economic          
development are also taken into account.                                        
Sekunjalo won the overall award as well as being ranked first in the Financial  
Sector as well as number one on black ownership.  The Group also scored highly  
in Enterprise Development, Employment Equity and Socio Economic Development.    
Executive Chairman, Dr Iqbal Surve was proud that Sekunjalo has again been      
recognised as South Africa`s most empowered company.  He said that this         
recognition validates Sekunjalo`s empowerment model and consolidates its        
position as the pre-eminent black partner of choice with a strong commitment    
to South Africa and its people.  Dr Surve  also commented  that he was in fact  
more pleased with the high ranking that Sekunjalo received for the areas of     
enterprise development and socio economic development which recognize the       
company`s efforts in working towards finding solutions to poverty and           
unemployment in South Africa.  "Sekunjalo`s philosophy of the seven P`s of      
being purpose driven, profitable, building meaningful partnerships, a people`s  
centered organisation, pro-poor in its approach and pro-development as well as  
putting the planet (through its sustainable initiatives) at the core of its     
business approach is critical to its role as a responsible corporate citizen.   
Dr Surve said today that empowerment and socio economic development go hand in  
hand and are the crucial building blocks of a new and more inclusive society.   
Empowerment must be about embracing the skills of all South African`s, black    
and white through a value system that achieves meaningful socio economic        
transformation.                                                                 
Dr Surve has said that this award is an acknowledgement of the visionary role   
and guidance of the Board of Sekunjalo and of the execution of the empowerment  
ethos by the CEO Mr Khalid Abdulla and his management team.  He thanks "all     
Sekunjalo`s partners for the valuable role that they have played in ensuring    
that the company`s journey to make a significant contribution in empowering     
our people and economic development continues."                                 
For further information, please contact:                                        
Cherie Hendricks                                                                
Chief Corporate Officer                                                         
021 419 0124                                                                    
083 718 4493                                                                    
Cape Town                                                                       
30 April 2010                                                                   
Sponsor                                                                         
PSG Capital (Pty) Limited                                                       
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