CCBSA launches new smart trucks to promote road safety
Bloemfontein, 6 May 2019 — Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) today launched a five-year pilot project to run a 44-pallet Performance-Based Standard (PBS) trailer between Bloemfontein and Upington. The launch took place at Gutsche Plant, in Hamilton, Bloemfontein. The PBS trailer is 27.9 metres long and can transport 44 pallets, as compared with the conventional […]
CCBSA’s Mintirho Foundation inaugurates partnership with SAFDA to benefit emerging cane farmers in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA)’s Mintirho Foundation, inaugurated an innovative and far-reaching partnership with the South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) at a function at Tonga in the Nkomazi Municipality in Mpumalanga on Thursday, 02 May 2019. The partnership will see the Mintirho Foundation providing two interest-free loans to help SAFDA develop its own fertiliser […]
Coca-Cola raises Easter flood donation from R600 000 to R1 million
Coca-Cola and its largest local bottler, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) have now increased the amount pledged to assist victims of the Easter weekend floods in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape from R600 000 to R1 million. This comes after the company announced its initial R600 000 commitment on Friday, the 26th of April. “Now […]
Coca-Cola pledges help for Easter flood victims
Coca-Cola and its largest local bottler, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) have pledged R600 000 to assist victims of the Easter weekend floods in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. The companies will also be partnering with local communities, employees and Plastics SA to help clean up some of the affected beaches. “Disasters like these touch […]
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa partners with Department of Transport to improve road safety
Johannesburg, 08 April 2019—Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) and the Department of Transport (DoT) today launched a joint project aimed at improving the driving skills of truck and bus drivers. The project will see CCBSA making available two of its state-of-the-art simulator trucks for use by the department and government broadly to aid in the […]
Coca-Cola celebrates World Water Day with R25-million investment in water hyacinth removal
Johannesburg, 22 March 2019— Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has announced an investment of R25 million in Hya Matla, an innovative start-up whose core business is turning water hyacinth into fertiliser, animal feed and other agricultural products. Water hyacinth is an invasive species that grows in polluted water and further compromises water quality. The investment […]
Coca-Cola announces sponsorship of the Buy Local Summit and Expo
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) will be one of the sponsors of Proudly South African’s 8th annual Buy Local Summit and Expo, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 12 and 13th March 2019. “We are delighted to be supporting this worthwhile initiative, which is very much in tune with CCBSA’s ongoing efforts […]
Coca-Cola bottler launches R100-million SME Supplier Development Fund
Johannesburg, 08 March 2019—Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has announced that it will make R100 million available over five years to support the growth and development of its black- and black female-owned suppliers. The announcement was made by CCBSA Financial Director Walter Leonhardt at the company’s annual Supplier Development Conference held at Gallagher Estate on […]
CCBSA warns public of recruitment scam
CCBSA recruitment scam press statement ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** CCBSA warns public of recruitment scam Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has been made aware that individual(s) claiming to be representatives of the company are conveying fraudulent offers of employment in exchange for payment to bypass the recruitment process. The offers come from unauthorised individuals fraudulently […]
Coca-Cola Beverages SA to transition 106 distributors onto SAP
At its annual Local Distribution Partner (LDP) lekgotla, held at Birchwood Hotel, Benoni on 27 February, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) announced that it would be transitioning 106 of its local distribution partners (LDPs) onto its SAP enterprise resource planning system. Once the transition is complete, all 143 LDPs will be using the SAP system. […]