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Engen SA market leader celebrates 700th Quickshop & Co milestone

Engen South Africas biggest fuel and convenience retailer opened its 700th Quickshop Co store at Engen Summit Convenience Centre in Midrand on 1st August 2024. Located at 386 Olifantsfontein Rd Engen Summit is designed to serve the early risers the late night cravers and the busy bees n

Celebrating Youth Month: Engen's Maphuthego says Knowledge is Power

Polokwanes Maphuthego Etu Maditsi believes education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world which is why she will never stop learning and challenging herself. I believe that sharing my success story can inspire other young women to prioritise education says the graduate

Fast-Tracked Success: Max Chin's Journey Through Prescient's Graduate Programme

Youth Month is an ideal time to recognise and celebrate the rising stars of tomorrow. Max Chins growth in the financial industry underscores the transformative power of the Prescient Graduate Programme designed to nurture and accelerate young talent. Joining the programme in 2020 Max quickl

Engen patnership boosts local Enterprise Development

Engens partnership with RBS boosts local enterprise development Engen recently handed over the keys to a new truck to Resegofetse Business Solutions RBS that will enhance the 100 Black women owned enterprises service capability along the Bafokeng mining belt. RBS who are based in Pho

Engen's Asheen supports Whizz Kidz Special Needs Centre

Engen employee Asheen Singh has used Engens Employee Community Partnership Programme ECPP to raise funds for Whizz Kidz Special Needs Centre. Based in Pinetown in Durban Whizz Kidz Special Needs Centre is an educational and holistic school serving children from birth to grade R who live wi

Engen partners with Grain SA at Nampo to keep driving agriculture forward

Engen a leading energy and solutions partner dedicated to enriching lives for a sustainable future will again proudly partner with Grain SA as a sponsor of the Nampo Harvest Day 2024. Scheduled to run from 14 17 May 2024 in Bothaville in the Free State Nampo Harvest Day showcases agricultu

Engen awards 99 bursaries

Engen s commitment to nurturing talent and fostering educational excellence has shone brightly once again after the 2023 Engen Maths Science School matric class reported a record 97 overall pass rate. This exceptional achievement again underscored the transformative impact of the Engen Mat

Engen fuels the Comrades

With under 75 days to Comrades2024 race day the Comrades Marathon Association CMA has announced that South Africas largest fuel and convenience company Engen has partnered with the Comrades Marathon as the Official Fuel Supplier this year. CMA Race Operations Manager Ann Ashworth conf

Engen celebrates another successful Mining Indaba

As a progressive energy and solutions partner committed to enriching lives for a sustainable future Engen was thrilled to participate in yet another successful Investing in Africa Mining Indaba boasting approximately 8 000 attendees from 104 countries and 60 government representatives. Th

Engen fuel makes dreams come true

Engen has donated fuel to the value of R20 000 to the Reach for a Dream foundation to help fulfil the dreams of children fighting life threatening illnesses. Reach for a Dream has been making dreams come true for children for 35 years dreams ranging from meeting someone famous to going to th

Prescient launches South Africa's first co-named passive and actively managed ETF platform

Cape Town 13 November 2023 Prescient Management Company a leading investment fund platform provider in South Africa has launched the countrys first full service co named platform for both index tracking passive ETFs and actively managed exchange traded funds AMETFs on the Johannesburg St

Engen puts Driver Wellness in the Spotlight this Transport Month

Engen Driver Wellness again takes the front seat this October ensuring that truck driver health and wellness and road safety in general is prioritised. In partnership with Trucking Wellness Engen Driver Wellness will offer free voluntary health screenings to all commercial truck drivers at

Engen Fuels

Cross discipline para athlete Sean Clarke is taking the impossible to new extremes to help raise funds for 16 year old James Thusi Willers who is in desperate need of a new prosthetic leg. Over eight consecutive days from 6 13 October Sean is cycling 1 520km from Johannesburg to Cape Tow

Engen Driver Wellness in the Spotlight this Transport Month

Engen success at NAMPO 2023

As a progressive energy and solutions partner firmly committed to enriching lives for a sustainable future Engen again partnered with Grain SA as a proud sponsor at Nampo Cape 2023. Nampo Cape 2023 took place in Bredasdorp in the Overberg region of the Western Cape from 13 16 September. E

Engen and BVAPD celebrate Casual Day

Engen and the Breede Valley Association for Persons with Disabilities BVAPD celebrated Casual Day which is South Africas leading fund raising and awareness campaign for Persons with Disabilities. Launched in 1995 Casual Day is an annual awareness and fund raising campaign held on 1 Septemb

Confidence and Self-belief the key to success - Engen's Mokgadi Phaahla

Womens Month serves as a reminder for Engen to celebrate the extraordinary roles of women in all spheres of society as well as remembering the iconic South African women that fought the struggle against Apartheid. Engen employee Mokgadi Phaahla who grew up in Lebowakgomo near Polokwane and

What to consider when studying as an adult

There are many reasons why people consider furthering their studies as adults. Some did not have the opportunity to pursue tertiary education straight out of high school. Others may not have felt the urge to study at that point. For many people the impetus comes from a changing working world and

Engen partners with SaferStops Association

Officially launched on 13 July 2023 SaferStops seeks to improve truck stop facilities by focusing on healthy meal alternatives exercise facilities and rest areas that allow commercial truck drivers to take a break after spending long hours on the road. The SaferStops Association SSA is cu

Why distance learning might be the perfect option for you

While distance learning has been around for decades recent developments in technology coupled with rapid digitalisation in the wake of COVID 19 have seen it evolve dramatically in the last few years. As one of Africas leading distance learning institutions STADIO Higher Education has developed a

Spatial Design - the crucial middle ground between architecture and interior design

For too long South Africans perceived the design and d cor field to consist of two main career options Interior Design and Architecture. This has left a prominent gap in the market for the middle ground of Spatial Design. Although traditional design fields like architecture and interior

Fostering children in South Africa

The most recent statistics available about the Foster Care Grant suggest that nearly 400 000 children in South Africa are in foster care. Fostering is a critical part of the solution to take care of vulnerable children and offers them a place of safety and provision when their biological families

Engen and FoodForward SA travel over half a million kms together

Engen has pledged R4 million fuel to FoodForward SA to help power the delivery of nutritious food to vulnerable people across South Africa since 2020. Over the past year alone Engen fuel has powered FoodForward SAs delivery fleet 508 906.80 km in support of its food security programmes in

Joseph Saunders (72) graduates from Engen Community Computer School

Wentworths Joseph Saunders was one of 72 South Durban residents to be capped at the most recent Engen Community Computer School graduation ceremony held in early May. The Engen Community Computer School has been transforming lives in South Durban for 14 years by offering unemployed South Du

Architects - Creators of the Future

Many people think of architecture as work that happens on paper or in a computer program but the thought process starts well before pen gets put to paper or designs get created onscreen says Landseer Collen principal director and founder of BPAS Architects. If architects only opera