Theresa was employed as an Accounts Assistant at Truck and General Acceptances (Pty) Limited on 22 April 2002 by Robert Morgan-Wilson. TAGA’s offices were in Waterford Office Park on Witkoppen Road.
Theresa moved to the Underwriting Department as a Motorcycle Underwriter in 2007, and was promoted to Internal Marketer for Motorcycles, Classic & Sports in 2011.
Congratulations Theresa! Looking forward to the next 10 years.
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With the 30 June 2012 deadline looming, we are thrilled to announce that 75% of our Representatives and ALL of our Key Individuals have passed the RE exams. Those Reps who were not successful only missed it by a very small margin and are determined to get the exam under their belt before the end of April, which is long before the deadline.
Quite a few have done more than simply pass. Our Regional Marketing Manager in Port Elizabeth scored a whopping 94%, and many more have scored 80% and more.
We can even brag about two staff members who are not Key Individuals have also written and passed that exam!
This information is courtesy of our recovery agent, Eugene Truter from KVTR who attended a Truck Hijacking Meeting at the Heidelberg Police Station recently. Please pass it on to your transporter clients.
I am pleased to report back that the police are eager to address the problem of truck hijackings. They have identified the problem and have invited all relevant role players to join the effort to combat the problem.
The police have identified the N3 freeway and the R23 road between the weigh bridge and airfield, Heidelberg, currently as one of the most problematic areas. The statistics, which were gathered over the past few months, indicate the following:
The vast majority of hijackings occurred between Mondays and Friday, with the most incidents occurring on Tuesdays and then secondly on Thursdays and Fridays. No incidents were recorded on Wednesdays.
The hijackings occurred between 19:00 and 24:00. In one incident the hijacking was committed at 16:00. The timeframe between 19:00 and 20:00 were the busiest.
All hijacking incidents on the N3 freeway have occurred when the vehicles were travelling towards Gauteng Province, thus the north bound of the freeway.
In a few incidents have the drivers given false statements to the police. Although the hijackings were legitimate the drivers have given false statements out of fear for their employers as they have unlawfully stopped and picked up hitchhikers.
In all the incidents were the drivers held hostage until such time that the truck’s tracking/Fleet Management system were compromised.
Indications are that quite a number of tipper trucks that are hijacked are taken down to the Lebombo border. In some cases the trucks have already appeared at the border a few hours after the hijacking occurred, while in other cases it has taken about five days before the trucks tried to cross the mentioned border.
A joint operation, consisting of the SAPS, Traffic Police, Truck Hijacking Unit, Organised Crime Unit, Tracker, private investigators from truck companies and KVTR were scheduled whereby various trucks on the mentioned routes will be stopped, checked and made aware of the hijacking problem. There will also be liaised with the owners of these truck companies.
The hijacking meeting will henceforward be held on a regular basis and feedback will be given.
On Thursday 1 March 2012, Wheels attended the IIG Presidential Inauguration Dinner (and Masked Ball) at Montecasino.
Congratulations to the 2012 President, Kim Gallus. We know that you will do an outstanding job and look forward to working with you in your Presidential year.
Thank you to our brilliant guest and photographer, Peter Norenius, for capturing the evening so well.
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At the end of February, Wheels management and marketing staff spent four days out of the office at Coral Divers Resort in Sodwana Bay for our annual strategy conference.
Many new ideas came out at the Conference, and we look forward to sharing these with you really soon.
We did take some pictures at the conference, and they can be viewed here.
Wheels’ staff were treated to delicious cupcakes on the most romantic day of the year… Valentine’s Day.
On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February 2012, the Southern Cape Old Car Club hosted the annual George Motor Show to promote veteran and vintage cars.
A big congratulations to Jessica O’Gorman from RSW Risk Managers (Pty) Limited in Pinetown whose name was drawn out of the hat from the broker surveys received.
Robyn Braithwaite, our Regional Marketing Manager for the Kwa Zulu Natal region handed Jessica her beautiful “pamper hamper”, and a few pictures were taken (which you can view below).
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On Friday 2 December 2011, the Wheels staff got together for our annual year-end bash.
Some pictures of the party can be viewed below.
On Thursday 3 November 2011, the Insurance Institute of Gauteng hosted its Annual Gala Dinner at the Sandton Convention Centre. It was a glittering function with superb cuisine and an elegant assembly of distinguished guests and members of the Gauteng Institute.
Our Chief Executive, John Towsey, was given special recognition for 50 years in the insurance industry. Quite a huge achievement!
Some pictures of the gala evening can be viewed below.
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