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Cape Town - Truworths has decided to honour the name of former president Nelson Mandela by making a donation in a series of hospital and healthcare refurbishments in his name.
CEO Michael Mark said a R1.75m donation was in honour of Madiba as a contribution to the refurbishment of the Kalafong provincial tertiary hospital in Pretoria, which was planned for completion by June next year.
Truworths ongoing campaign to support the refurbishment of major health facilities and hospitals, which service disadvantaged communities, would continue into 2014 with its contribution towards the refurbishment of the Kalafong provincial hospital in Pretoria.
Mark said: "We believe that this and previous contributions will greatly assist in the provision of better quality healthcare to the many hundreds of thousands of patients who use these facilities.
"It will make a significant difference to their lives as well as the doctors and staff who currently work under very difficult circumstances."
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Through charitable investments in hospitals and clinics, Truworths has assisted five hospitals in different regions of South Africa since 2010.
They are:
• Somerset hospital in the Western Cape - R2m in 2010;
• Mitchells Plain community health clinic in the Western Cape - R1m in 2010;
• Hanover Park peri-natal clinic in the Western Cape - R275 000 in 2011;
• Leratong hospital in Gauteng - R1.5m in 2012 and
• Itireleng community health clinic in Dobsonville, Soweto - R1.9m in 2012/13.
Meanwhile retailers Woolworths and Clicks have joined Massmart in closing all shops across the country on Sunday as a sign of respect to Madiba.
The shops have decided to close all stores in South Africa on Sunday 15 December, the day of Mandela's funeral in his hometown Qunu, in the Eastern Cape.
Pick n Pay decided however to put its money where its mouth is by declaring a 'Day for Madiba'.
Chief executive Richard Brasher said in a statement earlier that the group would donate all profits made on the day of the funeral to charitable causes.
He said all of South Africa was united in wanting to honour Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life and legacy.
CEO Michael Mark said a R1.75m donation was in honour of Madiba as a contribution to the refurbishment of the Kalafong provincial tertiary hospital in Pretoria, which was planned for completion by June next year.
Truworths ongoing campaign to support the refurbishment of major health facilities and hospitals, which service disadvantaged communities, would continue into 2014 with its contribution towards the refurbishment of the Kalafong provincial hospital in Pretoria.
Mark said: "We believe that this and previous contributions will greatly assist in the provision of better quality healthcare to the many hundreds of thousands of patients who use these facilities.
"It will make a significant difference to their lives as well as the doctors and staff who currently work under very difficult circumstances."
Funeral
Through charitable investments in hospitals and clinics, Truworths has assisted five hospitals in different regions of South Africa since 2010.
They are:
• Somerset hospital in the Western Cape - R2m in 2010;
• Mitchells Plain community health clinic in the Western Cape - R1m in 2010;
• Hanover Park peri-natal clinic in the Western Cape - R275 000 in 2011;
• Leratong hospital in Gauteng - R1.5m in 2012 and
• Itireleng community health clinic in Dobsonville, Soweto - R1.9m in 2012/13.
Meanwhile retailers Woolworths and Clicks have joined Massmart in closing all shops across the country on Sunday as a sign of respect to Madiba.
The shops have decided to close all stores in South Africa on Sunday 15 December, the day of Mandela's funeral in his hometown Qunu, in the Eastern Cape.
Pick n Pay decided however to put its money where its mouth is by declaring a 'Day for Madiba'.
Chief executive Richard Brasher said in a statement earlier that the group would donate all profits made on the day of the funeral to charitable causes.
He said all of South Africa was united in wanting to honour Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life and legacy.
