Transport
Lamberti takes Imperial’s reins
Imperial Holdings has appointed Mark Lamberti, the founder and former chief executive and chairman of Massmart, as chief executive of the listed transport and mobility group effective from the beginning of next month. The appointment of Lamberti follows current chief executive Hubert Brody giving Imperial notice in October last year of his intention to step down from his post during the first half of this calendar year because he wished to spend more time with his family. Lamberti said yesterday he looked forward to working with Imperial’s highly skilled leadership team to deliver value for stakeholders. Imperial said the appointment was made after an extensive search by the nominations committee, during which a number of external and internal candidates had been considered. – Roy Cokayne
Agriculture
KZN looks into agri-villages
Labourers and their families living on commercial farms may become a thing of the past should the KwaZulu-Natal government establish “agri-villages” to provide them with better services. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu, speaking on the sidelines of a provincial cabinet lekgotla, said the establishment of such villages would bring workers and families from three or four commercial farms into one village. He said the cabinet lekgotla would discuss the adoption of such a policy. “We think the time has come for us to address squarely the issue of communities living on farms.” In commercial farming areas, “a farm would be dotted by 15 households and the one next door dotted by five and another next door by 13.” – Sapa