{"id":140071,"date":"2016-10-14T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T09:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=140071"},"modified":"2016-10-14T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T09:30:32","slug":"here-are-the-best-companies-to-work-for-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/140071\/here-are-the-best-companies-to-work-for-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the best companies to work for in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Top Employers Institute has published a list of the top 11 companies in Africa based on their strength in human resources and &#8216;excellence&#8217; in employee conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Holland based company said that a record number of 11 organisations achieved the Top Employers Africa 2017 certification.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be eligible for the award, participating organisations must be certified in a minimum of four African countries.<\/p>\n<p>The companies are evaluated across nine key areas: talent strategy, workforce planning, on-boarding, learning &amp; development, performance management, leadership development, career &amp; succession management, compensation &amp; benefits, and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 11 Top Employers Africa 2017 are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"10%\">#<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"50%\">Company<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Industry<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>AbbVie<\/td>\n<td><strong><span class=\"st\">Pharmaceuticals<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Becton, Dickinson &amp; Co<\/td>\n<td><strong>11%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>DHL Express<\/td>\n<td><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Dow Chemical Company<\/td>\n<td><strong>Chemicals<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Ernst &amp; Young<\/td>\n<td><strong>Financial services<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>G4S<\/td>\n<td><strong>Private security<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Old Mutual<\/td>\n<td><strong>Financial services<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Orange<\/td>\n<td><strong>Telecoms<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Philip Morris International<\/td>\n<td><strong>Cigarettes and tobacco<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Unilever<\/td>\n<td><strong>Consumer goods<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a011<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<td><strong>Telecoms<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Top Employers Institute also certified as many\u00a086 institutions in South Africa for their excellence in employee conditions, up from 77 in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft South Africa was named South Africa\u2019s top employer overall &#8211; regardless of sector or organisational size.<\/p>\n<p>These are all the certified Top Employers, broken down by industry (companies listed in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">State-owned enterprises<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">Airports Company South Africa<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Transnet Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CSIR<\/td>\n<td>Transnet Freight Rail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Denel Land Systems (Denel SOC Ltd)<\/td>\n<td>Transnet Group Capital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IDC Limited<\/td>\n<td>Transnet National Ports Authority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SITA SOC Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Transnet Pipelines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SANRAL\u00a0SOC Limited<\/td>\n<td>Transnet Port Terminals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Transnet SOC Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Transnet Property<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">IT \/ Telecoms<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">AdvTECH Limited<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cell C (Pty) Limited<\/td>\n<td>Orange Business Services &#8211; South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dimension Data<\/td>\n<td>Samsung Electronics SA (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EMC Computer Systems South Africa (Pty) Limited<\/td>\n<td>SAP South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Huawei Technologies<\/td>\n<td>Tata Consultancy Services (SA) (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Merchants SA (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Microsoft<\/td>\n<td>Wipro Technologies SA Pty Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Automotive \/ Logistics \/ Security<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">Centurion Truck &amp; Bus (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">MAN Truck &amp; Bus (S.A.) (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DHL International (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>McCarthy Volkswagen\/Audi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>G4S South Africa<\/td>\n<td>Mercedes-Benz South Africa Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goodyear South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>OneLogix (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAN Bus &amp; Coach (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Volkswagen Group South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Finance \/ Insurance \/ Law<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">ENSafrica<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Mutual &amp; Federal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EY South Africa<\/td>\n<td>Old Mutual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Aid South Africa<\/td>\n<td>Sanlam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Liberty Group Limited<\/td>\n<td>Santam Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mazars<\/td>\n<td>Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Resources \/ Chemical \/ Petroleum<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">African Rainbow Minerals Limited<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Palabora Mining Company<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anglo American Platinum Limited<\/td>\n<td>Richards Bay Minerals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BASF South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Safripol (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dow Southern Africa (PTY) LTD<\/td>\n<td>Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Foskor (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Retail \/ Consumer goods<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">adidas South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Smollan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clicks Group Limited<\/td>\n<td>The Spar Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nike South Africa<\/td>\n<td>Tiger Brands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pernod Ricard South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Unilever South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Simba (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Production \/ Cigarettes &amp; Tobacco<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">British American Tobacco South Africa<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Nestl\u00e9 (South Africa) (Pty) Limited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coca-Cola South Africa<\/td>\n<td>NWK Limited \/ Beperk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Godrej South Africa<\/td>\n<td>Philip Morris South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kimberly-Clark Southern Africa<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Construction \/ Development \/ Property<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">AfriSam (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Saint-Gobain Construction Products SA (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Group Five<\/td>\n<td>Orion Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hilti South Africa<\/td>\n<td>Redefine Properties Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Howden Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Pharmaceutical<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">AbbVie South Africa<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Sanofi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Becton Dickinson (Pty) Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Takeda SA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Novo Nordisk (Pty) LTD<\/td>\n<td>Thermo Fisher Scientific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pfizer<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/125379\/top-10-most-reputable-companies-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Top 10 most reputable companies in South Africa in 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/102419\/best-performing-companies-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best performing companies in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/117210\/these-are-the-best-companies-to-work-for-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best companies to work for in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Top Employers Institute has published a list of the top 11 companies in Africa based on their strength in human resources and &#8216;excellence&#8217; 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