Bafokeng BATEMAN Services 

Bafokeng Civil Works (Pty) Limited and Bateman Materials Handling, a BATEMAN company, have entered into a joint venture agreement in order to combine their respective business capabilities. Operating as Bafokeng Bateman Services, the joint venture will initially bid for and undertake projects in RSA’s North West Province, but will expand its area of operation as opportunities arise and make available its services through the rest of the BATEMAN group.



Dr John Herselman and George Khunou signing the joint venture agreement with witnesses Dr Stephen Meijers, Bateman Executive Director, Charlie Graham, Civil Works Manager for Bafokeng CivilWorks, and Mark Munro, Managing Director for Bafokeng Civil Works.

According to George Khunou,Director, Bafokeng Civil Works, this joint venture has both the objective and ability to serve the community while generating business profits. "It supports the government’s current drive to establish black-empowerment initiatives which have commercial and business skills to ensure a workable profitable cooperation while also maintaining a strong social responsibility," explained Khunou.

Dr John Herselman, Bateman CE, indicated that Bateman is always seeking new ways of conducting business and is very happy to enter into an agreement where the respective skills of the companies augment each other as well as they do in this instance. Bateman also endeavours to be a good corporate citizen.

Thus its experience in establishing the African Academy for CADD (computer design and draughting)Training could be made available to the Royal Bafokeng Nation through Bafokeng Bateman Services so that the training of draughtsmen can be undertaken in the North West Province; Bateman’s Academy was the National 1998 emPower Award winner in the category of job creation and training.

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