Printing SA Annual Report 2024/2025

To this end, our executives are devoting major efforts in the design and implementation of training modules to bolster the quality and size of the skills base available to our members. Wherever possible, Printing SA will subsidise the cost of training, in terms of both module design and student attendance. Significant changes such as those made over the past two years are always stressful and difficult to implement. I wish to recognise the energy and intelligence that our MD, Jermaine Naicker has brought to bear in the implementation and management of the organisation and of these myriad changes. His workload and output have been remarkable. I also thank the entire staff of Printing SA for walking this path with us into a brighter future. Zayed Bagus was a special person who quietly and efficiently drove our technical core as Technical Director. His passing has been sorely felt by his colleagues and his fellow board members. We pay tribute to Zayed and acknowledge his enormous contribution to the organisation over the years.

Finally, I would like to thank my fellow board members for their diligence and wise counsel, and to thank the outgoing members (Andrew Tinker and Heilet Burger) for their service. A special mention must be made of Dr Felleng Yende, CEO of the FP&M SETA, and an honorary board member who has been so supportive of Printing SA. In closing, I congratulate Rajesh Lutchman as his appointment as the new president of your Organisation. Rajesh will bring a refreshing outlook and renewed energy to Printing SA, and will be hugely successful in this role.

Simon T. Downes

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