Message from the MD.

It is the time of year that we normally would like to put our feet up and take a break from the hustle and bustle of the last 12 months. I would thus take the opportunity to reflect on the year that was 2021 and what we can take away from it.
In many respects it was quite a challenging year, but also in a sense quite rewarding. Let me start with the rewarding side of things:

• No serious injuries sustained in any of our operations this year. It is now the second year in succession that we achieved this milestone and I am extremely proud of this achievement.
• Despite COVID and the restrictions we had to face, I am pleased to say that Sondor survived it all and we came out stronger on the other side. The pandemic and the worldwide problems it created taught us new skills, new ways of thinking and becoming more resilient and innovative. We became quite skilled in video conferencing, working from home and getting around supply chain problems, to name but a few.
• We’ve had a good uptake of staff getting vaccinated against the COVID virus and we have more than 50% of our staff vaccinated to date.
• We restructured our Gauteng operations and it is starting to reap the rewards.  I am pleased to see that we are building a team that can take us places.

The challenges we had to face this year were:

• Worldwide supply problems.
• Two waves of COVID infections.
• Unrest in KZN resulting in severe damages to our Durban branch.
• Sharp increases in input costs.
• Load shedding.

Despite these challenges we remain committed to provide a safe workplace for our employees, investing in our staff to develop them to their full potential and offer value for money solutions to thousands of customers supporting our business. We also live our core values of treating all Sondor stakeholders with respect, trust and integrity - worthy of a company who has been in existence for more than 70 years.
We have exciting new plans for 2022 to improve our product offering and service delivery and we look forward to sharing these with you once approved and being implemented.
I want to thank all the customers and the Sondor employees for the successful year we had. May you all have a blessed Christmas and a prosperous 2022.

- Wouter Olivier