Announcing the finalists for the 2009 National Business Awards

The awards ceremony is sold out in terms of guest tables. “We could not have reached this high level of participation and attendance without the support and guidance of our partners, including Airports Company South Africa, Iskhus Power, Virgin Active, Appletiser and Business Report,” concluded Gannon. With over 500 of the country's captains of industry and Government leaders attending the Awards, the event will once again be an outstanding networking opportunity. For more information about the National Business Awards, please call Laura Barker on 021 791 7100.

Topco Media is proud to announce this year's finalists:

Investing in People Award	CSI/SED Award
Vodacom	New Clicks Holdings
The Kelly Group	Afrox
Nedbank Ltd	The Kelly Group
Hatch Africa	Nedbank Ltd
Prestige Group	Vodacom
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Logistics Award	Innovation Through Technology
Safcor Panalpina	Spescom
Barloworld Logistics	VMware Southern Africa
DHL	Integr8 IT
Hellman Logistics	Wasteman
Transnet Freight Rail	Vodacom
Iskhus Power	.
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Customer Service Award	Marketing Excellence Award
Medihelp Medical Scheme	Vodacom
The Kelly Group	Cadbury South Africa
Bonitas Medical Fund	Volkswagen of SA
Rennies Travel	Cell C
.	SA Tourism
.	Faircape
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Alt-X National Business Award	Top Government Dept or Agency:
Interwaste	Service Award
Blue Financial Services	Johannesburg Water
BSI Steel	Sedibeng Water
African Dawn	PetroSA
Ellies	City Power
Alliance Mining	AIDC
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Entrepreneur of the Year	.
Johan Buitendach - Bumbo	.
Lance Fanaroff - Integr8 Group	.
Lucas Moloi - Junto Investment Holdings	.
Matthew Tagg - Web Africa	.
Jenneth Prinsloo - Tswellapele Plants	.
Otto Hager - Iskhus Power	.
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National Businesswoman of the Year	.
Bertina Engelbrecht - New Clicks Holdings	.
Carol Weaving - Coca-Cola dome	.
Nomahlubi Simamane - Zanusi Brand Solutions	.
Geeta Singh - Voltsing Electrical	.
Duduzile Maseko - Johannesburg Roads Agency	.
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National Businessman of the Year	.
Lance Fanaroff - Integr8 Group	.
Olivier Meyer - Wasteman Group	.
Rory Kirk - Hatch Africa	.
Marko Saravanja - Regenysys Management	.
Richard Maponya - Maponya Motors Property Holdings (Pty) Ltd	.
Siyabonga Gama - Transnet Freight Rail	.

The National Business Awards were first introduced by Topco Media in 2002 to recognise and honour the top performers of the year in both industry and commerce, for individuals and companies. The results of Topco Media's research into leading corporate and public sector performance levels are published in South Africa's Top Performing Companies. This includes the winners of the National Business Awards as well as names and contact details of over 3 000 companies and public entities, many of which elect to further showcase their achievements and their value propositions in the publication.