Services
Project Management
Local companies that are appointed either as Joint Venture partners or part of Community Participation Goals are managed to ensure that all timelines in respect of the project are met. This takes away the burden from main contractors on focusing on areas outside of their specialisation and allows an external independent firm to develop, monitor and measure project progress for local contractors.
Project Facilitation
Projects in the area of construction and mining have a very sensitive element that requires engagement with stakeholders at local traditional leader, councillor and business forum level. Many projects in South Africa fail to commence due to a lack of proper engagement and understanding of local dynamics. The key distinction between project management and project facilitation is that facilitation has to do with starting a project and management has to do with executing a project. You can’t manage what you haven’t started.
Financial Administration Of Payments To Local Stakeholders
Investments into local communities have to be protected for the investor to see a return. Mawala Holdings assesses the landscape for companies to ensure that they will indeed see a return from their investments. Very often there is a financial element that has to be administered to ensure that local communities see long-term financial benefits of new projects. This also allows for accurate tracking and record-keeping of payments made and to whom and for what. This is the most contentious issue of new development and is very often where companies and communities come to a stand-off.
Local Contractor and Community Development Plan
Governments not only want to see projects completed but have mandates to ensure that skills are transferred to local companies and that communities benefit from new projects. Mawala Holdings works to develop strategic, bankable plans to develop local companies and communities.
Joint Venture Brokering
Identifying and training suitable local companies to partner with on strategic long-term projects
Collection Of Payments From Governments
All is in vain if the client doesn’t pay. Mawala Holdings engages with the government and departments at different levels. Firstly at Bid Adjudication (BAC) level to establish whether there is funding for the project and then at completion stage to ensure that companies receive final payments from the government. This is a critical area of importance to Mawala Holdings as it will allow development to be sustainable.
Service options
- Weekly visit by Project Manager
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Plan Compilation
- Project Deadline Tracking
- SME Skills Development Plan Compilation
- SME Skills Development Plan Monitoring and Measurement
- SME Compliance
- Financial Administration Of Payments To SME and local labour
- Close Out Report
- Full time Project Manager onsite
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Plan Compilation
- Project Deadline Tracking
- SME Skills Development Plan Compilation
- SME Skills Development Plan Monitoring and Measurement
- SME Compliance
- Financial Administration Of Payments To SME and local labour
- Close Out Report
- Intervention when negotiations have broken down or either party has defaulted on arrangements
- Intervene in existing stakeholder negotiations
- Assess compliance of current talks
- Assess financial viability of potential deals- 3 outcomes presented on the basis of current stakeholder expectations
- Commence new negotiations
- Collection of payments over 90 days from government departments
- Accurate report of where payment is sitting and reason for delay
- Report of submissions required to have payment released
- Engagement with officials at a high level for firm commitment dates
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