Dell steers away hunger and the cold for the homeless this Mandela Day
With over 11 million people in South Africa going to bed hungry and cold each night, the local Dell team decided that something needed to be done to address this. At Dell we focus on delivering results that make a positive difference, not only to our bottom line, but to the lives of the people around us. And it’s because of this that over 200 staff members dedicated 67 minutes towards helping the needy this Mandela Day. As part of...
Top Women Awards
The 11 Annual Top Women Awards are being held this month and Dell are once again finalists. The awards are a collaborative platform dedicated to recognising outstanding leadership for organizations that have stepped up and shaped women’s roles within the private and public sector. Dell won this award in 2013 for being one of South Africa’s top gender empowerment companies. This year we are being recognized for the same category in the...
Sisters are doing it for themselves!
The South Africa team celebrated Women’s Day this September with a host of exciting activities. Not only were they treated to some much deserved pampering in the form of skin, health and beauty consultants but they were also given a guest talk by one of our enterprise development beneficiaries, Bridgette, who shared her journey about being a women in the workplace and the challenges that she’s had to overcome in order to succeed. This...
ICT lab in Khayelitsha launched
The Students’ Health and Welfare Centres Organisation (SHAWCO) in collaboration with Dell yesterday, officially launched the ICT lab in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. This is one of two such ICT labs; the second lab is in Manenberg. Dell invested approximately R600 000, which was spent towards the revamp of the infrastructure of the centres, providing state-of -the -art hardware such as new computers (30 for each lab), two servers and two projectors with smart boards, new furniture and fittings.
Soup, glorious soup!
The Dell team were shown a little appreciation for all their hard work during this chilly winter with some well-deserved warmth by enjoying a delicious cup of fresh hot soup served from our soup bar, as a part of making Dell a Great Place to Work. With mouths watering as they patiently waited their turn to order, everyone walking away smiling and happy with a cup or two of creamy mushroom, butternut and chicken and corn soup. The...
Dell goes green this World Environment Day
Dell went from blue to green by planting a vegetable garden for the students at Christel House South Africa (CHSA), a Dell Powering the Possible partner, for World Environment Day. CHSA is a school in Cape Town for underprivileged students with the aim to help the break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient through education. World Environment Day began back in 1972 and has grown since then to become an annual worldwide...