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Meet the team: Trust Zhou
MAY 24, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Trust Zhou joined Spier ten years ago as a waiter in the Hotel Restaurant. After a stint as hotel floor manager, he joined the finance department in 2015 where he works as Cash Controller.
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Become a Conservation Champion
MAY 19, 2017 | The WWF brought together stakeholders from the wine industry and conservation to create the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI) in 2005. Over the next decade, the initiative fostered greater awareness of the Cape’s unique natural heritage and encouraged many farms to implement biodiversity-friendly farming.
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Empowering Staff to Become Change Agents
MAY 18, 2017 | The importance of motivated and engaged employees is crucial for the success of every business. There is a wide array of employee engagement strategies available that are proving to reduce staff turnover, improve a business’s productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
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Meet the team: Joyce Malefane
MAY 15, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Originally from the Eastern Cape, Joyce has been permanently employed by Spier since 2006, and has worked in the conference centre, on the switchboard and in the restaurant. She loves singing and is passionately involved in her church.
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Meet the team: Jackson Dlatu
APRIL 18, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Jackson – the man expertly frying eggs each morning at the Spier Hotel’s breakfast buffet – hails from the Eastern Cape. He first learnt how to cook when he was a teenager, and has subsequently worked all over the Western Cape, joining Spier in 2006. He lives in Kayamandi, just outside of Stellenbosch.
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Spier Hotel and Conference Centre Achieves Major Water Savings
APRIL 11, 2017 | As the Western Cape strains to conserve its rapidly dwindling water supplies, Spier Wine Farm’s 10-year water conservation initiative is achieving large-scale savings.
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