Thamaga Street Hawker Wins BTCL Mobile Tuck Shop
Kaone Maje | Monday January 21, 2019 12:52
BTC Foundation was on Friday in Thamaga to award a street hawker with a mobile tuck shop as part of the Hawkers Challenge. The competition, which started on October 15 and comes to a terminus on April 15 pit strength amongst 10 street hawkers from around the country.
According to the organisation, anyone who sells ‘Nthope’ by a minimum of 30% on a monthly basis is eligible to to compete. Edward Wicks, Chief Commercial Officer announced that the winner Amogelang Daniel, a resident of Thamaga was rewarded with a trailer and(P5,000 worth of Nthope hamper for having been the highest Nthope seller for the monthly period of December 15, 2018 to January 15, 2019. During the handing out of the prizes, Ms Daniel could not stop thanking her customers who made this a reality.
“I am thankful to the people who got me her; without them, I could not have done this. Most importantly, I am thankful to BTC for rewarding me with all this”, Daniel said.
BTC chief commercial officer, Ephraim Tlogelang told Business Monitor that street hawkers create wealth for their business without benefiting from it. “We saw a need to create a competition that will enable them to compete amongst themselves. We then created a competition that runs for six months, ending in April. After it runs to halt, we will see if we will introduce another round of the competition towards the end of the year.
So far we have given away two trailers, the third trailer will be given away next month at Charles Hill,” he said.
BTC Foundation deputy chairperson, Dr Baagi Mmereki said the move is one way of helping street hawkers survive the tough business environment. He said that the growth of their organisation relies on how street hawkers conduct their business.
The telecommunication giants brought with them a mobile trailer that delivered all kinds of services to the locals. Such services included the selling of airtime and sim cards, sim registration, sim replacement and bill payments. BTC Foundation has in the previous years contributed to both the livelihoods of the locals and their businesses by funding businesses and embarking on massive donations.