Black empowered technology rental company Spartan has signed a three-year technology rental deal with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
The deal, worth R285 000, includes nine portable laptops, a standard maintenance service and an insurance policy. Spartan has also waived technology rental charges to the value of R103 000, so the foundation will pay only R182 000.
Kumaran Padayachee, CEO of Spartan Technology Rentals, says his company is proud to make a small, but important, contribution to the work of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
"We have discounted R103 000 out of the total amount since the Nelson Mandela Foundation has a strategic role to play in the country. Making state-of-the-art IT equipment available to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, either at cost or minus certain value-added charges, reflects our support for the foundation's work," he says.
Nelson Mandela Foundation financial director Tim Scholtz says the Spartan contract allows the foundation to be more mobile.
"In our quest to become a global player, Spartan's noble gesture is helping us set up the infrastructure we need to accomplish this," he says.
He adds that while the Nelson Mandela Foundation benefits significantly from donations from corporate giants in SA, acts of corporate social responsibility from medium-sized companies such as Spartan are heartening.
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