Half Year 2021 Shoprite Holdings Ltd Earnings Call Transcript
Good morning, everyone. I'm Wendy Lucas-Bull, the Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Shoprite Group. As this is my first results presentation with the group in this role, I wanted to take the time to welcome you all personally or as personally as I could, given the fact that you're on a webcast and I'm reporting this from my home office.
It's not customary for me as Chair to form part of the results presentations, but I did feel it's appropriate that I recognize and confirm the seamless handover that took place at the end of last year as I succeeded the group's Chair of 40 years, Dr. Christo Wiese. Christo's was a remarkable tenure as Chair that saw the group grow from 8 to over 2,300 corporate stores and, along the way, become what is today South Africa's largest private sector employer and the African continent's largest retailer, providing more than 142,000 people with jobs. And whilst I know Pieter always acknowledges the role of every single employee, I would also like to thank
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