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Your host, Jill Wakeford, a P.E connoisseur, singles enthusiast and after much enjoyment from being a contestant on Come Dine With Me SA, discovered her true love of entertaining and organising events. “It’s singles events in particular that I am passionate about. Being single, especially in Port Elizabeth, can be very hard. And sometimes you just want to hang out with other singles and not feel like a spare wheel with your married or attached friends.”

Do you just walk up to someone in a restaurant/pub/cinema and say “Hi, please be my friend?”… I somehow don’t think so. So what do you do?

Having spent a few years overseas and attending a variety of singles events herself, Jill realised that PE was in dire need of such an avenue for the single scene and wanted to inject some international flavour. “I want to create a comfortable, classy and fun platform for singles to be themselves and meet other singles in a stress free and safe environment. Guests must feel free to mingle and chat if they want to. There is never any pressure to do anything. These events are for my guests, and it’s always up to them how much or how little they want to interact. And of course I am always on hand to make sure everyone is happy.”

Mbane Contracting, situated in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, is an electrical contracting company, specialising in the earthing and lightning protection requirements of key telecommunications clients, and was established in July 2000.Mbane Electrical Contracting focus on general electrical contracting work in the industrial, commercial, retail and domestic sectors. Our expertise, however, lies in electrical and earthing installations for the Telecommunications industry.

Do you want a building that is energy efficient and provides a comfortable environment for its occupants? Building Automation Systems is geared towards helping you achieve these objectives.

Through the clever use of sensors and programmed responses, your building can be a pleasant environment within which to work. By ensuring that lights and air-conditioning units in unoccupied areas are not left on unnecessarily, you can save significant energy costs. Sensors can also be programmed to determine the ambient light levels and if the natural light is bright enough, the lights will automatically go off. This ensures that the environment is not too bright and therefore uncomfortable for the occupants.

For areas such as Boardrooms, lighting scenes can be programmed into the system, so that with the touch of one button, the lights can be altered to the desired levels. For example:

• Want to have a general discussion? Touch a button to have all the lights on.
• Want to do a presentation? Touch a button to dim the lights, except the spotlight on the speaker.
• Want to use a smaller section of the boardroom? Touch a button to turn on only that section.
• Not happy with the scenes? They can be reprogrammed without physically rewiring the lights.

This is Building Automation at its best!

C-Bus from BA Systems gives you full control of your building environment at the simple touch of a button or via a web page, accessible from any networked terminal in the building. Based on a simple, extendable, and easy to install solution, C-Bus gives you a platform that ensures you get the best out of your building environment. C-Bus is a flexible system with endless possibilities. You can align the system with a wide range of products and developments as they are released onto the market. The system is scalable and simplifies your automation and design needs. If additional controllers are required and cabling hasn’t been pre-installed, C-Bus also offers a range of wireless equipment, allowing nearly unlimited expansion of your system. The concept of a fully automated home is near.

Some examples:

• Coega IDZ Offices
• NMB 2010 Stadium
• Marine Park Centre
• Walmer Wellness Centre

The Stratlec Group is a leading provider of Electrical and Building Automation services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Based in Port Elizabeth, the Stratlec Group operates throughout the region performing specialised electrical work for different clients.

Stratlec Group is comprised of four separate electrical contractors, each specialising in a specific field.

Straton Electrical

Straton Electrical began as a general electrical contractor more than 25 years ago, providing services in the retail, corporate and home environment. We have several long standing clients for whom we do maintenance work and installations.

For more information, visit our website here.

Straton Solar

We are aware of the need for more renewable energy sources and are thus offering our clients the option of installing On- and Off-grid solutions, utilising the power of the sun to reduce their electricity accounts.

For more information, visit our website here.

Building Automation Systems

We are the leading Building Automation Systems contractor in the Eastern Cape. We are able to advise clients on the best products and protocols for their unique requirements.

We have extensive experience working on large-scale projects. Listed below are some of the projects we have worked on.

• Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
• East London International Convention Centre
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School
• Coega Development Corporation
• Livingstone Hospital Oncology Wing

For more information, visit our website here.

Mbane Contracting

We are electrical contractors in the Telecommunications industry, with years of experience in developing new and upgrading existing cellular sites. Since the first MTN site was built in Port Elizabeth, we have worked closely with various Project Management companies over the years that have built sites for MTN.

For more information, visit our website here.