Source: Blue Horizon (Pty) Ltd – 2020

Prokon has been making use of the services of Blue Horizon (Pty) Ltd since 2013 for human resources consultation and benchmarking of remuneration packages.

The remuneration package for the aforementioned personnel component is based on market remuneration benchmark and design conducted by Blue Horizon (Pty) Ltd in 2020. Remuneration data for the agricultural sector was acquired from one of the four remuneration and rewards survey service providers in South Africa, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC). The market surveys provide data at the lower, median and upper quartile which is projected to a specific date for implementation within the year the benchmark data becomes available and before the new benchmark is surveyed by PWC. These values are updated annually to provide CPI related remuneration values in order to provide defensible pay structures for that financial year.

The Prokon Board of Directors decided to base the remuneration of inspectors on the lower quartile as set out in Annexure A of the Memorandum in respect of the determination of new inspection fees on regulated fresh fruits and vegetables.