adminAccording to OK Zimbabwe’s business information systems executive, Mr James Madondo, Zimbabweans working in South Africa can visit a Kawena office and make a payment into their beneficiary’s OK/Kawena Shop Easy Card.
“The payment is immediately electronically credited into the recipient’s card. The beneficiary can then use the card to purchase their grocery requirements at any OK, Bon Marche or OK Mart stores in Zimbabwe,” he said.
The Shop Easy Card is a voucher that is provided by OK to enable its customers to make purchases.
Mr Madondo said the facility would make sending groceries home from South Africa easy for the Zimbabweans working there.
“Zimbabweans in South Africa have had to use all sorts of methods, some very risky, to get groceries to their loved ones at home.
“What OK and Kawena are offering through this new arrangement is not only convenience but also speed, security and peace of mind in the guarantee that the goods a person sends will be received by the right hands with quality preserved,” he said.
He said the facility would enable the country to capture the value of support given to locals by their relatives in the Diaspora.
In the past, people working in South Africa relied on informal channels to send money and goods home making it difficult to capture the real value of the money that comes into the country from the Diaspora.
Many local companies have been entering into such deals with South African companies to try and formalise the channels with money transfers such as Western Union, Mukuru.Com and MoneyGram taking the lead.
Online Reporter