Keep Mandela Alive: Service Excellence

KEEP MANDELA ALIVE

Customercentrix commiserates with South Africa, Africa and the rest of the world on the passing of a renowned enigma: Tata Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba).

We pray his legacies live on as we also enjoin you all to join in the fight against bad service in all forms and sizes of organisations and institutions.

The Mandela freedom we all celebrate today, is a product of a resilient voice, a ready heart and an uncompromising spirit. Customercentrix's vision is that Africa boasts of organisations that not only display service charters, but practice the tenets of service excellence by upholding the rights of customers and delivering excellent service.

We all, even these organisations, stand to gain from embracing service excellence. The simple contribution you can give to this cause is to share your service experiences on any of Customercentrix's social media: Here on Facebook,Twitter or on our blog. That way,we'll project organisations treating customers right and set role models for those doing wrong , while canvassing for them to change.

Speak up for service excellence

Keep Mandela Alive in Service Delivery. Your skin colour or country of origin should not be a determinant of the kind of service you get.

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