OJ Korasi shares some of his journey from SAPS deputy director to franchisee. Growing up in Taung and residing in Mahikeng, OJ attended North-West University, UNISA and the University of Johannesburg, where he completed a postgraduate diploma in Labour Law, an Advanced Management Programme and a BTech Policing degree. Before deciding to brave the world of self-employment, OJ served as a Deputy Director with SAPS for 25 years. With his wife Gloria as his business partner, Sparkling Mahikeng is a family venture and they are very excited about the prospect of making it a resounding success. A SPARKLING OPPORTUNITY Is being your own boss something you always aspired to and who/what motivated you to want to own your own business? Being my own boss is something I’ve wanted to do for a while; to have the opportunity to contribute to job creation and help build the economy of South Africa. How many other businesses did you consider before deciding on Sparkling Auto Care Centres and...

BACKGROUND The Sparkling Auto concept was initially founded as a car wash and auto detailing services business. Founder Corné Gustafson and his team managed five high-volume company-owned outlets and identified service and speed as the key success factors of their business model. In an era where most people are ‘time poor’, convenience is becoming increasingly important — even in the automotive appearance industry. After securing the license from the Ding King Institute in the USA, Corné created the Sparkling Auto Care Centres concept; a unique one-stop service centre offering full auto body repair, car wash, auto detailing, and minor interior repair at the same time — convenient, fast and economical. THE CONCEPT Sparkling Auto Care Centres is a unique and convenient ‘all-under-one-roof’ business opportunity that provides vehicle owners with the best professional car wash and auto body repair solutions in the market. Franchisees have a choice of two business models — a Sparklin...

The following positions are available at Sparkling Auto Care Centre Hazyview: Spray Painting/Flatters & Polishers Std 10/Gr 12                                                                            An appropriate MERSETA qualification in spray painting or panel beating Fluent in Afrikaans & English (Read & Write) Spray Painter do be able to do color mixing and matching 2/3 years experience in the automotive appearance industry Good communication and problem solving skills A valid driver’s license                ...

Sparkling Auto Care Centres offers a complete range of auto body repair and car wash services including auto detailing, dent and paint repair, polishing and mag wheel repair to name but a few. The Sparkling team is happy to announce that two new outlets have recently opened for business. On 16 May the Sparkling Auto Care Centre at the Mall of Africa welcomed their first customers and on 17 July the Sparkling Auto Care Centre at Menlyn Retail Park followed suit. We are also looking forward to two more outlets, Sparkling Auto Hazyview and Sparkling Auto Vanderbijlpark welcoming their first customers in the next two to four months. It is estimated that these venues will attend to between 10 and twelve cars per day in the auto body repair section and up to 200 cars per day through the car wash and auto detailing departments. Other outlets opening soon include Mafikeng, Wonderpark – Pretoria, Lusaka – Zambia and more! Sparkling Auto Care Centres was founded in 1992 and has b...