Rapid Response

Rapid Response was born from a very bad trauma experience Marlize Holtzhausen and her family had to face, after a brutal attack on her sister in 2010. The trauma they went through as well as praying for solutions, inspired her to start thinking about a way in which crime and the emergency reaction on crime can be handled better. At the same time, Gerrit Cloete worked on a yacht in Mississippi USA and gave his heart to the Lord. He prayed for direction in his life and wanted to make a difference in peoples lives. He came up with the same business idea and thoughts. He made contact with Marlize through mutual friends, not knowing her before, and soon the idea became a business plan for Rapid Response. Marlize, a third year student in UFS Business Schools Bachelor in Management Leadership Programme (BML), wrote a business plan for the business idea and concept of Rapid Response, and was announced as a First Place winner in the international Labour Organizations first enter...