COMPANYPROFILE
A 100% black owned engineering, maintenance and supply company serving power stations, mines, municipalities and industry across Mpumalanga since 2001. Wenzekahle is an isiZulu word for a job done well, and it is the standard we hold ourselves to on every site.
Welcome
The team you call when it must be done properly
Wenzekahle Maintenance Services was established in 2001 to take advantage of the opportunities created in different industries, and we have been building, maintaining and supplying ever since.
The company is owned by skilled and competent people drawn from different industries. Over the years we have restructured the business into five focused divisions, so that each one concentrates on what it does best and delivers real value to the client in front of it.
From our base in eMalahleni, in the heart of South Africa's energy and mining belt, we offer engineering services to mining companies, government departments, non governmental organisations and industrial clients. Our involvement runs through the full life of a project: the first consultation, planning and design, implementation and commissioning, and the maintenance that keeps an asset working long after handover.
We do not believe in working alone. Wenzekahle shares its expertise by partnering with other black owned enterprises, providing solutions and, where it makes sense, equity participation, so that capability grows on both sides of the partnership. And as the company expands across the province, employing local people remains a deliberate part of our job creation strategy.
Inside this profile
Table of contents
Fourteen sections covering who we are, how we work, what we have delivered and the registrations that back it all up.
Ownership and empowerment
Broad based, black owned, and serious about it
Wenzekahle Maintenance Services is a 100% black owned company. It is broad based, and it is controlled and managed by previously disadvantaged individuals.
Our empowerment goals go beyond the shareholding. We want to build an organisation that creates platforms and opportunities for previously disadvantaged and disabled individuals in the business sector, so that they can realise their full potential. Developing previously disadvantaged youth and women through our work is part of how we measure success.
Empowerment is not a paragraph in this profile, it is the reason the company exists in the shape it does. As the business grows across the province, we keep employing local people as a deliberate part of our job creation strategy, and we treat the community as the main beneficiary on every community development project we take on.
- Local employment and job creation built into how we resource every project
- In-service training for new graduates and tertiary students wherever we can place them
- Partnerships with other black owned enterprises that share solutions, skills and equity participation
- Development of previously disadvantaged youth and women through our work
| Ownership | 100% black owned |
| HDI status | Black, previously disadvantaged individual |
| Gender | Male |
| Structure | Broad based, PDI controlled and managed |
| Base | eMalahleni, Mpumalanga |
Our vision
To live up to our name, and to be a light to our business partners
We see Wenzekahle as a leading provider of customised business solutions that empower the youth, women and previously disadvantaged individuals. Through the work we take on, we want to contribute to job creation and shared economic development in every community we touch.
What drives us
Mission, values and our goal
Our mission
To be the best trusted, successful, sustainable and professional business we can be.
That means building a financially stable establishment that can carry its people and its commitments through good years and hard ones. It means using the business as a tool to eradicate poverty and provide hope in the communities where we operate. And it means holding ourselves to our health and safety commitments under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, with our quality management aligned to ISO 9001 principles.
Our values
We exist because of our clients
We know that we exist because of our clients, and we genuinely enjoy serving them. Certifying our work with quality is how we say thank you for the trust.
Professional in everything
We conduct our business and our personal lives with integrity, honesty, professionalism, commitment, respect and dignity.
Integrity is the golden thread
It runs through every quote, every claim, every handover and every conversation, whether a client is watching or not.
Quality is a promise
Work is finished when it is done properly, not when it is merely done. Our name holds us to that standard every day.
Our goal
Division 01 of 05
Mechanical and civil engineering
Our founding division, and still the backbone of the business: roads, structures, reticulation and heavy mechanical work for municipalities, mines and industrial clients.
Our civil teams build and rehabilitate roads, from upgrading and surfacing gravel roads to regravelling, storm water works and full concrete roads, with density testing done properly along the way. We construct buildings, storm water diversion channels, sewer and water reticulation with house connections, and pedestrian bridges that communities use every day. On the mechanical side we take on serious industrial work, much of it inside live Eskom power stations where planning, safety and clean execution are not negotiable.
- Building construction
- Storm water diversion channels, drainage and kerbs
- Road construction, upgrading and surfacing of gravel roads
- Regravelling, road rehabilitation and routine maintenance
- Concrete roads and density testing
- Sewer and water reticulation, with house connections
- Construction of pedestrian bridges
- Weighbridge construction for mine projects
- Construction, replacement and welding of steel structures
- Mechanical maintenance of pumps and pipe fitting
- Sandblasting and painting of industrial plant
- PVC industrial floor tiling and fencing projects
Divisions 02 to 05 of 05
Electrical, logistics, environmental and supply
Electrical engineering
The work that keeps plant and buildings running day after day: tracing and repairing faults quickly, and servicing the motors and gearboxes that industrial equipment depends on.
- Electrical fault finding and repairs
- Cable reticulation and installation
- Electrical tubing and protection
- Electrical motor and gearbox servicing
Logistics and plant hire
Projects stall when the plant is not there. We hire out the machines that keep earthworks and hauling moving, backed by courier services for the urgent, smaller things.
- Tipper truck hire
- Bobcat and excavator hire
- Truck horses for hauling
- Courier services
Environmental and industrial cleaning
Dirty plant is unsafe plant. Our crews do the tough cleaning work that keeps industrial sites compliant and workable, in full protective gear, to the site's safety standard, every time.
- Industrial cleaning, vacuum loading and high pressure jetting
- Sump, drain and system clearing
- Mill reject clearing at power stations
- Commercial cleaning
Industrial supply
We source and deliver the components that keep boilers, conveyors and plant running, each order delivered against spec and on time.
- Sootblowers
- Pumps and valves
- Conveyor belt maintenance
- Bearings and spares
- Industrial equipment
- Steel
- Transformers
- Electrical spares
- Generators
- Cleaning detergents
How we work
Business development that starts with your agenda
Business development is the process we use to be proactive and consistent in delivering value: a systematic approach to retaining key customers and developing new business, built on four focus areas.
A strategy based on the customer's agenda
To provide value to a customer, we must understand the customer's business and its agenda: the issues that matter, and how we can help resolve them. A facilitated, high impact meeting focused on the customer's current situation, future state and the success factors needed to achieve its goals gives us that understanding. Armed with a clearly defined mission and objectives, we can communicate with the customer in a structured way from the start.
Building relationships
Working in partnership and focusing on the whole value chain, both people and technology, is how mutual trust is built. Broadening and deepening long term relationships with our customers is central to the way we manage and grow every account.
Opportunity management
Because we stay close to the customer's agenda, we can identify issues, implications and potential solutions early, together with the opportunities that would contribute most to the customer's business. We manage these opportunities deliberately and prioritise them according to their value to the customer and to our own account objectives, so that effort goes where it counts.
Measuring performance and satisfaction
An essential part of managing a customer account is measuring how the Wenzekahle account team performs from the customer's point of view. Integrity and responsibility are embedded in these measurements, and they form part of the packaged offering we bring to every client.
Where we are going
Objectives and strategic vision
Our objectives
Wenzekahle believes in service excellence, and our objectives spell out what that means in practice:
- To create employment equity across the races and gender in line with the empowerment objectives of Government
- To execute technically challenging work in a manner that exceeds our clients' expectations
- To offer in-service training to new graduates and tertiary students, giving them a real site and real responsibility to learn on
- To empower our staff into a strong technical team that is recognised by engineering institutions
- To treat the community as the main beneficiary on every community development project we deliver
Strategic vision
To create value, support and wealth for our stakeholders.
We pursue long term alliances with clients and partners, and we do it while retaining our own culture and identity. Growth that costs us who we are is not growth we want. The relationships we build are meant to last beyond a single contract, which is why so much of our work over the years has come from clients who called us back.
Called back, again and again
Repeat work at Kusile, Hendrina and Arnot, and four separate scopes for Steinmuller-Bilfinger, tell the story better than any brochure could.
People and safety
Team, resources, health and safety
Team and resources
Wenzekahle keeps a lean core team and scales up with local labour for each project, which keeps overheads honest and spreads work into the communities where we operate. Site teams, artisans and general workers are recruited per project, with preference given to local labour as part of our job creation commitment.
| Project managers | 2 |
| Accountant | 1 |
| Secretaries | 2 |
| Safety officers | 2 |
| Notebook computers | 10 |
Health, safety and quality
Most of our work happens on live industrial sites: power stations, mines and public roads. Safety is not an add-on there, it is the condition for being allowed on site at all.
Wenzekahle is committed to its health and safety obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and our quality management approach is aligned with ISO 9001 principles and the occupational health and safety management thinking behind OHSAS 18000. Every project runs with safety officers in the team, proper protective equipment for every worker, and compliance with the client's own site safety standards, including Eskom's requirements at its power stations.
Track record · 1 of 3
Selected projects, 2001 to 2017
From our first housing and storm water projects to multi million rand works inside power stations, our history is written in completed work. Client references are available on request.
| Project | Client | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building of houses and storm water construction | Nuway Housing Development | R120 000 | Feb to Apr 2001 |
| Housing construction | RAFT Foundation, with M5 Developments | R85 000 | Apr to May 2001 |
| Housing construction | Cares Ja Developments | R200 000 | Jun to Aug 2001 |
| Housing construction | Reyno Projects | R150 000 | Sep to Oct 2001 |
| Regravelling of roads | Mbombela Municipality, through Ganyani Project Management | R850 000 | Mar to Jun 2002 |
| Storm water drainage and kerbs | Barberton Municipality, through Ganyani Project Management | R450 000 | May to Jul 2002 |
| Pipe fitting installation | Sekhukhune Municipality, through G&C | R1.6 million | Feb to May 2004 |
| Road and storm water construction | Gert Sibande District Municipality, through ADI Consulting Engineers | R950 000 | Apr to Aug 2005 |
| Construction of a steel structure workshop | Highveld Steel and Vanadium | R2.9 million | Apr to Oct 2008 |
| Replacement and welding of existing steel structure | Nkangala District Municipality | R2.5 million | Jul to Dec 2012 |
| Mechanical maintenance of pumps and pipe fitting | Nkangala District Municipality | R2.3 million | Jan to Jun 2013 |
| Routine road maintenance, regravelling and storm water | ZMC Consulting Engineers | R6 million | Feb to Aug 2013 |
| Construction of a pedestrian bridge, Phola Park | E-square Engineers | R2.2 million | Feb to Jul 2014 |
| Sandblasting and painting of the lime silo and flocculent plant | Eskom Hendrina Power Station | R896 414.40 | Nov 2015 to Feb 2016 |
| Repair and fabrication of steel structure, south conveyor incliner | Eskom Hendrina Power Station | R250 000 | 2016 |
| Road repairs at Duvha Power Station | Eskom Duvha Power Station | R4.7 million | Jul to Dec 2017 |
Track record · 2 of 3
Eskom supply orders delivered
Through our supply division we have delivered components to Eskom power stations across the province, from crusher roller assemblies and control valves to generator controllers and electrical bushings, each order delivered against spec and on time.
| Description | Power station | Value | Order no | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusher roller assembly, complete | Kriel | R810 000.00 | 3070231652 | Mar 2015 |
| Pin locks, 12mm diameter, 100mm length | Kendal | R24 800.00 | 3070237087 | Apr 2015 |
| Valve positioner, 6DR 4004-8J, 800kPa | Kriel | R125 000.00 | 3070219838 | Nov 2014 |
| Generator controller, UNS4881B V1 | Arnot | R981 000.00 | 3070227751 | Feb 2015 |
| Electrical conductor bushing, 22kV, 350A | Kendal | R196 000.00 | 3070240781 | May 2015 |
| Solenoid valve, quarter inch, 2 way, 24VDC | Kendal | R13 590.00 | 3070230427 | Feb 2015 |
| Engineering camera | Kusile | R20 850.00 | 3070240899 | May 2015 |
| Pin locks, 12mm diameter, 100mm length | Kendal | R12 400.00 | 3070249221 | Jul 2015 |
| Fabrication and installation, oil storage | Hendrina | R36 625.00 | 3070252237 | Aug 2015 |
| Gland steam control valve for Unit 9 | Komati | R940 000.00 | 3070242436 | May 2015 |
Term supply contract
Supply and delivery of cleaning detergents to Eskom Arnot Power Station on an as and when required basis, to the value of R3.7 million, from January 2015 to January 2018.
Track record · 3 of 3
Recent contracts
| Client | Project description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Eskom Kusile Power Station | Subcontractor for building works | Jan 2020 to Mar 2020 |
| Eskom Kusile Power Station | Cleaning of mill rejects | Nov 2019 to Feb 2020 |
| Eskom Kusile Power Station | Cleaning of mill rejects | May 2019 to Aug 2019 |
| Eskom Majuba Power Station | Site kitchen refurbishment | Nov 2019 to Jan 2020 |
| Arnot Power Station | Provision of civil maintenance services for a period of 36 months on an as and when required basis | Aug 2018 to Aug 2021 |
| Eskom Tutuka Power Station | Repair of the security fence | Mar 2022 to May 2022 |
| Steinmuller-Bilfinger | Plumbing works | Jul 2018 to Sep 2018 |
| Steinmuller-Bilfinger | Upgrading of a borehole | Nov 2017 to Mar 2018 |
| Steinmuller-Bilfinger | Reconnection of toilets | Sep 2017 to Nov 2017 |
| Steinmuller-Bilfinger | Sewer line installation and connection | Jun 2017 to Oct 2017 |
| South32 | VDD weighbridge and deployment | May 2018 to Aug 2018 |
| Eskom Hendrina Power Station | Coal truck road rehabilitation works | Nov 2017 to Feb 2018 |
| Eskom Duvha Power Station | Road repairs | Jul 2017 to Nov 2017 |
| Eskom Hendrina Power Station | Construction of a car wash facility | Jan 2017 to Mar 2017 |
Nine Eskom power stations served
The paperwork
Company information and closing commitments
| Registered name | Wenzekahle Maintenance Services |
| Company registration | 2001/003475/23 |
| Date of establishment | 24 January 2001 |
| VAT registration | 4930265808 |
| Income tax reference | 9123221146 |
| CIDB grading | 6CE · PE |
| CIDB registration | 173293 |
| NHBRC registration | 19788 |
| Head office | Office 3, 17 Hans Strydom Street, Klipfontein, Witbank (eMalahleni), 1035 |
| Branch office | 56B Kerk Street, Standerton, 2430 |
| Postal addresses | P.O. Box 17921, eMalahleni, 1035 · P.O. Box 2107, Embalenhle, 2285 |
| Telephone | 083 583 2779 · 079 088 3033 |
| info@wenzekahle.co.za |
Wenzekahle commits itself to:
- Applying world best practice in the way we plan, execute and hand over our work
- Building strategic local and international relationships that strengthen what we can offer our clients
- Empowering previously disadvantaged communities through employment, training and partnership
- Striving for excellence in every project, however large or small
- Practising good corporate governance in everything we do
Have a project that must be done properly?
Head office
Office 3, 17 Hans Strydom Street
Klipfontein, Witbank, 1035
Branch office
56B Kerk Street, Standerton, 2430
Talk to us
083 583 2779 079 088 3033 info@wenzekahle.co.zawww.wenzekahle.co.za
Postal
P.O. Box 17921, eMalahleni, 1035
P.O. Box 2107, Embalenhle, 2285