Solving community problems, together

Ditlou Consulting was founded in 2003 as a consulting firm specialising in civil and structural engineering but has since evolved into a multidisciplinary infrastructure consulting company.

The company is led by CEO Otshepeng Ranamane and COO Poppy Nkambule, who are both professionally registered engineers with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Under their leadership, the company boasts a dynamic team of highly qualified professionals, who are registered with their respective organisations, including ECSA, SACAP (South African Council for Architectural Profession), SACPCMP (South African Council for Project & Construction Management Professions), SACPLAN (South African Council for Planners), and SACQSP (South African Council for Quantity Surveying Profession).

Ditlou Consulting’s core purpose is to solve community problems – with a focus on improving the lives of South Africa’s citizens through the provision of sound technical solutions. The company aims to uphold client satisfaction by ensuring that it provides the best-quality solutions, which are also cost-effective and delivered in a timely fashion with a positive attitude. Over the medium term, the company’s goal is to be regarded as the best firm in its field locally. Over the long term, this goal extends to Ditlou Consulting achieving the same feat internationally.

Some of the company’s main clients are public sector clients ranging from metropolitan municipalities such as the City of Tshwane, City of Ekurhuleni, City of Johannesburg and its subsidiaries, to smaller local municipalities such as Midvaal Local Municipality, Madibeng Local Municipality, Moretele Local Municipality, Mogale City Local Municipality, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, and Thabazimbi Local Municipality.

Provincial government clients such as the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (GDID) and the Gauteng Department of Roads & Transport (Gautrans) also form part of a large array of clients that the company serves.

Ditlou Consulting has been involved in over 60 notable projects spanning the breadth of the civil engineering field since it was founded. Currently, it is delivering work on a number of projects, with some of the most notable ones listed below.

For the Housing Company Tshwane, Ditlou is currently involved in the Social Housing Development at Chantelle Ext. 39, Pretoria, which is valued at R354 million. Also within the Tshwane region, work is being undertaken for the City on a Social Development Centre, which is being constructed in the Winterveldt area, at a project value of some R55 million.

Elsewhere in Gauteng, Ditlou is working on the implementation of the Legislature Building at Duduza Customer Care Centre for the City of Ekurhuleni. This project is valued at R37.5 million. In providing services for the Johannesburg Social Housing Company, Ditlou is involved in the R193 million de-densification of hostels and informal settlements at 2 077 Roosevelt Street in Alexandra, Region E.

On the province’s West Rand, the firm is currently widening Robert Broom Drive in Krugersdorp for Mogale City Municipality. This second-phase project is valued at R18 million.