PROFILE
UKHAMBA HOLDINGS
NON-CYCLICAL SERVICES/ INVESTMENT COMPANIES/ HOLDING COMPANIES
VALUE PROPOSITION
Ukhamba is a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment company, which has invested in various sectors, such as, motor, transport, services, logistics, leasing, building and construction. The company’s value-add strategy encourages trade and cooperation among its investee companies. This creates value for the group and investee companies because they are able to access a wider customer base through already established relationships to market various products. As an emerging company with growth ambitions, it is constantly looking for business opportunities with potential customers for its investee companies. Ukhamba assists investee companies with transformation matters and advie on other pillars of the BEE scorecard. It is a verified Qualifying Small Enterprise and its BEE scorecard is level 3 as rated by Empowerdex in April 2008. Ukhamba is looking to invest in economic sectors where currently it does not feature, especially telecommunications, infrastructure development, energy, mining supply and facilities management. Ukhamba is an investment holding company and does not have a target market per se, however, each one of its investee companies has a specific target market and they are well positioned in various markets, such as motor, services, logistics and building and construction sectors with competitive product offerings. The company’s vision is to be the leading Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment partner of choice to suitable companies. Its mission is to form strategic partnerships with companies wanting to make a meaningful contribution to the advancement of people from historically disadvantaged groups; to actively add value to its investee companies; and to meet its shareholders’ expectations in terms of wealth creation.
BUSINESS & FINANCE Turnover: R250-million Net profit: R21-million Financial year-end: 30 June Subsidiaries: Ikaheng HR Services (Pty) Ltd, Executive Carport (Pty) Ltd Bank: Nedbank Accountants: Sizwe Ntsaluba VSP
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“As an emerging company with growth ambitions, it is constantly looking for business opportunities with potential.”
VELI MOKOENA CEO
COMPANY INFORMATION STATISTICS/ DEMOGRAPHICS/ HISTORY Year founded: 1998 Founding members: The Imperial Group founded Ukhamba by injecting R15-million seed capital Employees: Six on a full-time basis and one part-time Strategic partnerships: Calulo Investments, Nozala Investments, Lereko Investments, Afropulse, Kagiso Trust Investments, Emnothweni Investments
TERTIARY SEGMENT
EMPOWERMENT STATUS Black Empowerment Level
>50.1% shareholding
>50.1% executive directors / senior management
>50.1% total staff
Gender Empowerment Level
5%-25% shareholding
5%-25%
>50.1%
executive directors / senior management
total staff
FAST FACTS 1. A Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment company founded in 1998 2. Invest in various sectors, such as, motor, transport, services, logistics, leasing, building and construction 3. An emerging company with growth ambitions 4. Vision: To be the leading Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment partner of choice 5. Mission: To form strategic partnerships with companies wanting to make a meaningful contribution to the advancement of people from historically disadvantaged groups
CONTACT INFORMATION CEO: Veli Mokoena Financial Manager: Tsatsi Mahlatsi Marketing & Communications Manager: Vijie Hurribunce Chairperson: Thembisa Dingaan Non-Executive Directors: Osman Arbee, Tak Hiemstra, Clive Masinga, Thandeka Mdoguso, Mohamed Jogee, Sibongile Zikalala Physical address: 138 Boeing Road East, Bedfordview Postal address: PO Box 725, Edenvale 1610 Telephone: +27 (0)11 454 1710 Fax: +27 (0)11 454 4594 Email: vmokoena@ukhamba.co.za Website: www.ukhamba.co.za
I M P U M ELELO 2010
VOLUME 11
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