About Us – Semane

Today, our over 20 years of experience and technical excellence makes us a trusted advisor and partner to the most respected companies: Anglo, BHP Billiton, De Beers, Exxaro, Foskor, Goldfields, Rio Tinto and Seriti. They draw on the full range of our expertise: conceptualisation, design, detailing, risk assessment, implementation of specialised engineering solutions and environmental services.

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We are poised for the future. We have put a lot of effort into becoming a technically-enviable, majority Black-owned business. We have new areas of expertise in South Africa and we’re exploring new opportunities in the rest of Africa. Infrastructure development is vital to the future prosperity of Sub-Saharan Africa.

“In 1997, Anglo American embarked on a major re-structuring initiative. They wanted to do away with their detail technical capabilities and focus on core business. They gave me the opportunity to set up a new, stand-alone civil engineering consulting company. A year later, on 28th September 1998, Semane opened for business.”

Joe Araujo, founder and former CEO of Semane

“In 1997, Anglo American embarked on a major re-structuring initiative. They wanted to do away with their detail technical capabilities and focus on core business. They gave me the opportunity to set up a new, stand-alone civil engineering consulting company. A year later, on 28th September 1998, Semane opened for business.”

Joe Araujo, founder and former CEO of Semane

Semane celebrated its 20^th anniversary at the end of 2018: no trivial achievement in the mining and public infrastructure environment.

What has made Semane successful from the outset, is the twin strands of our DNA which is the technical expertise and an ethic that runs through everything we do: we understand that our clients truly value peace of mind.

We take our role as a trusted advisor seriously. We take the quality of our work seriously. Because we are risk-averse, our clients get what they truly value: reliable outputs. There is every likelihood that their design solution will be totally compliant.

Every successful company needs to keep its eyes wide open. It needs to keep examining the business environment – and itself.

Growth is vital. Every company has a choice: to use its strengths to defend its territory – and to use them to explore new territory. At Semane, we are always busy renewing ourselves. We use our strengths as the source of growth and its rewards.

Semane Physical Address
22 Wellington Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2193,
South Africa

Semane Postal Address
PostNet Suite #313,
Private Bag X 30500,
Houghton 2041,
South Africa

Get in touch.
Tel: +27 (0) 11 891 1600
Fax: +27 (0) 11 833 1039

General: corporate@semane.com
Sales: sales@semane.com
Accounts: accounts@semane.com

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WE UNDERSTAND OUR CLIENT’S CHALLENGES

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I am excited about the prospects of Semane. Our growth strategy is anchored on first class execution, a people development-oriented approach and a client-centric focus to the delivery of sustainable infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa. Muzi Siyaya, CEO

“Semane Engineering Solutions (Pty) Ltd is an independent, majority Black-owned, provider of multi-disciplinary engineering solutions in mining and public infrastructure. I am proud to say I have been involved since day one”.

Joel Makgahlwa, Chairman of Semane

“Semane Engineering Solutions (Pty) Ltd is an independent, majority Black-owned, provider of multi-disciplinary engineering solutions in mining and public infrastructure. I am proud to say I have been involved since day one”.

Joel Makgahlwa, Chairman of Semane

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Joe Araujo, founder and former CEO of Semane

Joe Araujo, founder and former CEO of Semane

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