Transport solutions that empower
Founded in 1996, SIYAZI has expanded to provide professional transport engineering solutions throughout South Africa.
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s a leader in innovation and empowerment in South Africa, SIYAZI offers public transpor t planning, development and traffic engineering solutions for everything from municipal to residential and commercial developments. The company is a registered member of the Engineering Council of South Africa. “Our solutions offer sustainable approaches that empower local communities. Together with the various role players in the projects we work on, SIYAZI makes a difference in the delivery of effective solutions to meet the needs of people from grassroots level all the way up to executive management,” says Sias Oosthuizen, CEO, SIYAZI. “It is in working together that we will build a strong, equitable and prosperous South Africa, characterised by effective and convenient mobility solutions.” This view is embraced within the organisation as well. SIYAZI’s holding company, SIYAZI Legacy Holdings, has a 40% shareholding by previously disadvantaged individuals through Ukusebenzisana Investments, 91% of which, in turn, belongs to a SIYAZI workers’ trust.
A section of the A Re Yeng public transport network within the City of Tshwane
offices in provinces across the country in order to empower and develop previously disadvantaged individuals. “We strongly believe that knowledge shared is knowledge gained, and skills development is key to unlocking the sustainable wealth contained in a resilient South African economy,” says Sias Oosthuizen. A prime example of this working philosophy is SIYAZI’s long and trusted relationship with the taxi industry, which makes SIYAZI the ideal partner and advisor to the affected parties. This is underscored by SIYAZI’s involvement on strategically important empowerment projects like Tshwane’s integrated public transport network.
Shared knowledge and value The company is strongly committed to ensuring sustainable Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment and has formulated a strategy aimed at establishing local
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Solid foundations SIYAZI’s service offering is built on solid in-house skills. As CEO, Sias Oosthuizen has more than 40 years’ experience in the
transport sector. He has been instrumental in the planning of numerous integrated public transport plans for various municipalities, the development of guidelines for the first Current Public Transport Record surveys done in Gauteng, and negotiating and managing transport provision for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in eThekwini. Sias Oosthuizen was also involved in the development of the first taxi liaison committees in the East Rand, and SIYAZI has gone on to design several taxi ranks for the City of Ekurhuleni and other parts of South Africa. He is backed up by technical director Leon Roets, who has over 25 years’ experience as a transport and traffic engineer. Roets has extensive experience working with private and municipal entities – and in ensuring cooperation between the two – and has also been involved in projects concerning the taxi industry for most of his career. “SIYAZI was founded with the express goal of empowering communities and individuals through the implementation of sustainable transport solutions. Our mission is to stay a key transport specialist in South Africa and the continent through effective, sustainable empowerment and skills transfer to provide transport solutions that favour job creation,” concludes Sias Oosthuizen.
SIYAZI is involved on strategically important empowerment projects like Tshwane’s integrated public transport network
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