Erwic Awards 2020

TRANSFORMATION ENTITY OF THE YEAR

LEBOGANG ZULU – TSHITSHIRISANG CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS WINNER

F ounded by Lebogang Zulu in 2012 on the basis of providing ground-breaking and innovative building solutions for black women in the alternative building industry, Tshitshirisang Construction and Projects is a 100% black women owned 7GB PE 6CE PE cidb graded civil and construction company that has built a strong reputation for delivering quality services on time and at competitive prices. As a licensed and preferred builder of the Fortis Building System, in the eight years of operation, it has successfully delivered major IBT infrastructure projects in South Africa. With the strength of its manufacturing, construction, project management and professional teams Tshitshirisang is well positioned to offer its clients with a full turnkey solution for the construction of any type of infrastructure project using Fortis Building System. Added advantages to Tshitshirisang’s in-house capacity is the full ownership of AV Light Steel; an award winning 100% black women owned innovative building materials manufacturer whose innovative building technologies are certified, licensed and approved by the NHBRC, Agrèment SA, Green Building Council and SASFA. Having acquired AV Light Steel in August 2017, Zulu prides on the transformation journey the company has embarked on and achieved significant milestones in the process. • It is the largest innovative building materials manufacturer in Africa offering our clients with a range of construction products like the FBS wall panels, galvanized light steel roof trusses, truss brackets, purlins, ceiling battens, profile tiled roof sheeting and the Zero H 2 0 waterless toilet system

designed to service the rural markets and designed to compete with the unsafe and undignified pit toilet systems. • The company’s asset base increased substantially following the empowerment funding received from ABSA, IDC and the Dti through its black industrialist scheme. • Its staff turnover has increased from nine employees to 52, 40% of which is women in top management positions, supervisory positions while four young women have been appointed as machine operators in the different production lines. • It is the first 100% black women owned entity to have its permanent innovative building system (FBS) certified and approved by Agrément South Africa as well as the National Home Builders Registration Council. • It won the 2019 16 th Standard Bank Top Women Award in the Construction and Infrastructure Development category, was runner up of the 2019 Top Empowerment Awards as well as the 2019 Vision 2030 Awards. • Trained and issued construction licensees to at least 21 black contractors who are well equipped to accelerate delivery of light steel framed buildings (Steel and Cladding System) as well as reinforced concrete buildings through the Fortis Building System “Our commitment to innovation, determination and excellence invariably results in successfully completed projects for our clients. At Tshitshirisang, we never rest on our laurels, we are passionate and driven to continue the high levels of customer satisfaction we have achieved over the past eight years,” says Zulu.  owned companies. It is encouraged to see how at least 50% of the women that they employed started their own businesses. The company transferred skills in business management, project management, meeting deadlines, client services, building good customer relationships, administration and financial management to these women. “I was able to change the mindset of women and helped them to understand that the construction industry is not only for males, but also for women and also believe to have changed the mindset of men that the construction industry is not a male dominated industry. “As a result of those women have managed on their own to secure tenders. Some women have gone on to mentor other women. All in all women have shown that they have made great strides towards making it in the construction industry,” says Skosana. 

FANA SKOSANA – CONSCIENCE BUILDING AND PROJECTS C onscience Building and Projects is a 100% black owned company and was established in August 2004. The company is under the directorship of Fana Skosana and renders services to the public and private sector, parastatals and the residential market. The company has used at least six women-owned companies in the past two and a half years to finish projects successfully.

The company employs a female site supervisor since 2017 and strongly believes that it makes a difference in the lives of women owned companies. It has been involved in brick and plumbing work, while it also does tiling, ceiling, painting, roofing, electrical, glazing and landscaping. The company believes in a skills, training and development transfer and has created seven job opportunities of which half was opportunities for women

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ERWIC AWARDS 2020