We work the line
while it is still live.
Sibinza has worked out of Pretoria since 1996. Our crews hold one of the highest Eskom authorisations for working on overhead distribution networks without switching them off. That is the top of our range. The bottom of it is the certificate on your distribution board, and the same authorised person signs both.
11kV – 44kV
Network
Eskom, municipalities, mines and EPC contractors. Live-line maintenance, electrification, MV and LV construction, transformer oil.
Open the network board230V – 400V
Property
Insurers, businesses and homes. Compliance certificates, fault finding, solar, geysers, plumbing and building work.
Open the property boardA line does not have to go dark
to be repaired.
Most maintenance on an overhead network starts with an outage. The feeder is switched out, isolated and earthed, the crew climbs, the work is done, and supply is restored. Everyone on that feeder sits in the dark until they come down.
Sibinza's crews are authorised to work the same span while the conductor stays energised. Poles, cross-arms and post insulators are replaced live. The feeder never opens. Nobody on it knows the work happened.
That authorisation is not something you buy. It is ORHVS training, practical assessment, a portfolio of evidence, and an insulated cherry picker independently tested to 33kV. Every project is executed under Eskom regulations for live-line and construction work, and handed over on certificate.
Feeder open · earthed · supply interrupted
Conductor energised · crew at midspan · supply held
Network
Overhead and underground distribution work for utilities, municipalities, mines and principal contractors.
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Live-line maintenance
11kV – 44kV
Wooden poles, cross-arms and post insulators replaced with the conductor energised.
6 yrs · GP LP FS NC MP
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Overhead line construction
11kV – 44kV
Bare conductor dismantled and bundle conductor installed across distribution networks.
6 yrs · Gauteng
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Electrification
LV reticulation
Villages, complexes and estates connected. More than 3 000 houses to date.
6 yrs · MP NW
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Emergency network repair
MV & LV
Fault finding and restoration on medium and low voltage networks.
6 yrs · Gauteng
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Transformer oil
Supply & treat
Insulated oil collected from substations, regenerated, tested and returned. Drums supplied.
600 000+ litres · 3 yrs
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Mini-subs, transformers, reclosers
MV & LV
Mini-substations, out-of-line transformers and reclosers constructed and commissioned.
3 yrs · GP NW LP
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Underground networks
LV – MV
Cable installation and jointing on underground low and medium voltage networks.
Gauteng
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Metering and connections
Field services
Customer reconnections and disconnections, and meter reading at scale.
3 yrs · GP NW
Property
Insurance panel work, commercial buildings and private homes. The same authorised people, the same signed certificate.
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Certificates of compliance
SANS 10142-1
Compliance testing and a certificate issued by a registered person, as the law requires on sale and for most insurers.
ECA · ECB
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Fault finding
LV – MV
Low to medium voltage fault finding on residential, commercial and industrial installations.
Gauteng
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Solar PV
Grid-tied
Photovoltaic installation and solar geysers, specified and installed to standard.
ECA · ECB
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Geysers
Electric & solar
Removal, installation, component replacement, testing and repair.
IOPSA · PIRB
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Wiring and rewiring
Single & 3-phase
New wiring and rewiring in residential and commercial property, certified on completion.
ECA · ECB
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Lighting and gate motors
LV
Lighting installations and solutions, and gate motor replacement.
Gauteng
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Plumbing
Wet works
Burst pipes and replacement, leak detection, and installation of plumbing accessories.
IOPSA · PIRB
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Building and renovation
CIDB 4
New residential construction, renovations, roofing and ceilings, bricklaying, tiling, plastering, carpentry and painting.
Since 1996
Insurance panel work
Sibinza takes dispatched work from insurers and assist networks, where the job is only closed when the paperwork closes with it.
Everything on this page is
something we can produce on paper.
Company
- Level 1B-BBEE, black woman owned
- Grade 4CIDB registration
- CIPCRegistered, 1996
- VATRegistered vendor
- COIDALetter of good standing
- SARSValid tax clearance
Trade bodies
- ECAElectrical Contractors Association
- ECBElectrical Contracting Board
- IOPSAInstitute of Plumbing SA
- PIRBPlumbing Industry Registration Board
SHEQ
A safety, health, environmental and quality plan is written for each project rather than filed once and reused. Those plans are written to comply with:
- ISO 9001Quality management
- ISO 14001Environmental management
- OHSAS 18001Occupational health and safety
What the crews are certified to do
- ORHVS 1 to 12
- Authorised for LV, MV and live work
- LV and MV construction
- Aerial devices and platforms
- Fall arrest system
- Fall arrest rescue
- Heights and confined spaces
- First aid level 2
- Fire fighting
- SHE representative
- Risk assessment
- Supervision
- Environmental law
All work is supervised by qualified electricians. Projects are executed under Eskom regulations for live-line and construction work and handed over on certificate.
Completed works.
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Eskom
Live replacement of wooden poles, cross-arms and post insulators
Gauteng, Limpopo, Free State, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga
6 yrs
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Eskom
Pole replacement on MV and LV networks, live and dead conditions
Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, North West
6 yrs
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Eskom
Electrification projects, more than 3 000 houses connected
Mpumalanga, North West
6 yrs
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Eskom
Bare conductor dismantled, bundle conductor installed
Gauteng
6 yrs
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Eskom
Emergency repairs to MV and LV networks
Gauteng
6 yrs
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Eskom
Transformer oil supplied, delivered, treated and tested. More than 600 000 litres pumped from substations
Gauteng
3 yrs
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Eskom
Mini-subs, MV and LV cable, out-of-line transformers and reclosers constructed
Gauteng, North West, Limpopo
3 yrs
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Eskom
Customer reconnections, disconnections and meter reading
Gauteng, North West
3 yrs
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NCP Chlorchem
Armour rod installed on a 132kV overhead fibre optic line, by helicopter
South Africa
Project
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Group Five · Eskom
250 m of 185 mm cable installed
Gauteng
Project
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Private client
Four-bedroom house constructed, Silverlakes Golf Estate
Pretoria
Project
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Private client
Four-bedroom house constructed, Blue Valley Estate
Midrand
Project
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Santam
Building maintenance, bathroom renovation, earthing installation, roof and ceiling repairs
Pretoria, Sable Hills Estate
Panel
Plant and fleet
- 1× Live-line cherry picker to 33kV, 12 m reach
- 2× Crane trucks
- 2× Double-cab bakkies
- 3× Single-cab LDVs
All live-line and lifting equipment is mechanically and electrically tested by independent authorities against the OHS Act, Eskom standards and the Construction Regulations. Every vehicle carries a first aid box, fire extinguisher, earth spikes, harnesses and earthing equipment.
Who we work for
- Eskom
- Santam
- Digicall
- Impala Platinum
- Brolink
- 4 Sure
- Home Assist
- Europ Assist
- Kandua
- NCP Chlorchem
- SANDF
- Department of Public Works
- Concor
- DWA Construction
- Power Tech Transformer
Raise a job.
Tell us which channel it sits on and where the site is. If a line is down or a pipe has burst, call rather than type.
- Call
- 083 451 2583Straight through to the managing director
- info@sibinza.co.za
- Head office
- 54 Marjoram Avenue
Annlin, Pretoria - Areas worked
- Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo, Free State, Northern Cape