SKF South Africa has proudly served as a key service provider for Sishen Mine in Kathu, Northern Cape, for the past fifteen years. The qualified on-site SKF team is dedicated to delivering a comprehensive range of quality products and services for the mine’s mobile equipment.
SKF Area Supervisor, Burger Maritz, explains that at the start of 2024, the Sishen Mine introduced a month-to-month competition for its service providers across two distinct categories: ‘Less EQA impact on trucks’ availability’ which addresses down time on their trucks’ hourly per breakdown, and ‘Best overall performer as Service Provider’ to give recognition to exceptional achievements in maintaining the lowest percentage of the EQA impact monthly.
The competition objectives are to mitigate breakdowns of products and equipment in a bid to boost uptime by inherently leads to higher productivity, lower operational costs and optimised plant sustainability.
“Since the competition was introduced, my team and I have relentlessly pursued victory, and in February 2025, we achieved top honours in both categories! states an elated Burger. I am exceptionally proud of my incredible team, especially as we were up against some stiff competition from several other prominent Service Providers. I would like to give a shout out to our three Field Technicians – Laaiq Moolgie, Charron Opperman and Vikus Jordaan, as well to our 3rd Year Apprentices – Junaid Plaaitjies and Tshepang Pampoen, for their commitment to excellence in field operations.”
Each team member received a medal from the mine customer as testament of their achievements. “It is truly an honour to achieve both top positions, particularly because our success reflects not only the quality of our work but also the excellence of our basket of solutions which include the supply and fitment of Lincoln Single Line Lubrication Systems, Grease and Pressure Less systems as well as Fast Fill Products,” concludes Burger.
