Having supplied South African markets in the Coastal and Gauteng Regions, Mthofi Investments realized an opportunity to supply inland markets through the Port of Maputo in Mozambique.In October 2008 it started on a few loads to Mpumalanga customers drawing from Petromoc depots in Matola (Maputo). Later Sandile made a living as an entrepreneur acting as the director of both fuel Wholesaling and bulk distribution businesses railing mining cargo from Postmasburg and then packing it into 20’ containers for railing to the port of Nquga. The business was moving about 30 000 tons of manganese ore per month from between these regions and employs staff of 18 drivers and o□ce personnel. In the two years from 2015, Sandile grew his logistics business into a warehousing and port side handling company called Express Warehousing.

With two independent and separate warehousing operations, Express Warehousing is one of only three companies in the Durban harbour that has the capacity and license to handle the maize / grain imports. This operation warehouses some 60 000 tons of grain imports every month for local and international trading houses, such as Bunge, Loius Dreyfus Company and BTG (Brazil). This operation employs about 35 direct jobs and another 40 indirect jobs monthly since inception.

The other Express warehouse operation is a container de-stu□ng and cross-hauling operation is in the bay head section of the Durban Harbour. This operation employs some 20 employees and turns over R12m per annum. The main customer in this business unit is a Turkish company called EtiMaden, the world’s largest producer of Boron based chemicals. They produce coagulants, fertilizer additives and slag management chemicals. These chemicals have major applications in steel furnaces and slag management. This is what gave us a thorough background and relationships into the steel manufacturing industry.

Sandile’s tertiary education started with a BA Degree followed by an LLB Degree from Natal University. Later he completed the MBA course work, pending the dissertation project from the Westville UKZN business school. Later on, he completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations, also from Natal University. He has also completed various management training courses in Fuel and chemical distribution management, Human resources, HSEQ management and facilities management.