Thobani Mkhwanazi

Company Managing Director

Philile Mkhwanazi

Finance Administrative Manager

“To live a creative life, We must loose our fear of being wrong”

Philile is a self-motivated , ambitious, hardworking and multi skilled person who believes in “nothing is impossible until it done”
As an analytical Chemist graduate with a 5yrs experience in the field from the companies Bauxite Bay, Anglo American, Be-tabs, and lastly Erwat. She has possessed excellent analytical, Communication skills and a dedicated approach to work in a highly controlled working environment.

Being ambitious and enthusiasm has landed Philile to an Operational Manager position at OEM Support Solutions. Holding this position has developed her excellency to any task she undertake.
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Her friendly, ever smilling attitude make it even easier to work with and always willing to help.

“If I get an opportunity of learning anything new I grab it with both hands and do my best of my ability.”

Bahle Magwaza

Financial Manager

 

Nokwanda Mkhwanazi

Sales and Marketing

Petrus Janse Van Rensburg

Senior Technician

Petrus started his career in the refrigerated transport industry as a technician early on, and after a full decade in the industry, he managed the maintenance of a fleet of 340 refrigerated vehicles for a privately-owned transporter in the East Rand. In 2012, Petrus chose a different career path as a maintenance technician at Homsek dairies, where he had exposure to a multitude of different types of equipment including tetrapak. After the company unfortunately fell on hard times, he moved to Montic dairy in Heidelberg where the exposure to different machinery types only expanded.

Petrus then moved to Dewfresh after some time and gained experience with different types of equipment and machines used by our customers, this experience also proved valuable as it would set the foundation for his current position at OEM Support Solutions.
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“I am a firm believer in creating and nurturing customer relationships as well as ethical practices when it comes to the needs and expectations of our customers and I believe that a job is always done correctly or not at all.”

Tim Buso

Senior Technician

Tim is a dedicated, organized and self-motivated individual who has more than 28 years of experience in different engineering fields and industries. He started his engineering career as an electrician and technician at the following automotive companies; Goodyear SA, Firestone and VWSA; he then moved to Pharmaceutical companies, Aspen PharmCare and Fresenius Kabi. Tim thereafter joined FMCG companies Clover SA, Woodlands Dairies and Pioneer Foods of which the later he was the maintenance manager before joining OEM. He has more than 15 years of experience on TetraPak machines. His philosophy is “Great ideas don’t work without you doing the actual work.”

Lwazi Finca

Senior Technician

Lwazi Finca was born in Eastern Cape Butterworth Lwazi is a Graduate of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in the study Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current). Awarded a number of awards at NMMU (NMU) in the sport category archives awards by the university. Has over a Decade of experience with Tetra Pak Equipment. Started his career at Woodlands Dairy UHT packaging working on Tetra Pak machines as a trainer, where he worked for 7 years progressing through the ranks from junior Technician to Technician at record time. He then joined Clover PE worked 2 years for the company working on Tetra pack and Combiboc Machines. He then work one year for pioneer foods (Ceres) just before joining OEM.
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Lwazi is a noble gentlemen who walked before others, leading by example in so many ways. 21st century leader, a thinker, determined leader has represented African in the practice of karate which is more than a sport, a committed sports man, a coach.

Thabo Munyamani

Junior Technician

Thabo is a junior technician here at OEM, he has over six years of experience. Over the years, Thabo attended various courses and acquired numerous qualifications in his field, he has worked with Tetra Pak for 3 years before joining the OEM team.

Thabo has a strong work ethic, his punctuality, hard work and dedication is unmatched. He strives under pressure and always does his best to keep a healthy working environment with his colleagues, works well alone but, in his own words, “nothing could replace the fun and productivity of working within a team”.

“The one thing I admire about myself is the ability to adapt quickly to different working environments.

Khayelihle Zulu

Junior Technician

Khayelihle is a young energetic individual who is very strong and dedicated and very passionate about his job, he holds a national diploma in mechanical engineering and N6 in electrical engineering. He started his career at Volkswagen Group SA as a trainee technician then joined Jindal Africa as a junior planner and technical support, now he is currently working as part of the OEM team as a Junior technician.

Khayelihle is eager to achieve a progressive positive change in the field of engineering and bring change in South Africa as a community by setting a good example to young ones.

“If I get an opportunity of learning anything new I grab it with both hands and do my best of my ability.”

 

Njabulo Miya

Trainee Technician

Njabulo worked as a machine operator with more than 7 years of experience, monitoring and operating machines in a manufacturing proficient and determining faults, as well as conducting repairs.

Njabulo previously worked with Tiger Brands, Pioneer Foods, and Orange Grove Dairy as a machine operator.

Njabulo joined the OEM team as a Trainee Technician.

Romeo Nxumalo

Trainee Technician

Brian Demorgan

Contractor

Julius Shangwa

Contractor

Mthokozisi Mkhwanazi

Conveyor Fitter

Mthokozisi Mkhwanazi is an energetic individual who is very strong, dedicated and very passionate about his job. He holds a conveyor and fitting certificate and is a qualified welder. Mthokozisi started his career at OEM in 2019, cleaning and fitting conveyors with a keen attitude to do far more than just that; his certificate of appreciation from OEM proves this. Mthokozisi is an example to his young ones to prove that using your mind to work with your hands can do more for you. “If I get the opportunity to learn anything new, I grab it with both hands and do the best of my ability.”

Nhlanzeko Nxongo

Store Controller