COMPANY OWNERSHIP

ZIYA Investments (Pty) Ltd is a fully black owned, registered company.

Its core business is in the field of Consulting, Financial Services, Business Facilitation, Investments and Travel & Tourism.

ZIYA Investments (Pty) Ltd has already established a business partnership with the ABSA Group in the field of Financial Services and also with KPMG in the area of Consulting.

COMPANY MANAGEMENT

Mr Sabelo Mahlalela is founder and Managing Director of ZIYA Investments (Pty) Ltd.   

His key areas of expertise include Project and programme management; Policy development and strategic planning; Public sector knowledge and regional expertise.

Feasibility study and investment framework; Tourism research and Stakeholder mobilisation and co-ordination.

TRACK RECORD                              

Following his graduation from the University of Fort Hare, Sabelo joined Mvula Trust as a Social Scientist and managed Mvula Trust’s programme on water supply and sanitation in the then Eastern Transvaal. In 1994, Sabelo served as a Regional Transport Co-ordinator of the Independent Electoral Commission in the first democratic election of South Africa.

In 1995, he joined Mpumalanga’s Department of Economic affairs and Tourism and became instrumental in formulating both the provincial tourism white paper and that of the national government.

In 1998 Sabelo joined the Mpumalanga Tourism Authority as the General Manager (position equivalent to a Chief Director) responsible for tourism development and macro planning in the province of Mpumalanga. His business mission undertaken world-wide includes amongst others trips to Germany, United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, Switzerland, Reunion Island, Italy, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Nigeria, and Benin. 

In 2000, Sabelo joined KPMG as a Senior Manager in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Group and was later seconded by KPMG to the Johannesburg World Summit Company (JOWSCO) to head the Tourism and Business Liaison Unit within JOWSCO. His main task within JOWSCO was to use the Summit and tourism in a creative way to derive an economic value for South Africa and Southern Africa, and in the long-term position South Africa as a preferred tourism destination in the world.

The independent study conducted by Urban-Econ and the Bureau of Market Research on economic impact of the Summit on the South African economy has established that more than R9- billion was generated through greater economic activity to the South African economy, and the long-term effects of the Summit on South Africa as a tourist destination of choice would be significant.

CONTACT

Sabelo Mahlalelo

083-442-9675