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expansions, technological innovations, and adding a
slagment business to our portfolio, the AfriSam brand
was born in 2008.
The name “AfriSam” reflects its African heritage (“Afri”)
and the word “samente” or “disamente,” meaning
cement in six of South Africa’s official languages.
Products And Services
AfriSam offers a comprehensive range of construction
materials tailored to diverse customer needs.
These include:
Cement: Manufactured to meet SABS standards,
AfriSam’s cement products are suitable for
residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
Readymix Concrete: AfriSam delivers high-
quality readymix concrete solutions for various
construction projects, ensuring consistency and secure payment gateways are also available
and reliability. via the website.
Aggregate: AfriSam’s aggregate quarries produce Quality Assurance: AfriSam guarantees technical
a wide range of crushed stone and sand products excellence and product reliability through
used in road construction, building foundations, rigorous testing and quality control. Its cement,
and other structural applications. aggregates, and concrete meet industry
standards and customer expectations.
Slagment: A by-product of steel manufacturing, Local Production: All products are proudly
slagment is used to enhance the durability and manufactured in South Africa, Lesotho, and
sustainability of concrete. AfriSam’s slag grinding Eswatini, supporting local economies and
plant ensures a steady supply of this eco-friendly reducing supply chain risks.
material.
Sustainability Commitment: AfriSam integrates
Why Do Business With AfriSam energy efficiency, waste management, and
AfriSam presents a compelling value proposition built carbon reduction into its operations. The
on decades of experience, a broad product offering, company actively contributes to community
and a commitment to sustainability and customer development and environmental stewardship.
service. Here are the key reasons to partner with Technical Expertise: A skilled team offers support
AfriSam: in product selection, mix design, and on-site testing.
Reputation and Experience: With over 90 years AfriSam’s technical teams also develops application-
in the industry, AfriSam is a trusted provider of specific solutions using advanced facilities.
high-quality construction materials. The company Iconic Structures
operates with integrity, ethics, and AfriSam has played a pivotal role in shaping South
professionalism. Africa’s infrastructure, supplying materials for landmark
Wide Range of Products: AfriSam offers a developments such as the King Shaka Airport, Spring
comprehensive selection of cement, aggregates Grove Dam and, most recently, the upgrade of the
and readymix concrete – allowing customers to N3 highway. The company’s expertise has also been
streamline procurement by sourcing from a single critical in large-scale initiatives like the Lesotho
supplier. Highlands Water Project, where it contributed to both
Reliable Supply Chain: A robust infrastructure of earlier phases and upcoming works including the
production facilities and distribution centres Polihali Dam and a 34-kilometre transfer tunnel. These
ensures timely and dependable delivery across a projects underscore AfriSam’s technical leadership and
wide geographic area. long-standing industry presence.
Customer Service Excellence: AfriSam prioritises
customer satisfaction through responsive service Looking Ahead
and long-term relationship building. Its dedicated As a responsible construction materials producer,
sales and support teams provide tailored AfriSam complies with Social and Labour Plan
solutions and efficient issue resolution. regulations, but its vision and actions go well beyond
Digital Convenience: The ClickToGo e-experience that. With its 90 years in business, AfriSam exemplifies
platform enables customers to manage the value of stable businesses that actively develop
accounts, place orders, make payments, and skills and sustain jobs, retaining the groundwork on
access documentation online. Credit applications which the economy can grow.
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