About Us

Our Credentials

The Ziegler Group
Established in 1908 in Belgium, the Ziegler Group is an international supply chain service provider offering all modes of transport namely air, sea, road and rail. The Ziegler Group is rated amongst the European leaders in supply chain, with our head office based in Brussels and a footprint of over 700 operations in 200 countries worldwide.

Ziegler South Africa

Ziegler South Africa is represented in all major cities with our headquarters based in Johannesburg. We are also one of the few multinationals with overland border offices offering regular services to our neighbouring countries, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique.

Our footprint in Africa:

• Johannesburg (head office)
• Durban
• Cape Town
• Port Elizabeth
• Groblersbrug
• Beitbridge
• Kopfontein

Ziegler South Africa (Pty) Ltd subscribes to the group mindset of “ Think Global Act Local”.

Our Company Culture

The Ziegler culture is based on our motto “Think Global, Act Local”. At Ziegler, we encourage our team to be innovative and entrepreneurial by making the world a smaller place for our customers. Ziegler sees itself growing and shaking up the market in South Africa’s dynamic and demanding economy through boundless ingenuity and product novelty.

Honesty, Integrity, Accountability and Respect are traits our team members unequivocally possess.

Our BBBEE Commitment

The South African government encourages South African companies to adhere to their Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policies, making it crucial for all companies in South Africa to be compliant in this regard. These policies were put into place to improve the country’s growth, with the purpose of uplifting previously disadvantaged demographics. Ziegler South Africa is proud to be one of the few clearing and forwarding agents in South Africa to have been awarded a level 2 BBBEE accreditation. We are committed to further contributing to Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment by expanding our local presence and forging long-term relationships with emerging entrepreneurs – Think global, act local.

Our rating benefits our clients allowing them to claim back 125% of their spend with us towards their own preferential procurement category in their scorecard.

Learnership Program

At Ziegler we believe in investing in the youth and giving them an opportunity to learn and gain experience to prepare them for working in the industry. Our learners receive training from an Accredited Service Provider who offers Accredited Training Programs in the form of fun and informative learnerships.

Our learners complete the Freight Forwarding and Customs Compliance NQF Level 3.

After completing the 3 months learning simulation at the Accredited Training Company our learners are hosted at our Ziegler offices where they will be exposed to everyday operations in various departments. After 6 months at our premises they need to prepare and present a proposal about our industry and business. This learnership program empowers students by giving them the necessary skills and teaching Learners to be self-motivated, multi-skilled and ready to pursue a career in the supply chain industry.

Our Ziegler Learners are ready for any challenge in the work environment, most of our learners are either employed at our own premises or In-house at a client.