The company was founded in 1998 by Thina Methule and Driekie D`Arcy, with nothing, but a dream and a lot of ambition. During the years that followed, the structure of the company changed to conform to requirements of our Clients. Between 2003-2013, Bongani Telecom was a Service Provider for Telkom SA. We were running up to 20 teams over a vast rugged area. Our Head Office was situated in the Port Elizabeth area: Uitenhage. We had satellite offices running in Stutterheim, Cradock, Grahamstown and East London. Bongani Telecom provided service to Telkom on their Out Side Plant in Eastern, Northern, Western Cape and the Free State. Bongani Telecom and our workforce have always been very flexible and are prepared to work anywhere in the country and bordering countries. We employed between 80-120 people, depending on the workload.

In 2015 Bongani Telecom had the opportunity to be part of the biggest Broadband rollout in the history of South Africa. Thanks to a partnership between Neotel and the Western Cape Government, 2000 sites that include schools, libraries, and health facilities, have been identified to receive broadband connections within the next few years. Bongani Telecom was one of only a handful of Full Turn Key Service Providers that have been installing these connections. We arrived in Cape Town at the start of 2015 as the “new kid on the block” from the Eastern Cape. We continued to complete a large portion of these projects successfully since then.

In 2021 we received Level 1 Accreditation from Sita, that gave us the opportunity to be part of the Eastern Cape Government and Liquid Tech Broadband rollout. This project is currently still in progress, connecting mostly Schools to fast internet connections, making it possible for the children to get access to a better future.

Thanks to our extensive experience in the Telecoms market, we were able to grow fast and effectively during the past years. We are proud to say we have established ourselves in Eastern, Southern and Western Cape and are a trusted Service Provider to all our Clients. We take our commitments very serious, and our quality is not negotiable. We work quickly and efficiently because we know that the faster we can get our connections completed, the faster our Clients can start getting revenue from the installations.

Although our main work is with Liquid Tech and Telkom, we have other clients like ZTE/MTN, Frogfoot, Herotel, Nokia, Martin and East, City of Cape Town, Wiocc and Fibretime. We do have an established track record of quality and reliability that stretches over more than 2 decades. We are serious about doing business and we take our commitments and those of our Clients very seriously.

Bongani has always been proud of our quality and workmanship. It is an honour to drive our clearly marked vehicles through the valleys of the Eastern and Western Cape. We display our signboards on every site we work on, making it easy to be identified. We are making our employees aware of our image and the impact it has on both us and our external clients. Now more than ever it is important to always be aware that without visible identification, it will be impossible to get access to the premises we need to perform our duties. Our brand has been around for many years and is trusted by clients and the communities where we work.