TIDNIC  ·  ICT infrastructure, industrial supply and skills  ·  Est. 2009

From the first node to the last metre.

We build the physical network, integrate the systems that run on it, supply the equipment that keeps it running, and train the people who operate it. Seventeen years across four provinces, under one accountable contract.

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17yrs
Delivering ICT
since 2009
22 000+
Telecom lines
delivered
4
Provinces with
active work
100%
Black-owned,
B-BBEE compliant
What we build

Ten lines,
one contract

Most clients start with one and add others. When the network, the application, the hosting and the spares sit with one supplier, there is nobody to point at when something stops working — including us. Select any line to see what it covers.

Where the work lands
Public sector & municipalTransport & mobilityEnergy & utilitiesPower generation & heavy industryEducation & trainingSMEs & enterprise developmentSpecial economic zonesData centres & telecoms
Industrial skills & training

A workforce ready for the plant that exists — and the one that's coming.

Industrial investment only pays off when there are people who can run it. TIDNIC designs and delivers industry-aligned training at scale — from factory readiness and supervisory leadership to automation, AI-assisted operations and predictive maintenance — and ties every programme to real equipment, real sites and real employment outcomes.

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Taxi industry workshop for chairpersons and deputy chairpersons, Ekurhuleni Leadership workshop in session Taxi industry leadership programme session TIDNIC technical team on a live installation
Taxi industry workshop — chairpersons and deputy chairpersons, Ekurhuleni.
Practical firstLearners train on working equipment — the same networks, control systems and rotating plant we build and supply.
AlignedProgrammes mapped to QCTO occupational qualifications and sector skills plans, delivered in partnership with the QCTO.
MeasuredLearner tracking, attendance, assessment and placement reported to funder standard from day one.
Built to scaleMulti-site, multi-funder programmes run through a Programme Management Office, not a spreadsheet.
Track 01

Core industrial skills

For the plant that exists.

  • Factory readiness and workplace induction
  • Graduate- and artisan-to-industry bridging
  • Supervisory and plant leadership
  • Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement
  • Safety, quality and compliance
  • SMME and supplier development
Track 02

Industry 4.0 skills

For the plant that's coming.

  • Robotics and industrial automation
  • AI-assisted industrial operations
  • Industrial IoT and digital twins
  • Industrial cybersecurity
  • Data analytics and predictive maintenance
  • Renewable energy, battery and hydrogen technologies

Our qualifications

TIDNIC has applied to the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations for accreditation as a Skills Development Provider across six occupational qualifications. Applications were lodged in November 2026 and are in process. Further qualifications will follow.

Cloud AdministratorQualification ID 118699  ·  149 credits  ·  NQF 4
Internet-of-Things DeveloperQualification ID 119262  ·  141 credits  ·  NQF 4
Supply Chain PractitionerQualification ID 110942  ·  180 credits  ·  NQF 5
Intermediate Occupational Certificate: Freight Handling PractitionerQualification ID 122623  ·  122 credits
Entrepreneurial Business ManagerQualification ID 124447  ·  120 credits
Mixed Crop and Livestock FarmerQualification ID 125077  ·  197 credits
Accreditation status. These six applications have been formally acknowledged by the QCTO and are progressing through the accreditation process. TIDNIC is not yet accredited for them, and no learner may be enrolled on a QCTO qualification before accreditation is granted. Reference numbers and acknowledgement letters are available to funders and clients on request.

Reskill, don't replace

Automation changes the work more than it removes the worker. We move existing teams into higher-skilled roles on the same systems we build, supply and maintain.

Electrician
SCADA and instrumentation technician
IT support
Network and industrial cybersecurity technician
Maintenance fitter
Condition-monitoring and predictive-maintenance technician
Graduate or artisan
Plant-ready technologist

Built around your plant

For employers and investors, we plan the workforce before the plant opens — so people are ready when production starts, not six months after.

01Diagnose

Skills audit and competency assessment against the roles the plant actually needs.

02Design

Programmes mapped to occupational qualifications and to the employer's own equipment.

03Deliver

Practical training on site or at a dedicated training facility, by qualified facilitators and registered assessors.

04Place & report

Workplace placement, learner tracking and outcome reporting to every funder.

Built on existing institutions, not in place of them. We co-deliver with TVET colleges, universities, sector bodies and industry partners, adding the practical, equipment-based layer between a formal qualification and productive work.
Corporate identity & web

One team takes it from the logo
to the live site.

Most organisations end up with a designer, a copywriter, a web developer and a hosting company who have never spoken to each other — and a brand that falls apart somewhere between them. We do the whole thing: identity, company profile, stationery, signage, the website, and the domain, email and hosting it runs on. Nothing is handed between suppliers.

Brand identity

Logo, colour, typography and a logo manual your team can actually apply.

Company profile

Written and designed, supplied as a print PDF and a lighter one for email.

Print & signage

Business cards, letterheads, stationery and site signage, print-ready.

Website

Designed, written and built mobile-first, with the copy drafted for you.

Domain, email & hosting

Managed in-house on our own hosting, with data kept in South Africa.

POPIA & support

Privacy notice, cookie consent, handover training and ongoing updates.

Brands we have built

Machipu HoldingsCommunity developmentmachipu.com ↗Hitari Risk ManagersConstruction riskhitari.co.za ↗87 Future EnterprisesIntegrated security87future.co.za ↗Ignitius InvestmentsCapital and advisoryignitius.africa ↗Mabethu ConsultanceProcurement and supplymabethuconsultance.co.za ↗Dr Seife T. KidaneScholar and diplomatseifetkafrikano.africa ↗SASTA ConsultingEnergy and advisorysasta.africa ↗Evaton NPCHeritage and land rightsevaton.org.za ↗Sheer EntertainmentEntertainment and eventssheerentertainment.co.za ↗

Your brand, your property. You receive the editable source files and the logo manual, and the domain is registered in your name — not ours. If you ever leave, everything leaves with you.

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Flagship programme

15 million
journeys a day

Since 2021 we have delivered turn-key ICT infrastructure for the South African National Taxi Council. The minibus taxi industry carries more South Africans than every other public transport mode combined, and runs on records that live in a person's head. Fix the records and the industry becomes bankable — an infrastructure problem before it is a fintech one.

Rank connectivitySurveillance Aerial surveyFleet telematics Cashless fare integrationMembership systems HostingField support
Rank site survey
Rank site survey — coverage assessment ahead of network and camera build.
What's next

Where the
market is going

A company that only lists what it has already done is a record, not a proposal. These are the six capabilities we are building next, and the evidence behind each.

Track record

Seventeen years,
named clients

Every engagement below is tied to a client, a period and a scope. Filter by status.

Leadership

The people
accountable

One contract means one accountable team. These are the people who answer for delivery.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Thulani Cindi — Strategic direction and executive partnerships

General Manager

Markus Peens — Operations and day-to-day management

Head of Project Management

Nomalizo Xabana — Central project coordination and delivery

Head of Programme Management Office

Kenny Kgasago — Programme reporting, systems and resource allocation

Digital & Creatives Manager

Kingsley Chirwa — Brand, web and creative direction

Procurement

Tender-ready
before you ask.

Public-sector and state-owned-enterprise bids are won on price and kept on paperwork. Our tender pack is maintained and current, and a capability statement mapped to your bid specification comes back inside two business days.

100% black-ownedB-BBEE compliantQCTO partnerISO 9001-aligned QMSSATS 1286 local contentNEC3 SC3 readyPOPIA-aligned
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In the tender pack
  • Company registration (CIPC) and shareholding
  • Central Supplier Database (CSD) report
  • SARS tax compliance status
  • B-BBEE certificate or sworn affidavit
  • COIDA letter of good standing
  • Quality management system manual
  • Signed QCP / ITP templates and method statements
  • Reference letters from named project sponsors
Common questions

What buyers
usually ask

Where in South Africa does TIDNIC deliver?
TIDNIC delivers nationally, with active work in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The head office is at 30 Kerk Street, Kempton Park, Gauteng, fifteen minutes from OR Tambo International. Field and training teams travel to site for installation, survey, supply, training and maintenance work.
Is TIDNIC accredited by the QCTO?
TIDNIC has applied to the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations for accreditation as a Skills Development Provider across six occupational qualifications: Cloud Administrator, Internet-of-Things Developer, Supply Chain Practitioner, Freight Handling Practitioner, Entrepreneurial Business Manager, and Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer. The applications were lodged in November 2026, have been formally acknowledged by the QCTO, and are in process. Accreditation has not yet been granted, and no learner will be enrolled on a QCTO qualification before it is. Acknowledgement letters and reference numbers are available on request. Non-accredited industry training continues to be delivered in the meantime.
What training does TIDNIC deliver?
Industry-aligned programmes across two tracks. Core industrial skills cover factory readiness, graduate and artisan bridging, supervisory and plant leadership, lean and continuous improvement, and safety, quality and compliance. Industry 4.0 skills cover automation, AI-assisted operations, industrial IoT, cybersecurity, predictive maintenance and renewable-energy technologies. Programmes are aligned to QCTO occupational qualifications and delivered in partnership with the QCTO.
Can TIDNIC design training around a new plant or investment?
Yes. For employers and investors, TIDNIC plans the workforce before the plant opens: a skills audit, programmes built around the actual equipment, competency assessment, and support through commissioning so that people are ready when production starts.
How does TIDNIC manage large training programmes?
With the same disciplines TIDNIC applies to national infrastructure work: a Programme Management Office, Management Information Systems for learner tracking, and outcome reporting built to funder requirements. Programmes can be co-delivered with TVET colleges, universities and industry partners rather than duplicating them.
Does TIDNIC supply spares to power stations and heavy industry?
Yes. TIDNIC's Industrial & Energy Supply division supplies OEM and OEM-approved spares — cooling fans, ventilation and extraction fans, process blowers, motors, pumps, and electrical and C&I equipment — to power stations, utilities, mines and heavy industry, on multi-year term contracts or as-and-when against official purchase orders, with a delivery programme issued within three working days and a signed data pack with every delivery.
Can TIDNIC work under NEC3 supply contracts?
Yes. The supply model is structured around the NEC3 Supply Contract (SC3) used by state-owned enterprises: programme submission, delay and low-performance damages, defect correction and access periods, and monthly reporting on on-time delivery, specification conformance, documentation, warranty response and defect correction.
How does TIDNIC handle local content requirements?
Where a tender sets a local-content threshold, TIDNIC prioritises South African manufacturers and declares local and imported content in line with SATS 1286 and the Preferential Procurement Regulations. Items are otherwise sourced directly from Original Equipment Manufacturers and their authorised South African distributors.
Is TIDNIC B-BBEE compliant and black-owned?
Yes. TIDNIC is 100% black-owned and B-BBEE compliant. The company was founded by Thulani Cindi in 2009, registered in 2010 and converted to a private company in 2012. A B-BBEE certificate or sworn affidavit, tax compliance status, CSD report and company registration documents are available on request.
Does TIDNIC do corporate branding and websites?
Yes — it is one of TIDNIC's core services. The Corporate Identity and Web division delivers the whole job with one team: brand identity and logo manual, company profile, business cards, stationery and signage, and a mobile-first website, together with the domain, business email and hosting, which are managed in-house with data kept in South Africa. Brands built by TIDNIC include Machipu Holdings, Hitari Risk Managers, 87 Future Enterprises, Ignitius Investments, Mabethu Consultance, SASTA Consulting, Evaton NPC and Sheer Entertainment. Clients receive the editable source files and the logo manual, and domains are registered in the client's own name.
Where is hosted data stored?
In South Africa. Data residency matters increasingly for public-sector and POPIA-sensitive workloads. TIDNIC offers domains, business email, shared and managed hosting, virtual private servers, dedicated servers and colocation, with scheduled off-site backup and tested restore procedures.
Can TIDNIC take on a single service, or is it all or nothing?
Either. Most clients start with one of the ten service lines and add others over time. The advantage of combining them is accountability: when the network, the application, the spares and the training sit with one supplier, there is a single party responsible when something stops working.
What is the SANTACO programme?
Since 2021 TIDNIC has delivered turn-key ICT infrastructure for the South African National Taxi Council — rank connectivity, surveillance, aerial site survey, fleet telematics, cashless fare integration, membership systems, hosting and field support. Reliable operational records are the precondition for the industry's access to vehicle finance, insurance and business funding.
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