Zana Manzi Services

What Zana Manzi Services does

Zana Manzi Services (Pty) Ltd is a South African B2B water and wastewater services provider established in 2005 as a subsidiary of Water and Sanitation Services South Africa (WSSA). The company delivers an integrated lifecycle offering — construction, operation and maintenance, refurbishment/upgrade/expansion, technical support, and asset management — to municipalities, government departments, and Water Boards across South Africa. Technologically, the company operates treatment works, pump stations, boreholes, package plants, mobile plants, and spring protection systems, with membrane bioreactor (MBR) and conventional activated sludge (CAS) capabilities evidenced by the 92 MLD Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works it manages for the City of Cape Town.

The business model is managed services-led, with revenue generated through long-term operations and maintenance contracts, construction projects, and technical support engagements tied to South African public-sector procurement. The company is 51% owned by Execu-Water Services (a 100% black-owned entity) and 49% by WSSA, giving it BBBEE Level 1 status — a critical credential for public-sector tenders — alongside CIDB grading 8CE, 8ME, 6EP and ISO 9001/14001/45001 certifications. Operating from offices in Johannesburg, Empangeni and Cape Town, the company manages approximately 50 water treatment plants and 50+ wastewater treatment plants across Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, drawing on the WSSA Group's resource base of over 1,100 employees.

The go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct engagement with public-sector buyers, with credentials and awards (Green Drop Gold in 2011 and 2013) serving as primary trust signals rather than digital marketing. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with negotiated B2B government contracts. The 2022 unification of Zana Manzi Services, WSSA and Proxa under a single CEO signals an integrated platform approach to delivering water treatment services across both public and private sector clients in South Africa.

Name

Zana Manzi Services

Legal name

Zana Manzi Services (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://zanamanzi.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zana Manzi Services is a South African B2B water and wastewater services provider delivering construction, operations, maintenance, refurbishment, and asset management to municipalities, government departments, and Water Boards across Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. It is a BBBEE Level 1, CIDB 8CE/8ME/6EP-graded subsidiary of WSSA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Maintenance & Reliability (RCM, Work Management, Spares) (EUANALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Systems & Treatment (Pumps/Boilers/Water Heaters/Filtration) (IMAIABAK)

Keywords

• Water treatment services
• Wastewater management
• Municipal water infrastructure
• Water operations maintenance
• Water treatment construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg (Woodmead)

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Water and Wastewater Services: Revenue generated from management, refurbishment, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems. Services include construction of water and wastewater systems, ongoing operations and maintenance, and technical support contracts with municipalities and government departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Zana Manzi Services specialises in the management, refurbishment, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems for municipalities, government departments, and Water Boards across South Africa. The company offers an integrated service portfolio covering construction of treatment works, pump stations and boreholes, full operation and maintenance, electrical/mechanical refurbishment and upgrades, Blue Drop and Green Drop compliance support, and asset management including asset registers and O&M plans.

Product overview

Zana Manzi Services offers a unified portfolio of water and wastewater services consisting of five interconnected core service areas: Supply and Installation of Water and Wastewater Systems (covering treatment works, pump stations, boreholes, and package plants), Operation and Maintenance Services (handling daily operations, repairs, and community support), Refurbishment, Upgrade and Expansion of Existing Systems (electrical and mechanical upgrades), Technical Support (Blue/Green Drop compliance, water quality monitoring), and Asset Management (asset registers, condition reports, and management plans). These services are delivered as an integrated offering to municipalities, government departments, and Water Boards across South Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Supply and Installation of Water and Wastewater Systems Installation services for municipalities, government departments and Water Boards covering treatment works, pump stations, spring protection, mechanical and electrical installations, boreholes including treatment package plants, mobile plants, and package plants.
• Operation and Maintenance Services Comprehensive operational services including raw water abstraction, treatment, storage and distribution, borehole operations, sewage collection and sludge disposal, process and chemical optimisation, preventative maintenance, repairs and refurbishments, support to community-based schemes, and electrical, mechanical and instrumentation maintenance, delivered to municipalities and government departments.
• Refurbishment, Upgrade and Expansion of Existing Systems Services covering electrical and mechanical refurbishment, upgrade and expansion of existing water and wastewater treatment infrastructure for public-sector clients.
• Technical Support Technical support services including Blue Drop and Green Drop compliance, water and effluent quality monitoring and control, water services policy development and review, tanker management, and unaccounted-for water management, provided to municipalities and Water Boards.
• Asset Management Asset management services including initial system assessment and asset condition reports, system maintenance repair and replacement, asset registers, asset management plans and O&M plans, and asset management systems support, delivered to municipalities, government departments and Water Boards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92 MLD Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works capacity managed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Proxa (Pty) Ltd: Sister company under the WSSA Group delivering industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa. Shares the unified Group CEO and competes/adjoins in the same SA water services tenders as ZMS.
• Water and Sanitation Services South Africa (WSSA): Parent company holding 49% of Zana Manzi Services, providing access to the 1,100+ group-wide resource base and overlapping public-sector water services portfolio. WSSA operates water/wastewater O&M and construction for SA municipalities through both ZMS and Proxa, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Bosch Projects (a SMEC company): South African engineering and project delivery firm specialising in water, mining and infrastructure projects across Africa, including municipal water and wastewater treatment plants. Directly comparable as a delivery-focused contractor competing for the same SA public-sector water contracts as ZMS.

Regional players

• Magalies Water: Water board serving North West and Gauteng with bulk water and wastewater services. Comparable as a state-owned water services operator in South Africa, though focused on a different regional catchment, providing a benchmark for public-sector water services delivery models.

Broad incumbents

• Rand Water: Largest bulk-water utility in South Africa, supplying potable water to Gauteng and surrounding areas. While primarily a bulk supplier rather than a contractor, it is a state-owned water services comparator whose procurement and operational benchmarks set the context ZMS competes in.
• SAUR (Saur Group): French-headquartered water services group with growing African footprint providing outsourcing of municipal water and wastewater operations. Overlaps with ZMS on public-sector O&M tender opportunities in southern Africa as a privately held, delivery-focused international competitor.
• Royal HaskoningDHV (South Africa): International engineering consultancy with a deep SA water practice delivering feasibility, design and asset management services to municipalities and Water Boards. Frequently partners with - and competes against - specialist O&M contractors like ZMS on water infrastructure projects.
• uMgeni-uThukela Water: KwaZulu-Natal water board managing bulk water supply, treatment and distribution infrastructure. Overlaps directly with ZMS's KZN portfolio (Zululand DM, Empangeni HQ, City of uMhlathuze, UMngeni-Uthukela Water Board contracts) and awards contracts of the type ZMS services.
• AECOM South Africa (Water business): Global engineering consultancy with a significant water infrastructure practice in South Africa covering design, programme management and O&M advisory for municipalities. Competes with ZMS for the upstream engineering and programme management work that complements plant operations.
• Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (South Africa): Subsidiary of global water-services group Veolia offering municipal and industrial water/wastewater treatment solutions in South Africa. Competes for the same municipal O&M and plant upgrade tenders as ZMS, though at significantly larger scale and technology depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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