Sivuno Sekuthula Projects (SSP) is a fertilizer trading and marketing company with offices in Swaziland and South Africa. It is part of the larger Meridian International Group, which has been supplying fertilizer to Africa for 25 years. Meridian employs over 7,500 people and produces over 1.25 million tonnes of fertilizer annually through its manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations across multiple African countries. SSP focuses on procuring, trading, and shipping fertilizer throughout Africa on behalf of Meridian.

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Sivuno Sekuthula Projects, (SSP) is a company registered in both Swaziland and South
Africa involved in the trading and marketing of fertilizer and fertilizer related products
having its principal offices located at Plot 417 King Mswati Ave, Matsapha East, Swaziland
and in South Africa at No 44, 41 7th
Ave, Parktown North, Johannesburg.
SSP forms a part of the greater Meridian International Group of Companies, registered in
Mauritius, by providing the vital services of procurement, trading and shipping of fertiliser
throughout the group.
Supplying fertilizer to the African region has been Meridian’s core business for a quarter of a
century. The focus of the group is the manufacture and distribution of fertilizer, coupled
with the trading of agricultural commodities in the African continent as well as
internationally.
The group traces its origins back more than 25 years and today employs over 7,500 people
responsible for the production and delivery of over 1,250,000 tonnes per annum of its own
production and imported goods throughout the region.
The group currently trades approximately 65% of all fertiliser into the region and with the
addition of a Sasol Phosphoric Acid plant has started the production of Phosphoric Acid and
MAP (Mono Ammonium Phosphate) stands to dominate the South African market a
2,000,000 metric/tonne per annum market.
Group Companies
Meridian Consolidated Investments represents a regional network of the group’s
international activities and home to SSP, which carries out international procurement and
marketing. Also located in Mauritius is Sivuno Investments (Pty) Ltd responsible for
providing international dollar based trade for the group, financial and logistics services to
the group and its related activities. The latter includes the chartering of vessels for shipment
of fertilisers and the overall responsibility for cross-border movement of goods, ensuring a
co-ordinated approach to the distribution of the commodities which are the life-blood of
the organisation.
Our mission statement is simple:
“To create successful partnerships with customers through the reliable supply of fertiliser
products to our African and International markets by establishing successful relationships
with credible suppliers for the benefit of all stakeholders involved.”

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Meridian Group Structure
Quick Facts:
 Group Turnover in excess of US$ 450 million (2012/13 Budgeted - $550 million)
 Companies registered in South Africa, Mauritius, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia,
Mozambique, Swaziland, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Switzerland.
 Over 60 varieties of fertiliser, from NPK’s, Urea, AN, DAP, MAP, KCL, Phos Acid etc
 Fertiliser tonnage moved – 1,250million mt/annum
 Manufactures, trades, and processes soft commodities such as maize, tobacco, rice,
soya beans, ground nuts, pigeon peas/dahl, kidney beans, macadamia nuts and beef.
 Manufactures, trades, stores and processes soft commodities – 125,000mt/annum
 Storage and warehousing facilities capacity 125,000m2
In addition: fertiliser blending operations, animal feeds, seed production, retail stores/co-
operatives, port facilities, silos, warehousing, farming operations
Structure of SIVUNO
 Sivuno Investments registered in Mauritius due to foreign exchange capacity and
trading and ease of trade into Africa and Internationally.
 Sivuno Sekuthulu Projects in Swaziland and South Africa.
 Amalgamated Resources provides the trading and documentary services
 African International Energy provides Business Development, Strategic Development
and funding of facilities
 Combined Total Facility with banks in excess of US$250million in the form of Trade
Finance and Working Capital Draw Down facilities.
 Banking Facilities: Standard Chartered Bank, First National Bank, Nedbank Capital,
.

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Group Company Profile - Snapshot
 Production
o Fertilizer (Granulation, Bulk Blending and production)
o South Africa
 South Africa
 FWL Bulk Blending – Tzaneen – (125,000mt/pa)
 FarmFos Granulation (SSP) – Phalaborwa – (50,000mt/pa)
 Phalaborwa plant – Phos. Acid/ MAP/ Bulk Blending - (800,00mt/pa)
 Wonderfontein Bulk Blending – (135,000mt/pa)
 Malawi
 Optichem – Blantyre - (125,000mt/pa)
 Blending and granulation – Liwonde – (75,000mt/pa)
 Blending and granulation – Lilongwe – (115,000mt/pa)
 Mozambique
 MozFert –Chimoyo – (150,000mt/pa)
 Salt
o Mozambique
 Transalt – Nacala - (1,000ha salt farm)
o Logistics and Distribution
 Rail & Port
o Mozambique
 Nacala – Cargo facility, Warehousing, Bagging and Logistics
- Train locomotive and Rail cars
 Beira – Cargo facility, Warehousing, bagging and Logistics
 Maputo - Warehousing
o South Africa
 Richards Bay – 60,000mt Phosphoric Acid Storage facilities
 Offices (marketing, logistics and distribution)
o South Africa
 Cape Town
 Johannesburg
 Tzaneen
 Phalaborwa
o Mozambique
 Beira
 Nacala
 Liwonde
o Zimbabwe
 Harare
o Zambia
 Lusaka
o Malawi
 Blantyre
 Lilongwe
o Retail & Commodity Distribution/Export
 Shops
o Malawi – 150 Co-operative stores, throughout Malawi.
 Warehouses
o Malawi
 Lilongwe – Maize/Fert silos and warehouses
 Blantyre – Fertilizer and Commodity storage
o Mozambique
 Beira - Storage and warehouses
 Nacala - Storage and warehouses
o Zimbabwe
 Harare
 Chiredzi
o Zambia
 Lusaka
o Biofuel & Agriculture
 Production
o Malawi
 Demeter Farm – Biodiesel/Ethanol production (future), maize, beans and soya
 Demeter Farm - Cattle Farming Operations
 Demeter Farm – Sugar/Ethanol feasibility - (US$250mil project)

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Management and Ownership
Management – SSP maintain a relatively flat management style due to the rapid nature and
volatility of the fertiliser industry with efficient and astute decision making an absolute
necessity.
The company utilises the synergies the group bring with regard to finances, logistics
(personnel, warehousing, transport) and experience.
* (D) denotes Director of SSP
Goals and Objectives:
• Develop and sustain a parallel platform for the advancement and promotion of
agri-business and agricultural activity in the country.
• Promote in particular the growing, processing and marketing of vegetables,
fruit, specialized grain and pulses.
• Secure superior markets for the country’s agricultural produce locally and
internationally.
• Provide for technical assistance, market opportunities and affordable inputs
and implements to farmers and to create processing capability.
• Provide a platform for famers and businesses in the agri-business sector’s value
chain to share ideas, information and best practice.
• Secure partners for resources (financial, technical, advisory, inputs and
advocacy) to launch, promote and sustain this initiative.
Managing
Director
Richard de Villiers(D)
Operations/
African Sales
Richard de Villiers (D)
Logistics
Robin Fourie
Procurement
Adele Scheepers
Legal
Gary Pritchard
Strategy
Development
Loren van Rensburg (D)
Finance &
Treasury
James Loughor-Clarke(D)
Administration
Reinette Hermanson
Trading/Int
Sales
Wayne Viljoen (D)

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The Royal Swazi Trust
• The Royal Initiative in agri-business Trust is an embodiment of the Vision of Her
Majesty the Queen Mother of Swaziland to promote and uplift the standard of
living of all Swazis and women in particular.
• The Trust is a Swaziland registered organization whose main objective is the
development of pro-women and pro-youth agri-businesses.
Vision
• The Royal Trust with Her Majesty, The Indlovukazi as a Patron has the Vision of
Food security and economic upliftment of women and youth in Swaziland
through a vibrant agri-business development program.
Key Individuals:
 Wayne Viljoen,
o 15 years of business development experience, broking deals and creating
partnerships with major role-players in Africa.
o 12 years international trading in Africa
o Facilitation of various companies with Government involvement
 James Loughor-Clarke,
o 18 years international Banking Experience in London, New York and
Johannesburg
o Treasury Director for the Meridian Group based in Johannesburg and
BFI/BFSA
o Managed the largest Fertiliser/Chemical purchase in South Africa, US$210mil
in 2011, raised Trade Finance and Working Capital in excess of US$1.25bil.
 Richard de Villiers,
o 35 years involvement in fertiliser and related industries.
o Established Sasol Chemical Industries retail fertiliser marketing arm with
record sales of 1,123mil mt tonnes at its peak. Sasol turnover 2011 US$23bil.
 Loren van Rensburg
o Managing Director of a partner company DDP
o Dynamic leadership and managerial capacity
o Architect of the Sivuno brand
 Aldworth Mbalati,
o Youngest listed CEO on the Frankfurt DAX
o Manages oil interest in excess of US$550mil internationally
o In-depth knowledge of international markets and trade.
Ownership
SSP is owned by a number of trusts and individuals related to the Meridian as well as the
Meridian Group itself with individuals predominantly based in Africa.

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Customer Base
Our Customers are well distributed amongst the African countries and fall into a wide range
of different segments from rural, small scale farmers to larger commercial farmers and
estates.
These buyers vary from individuals to cooperatives to large corporations and companies,
marketing boards, aid and development organizations as well as banks and
government/Sovereign agencies.
In Africa some of our customers include:
Sasol (Africa’s biggest fertilizer company and the largest coal to fuel producer in the world)
Anglo American (5th
largest mining company in the world)
Omnia (2nd
largest fertilizer company in South Africa)
Foskor (Largest phosphate producer in Africa - partly owned by Coromandel)
Illovo – Largest sugar producer in Africa
Tongaat Hullet – Second largest sugar producer in Africa
Universal Tobacco – 2nd
largest tobacco producer in the world
Sena Sugar – 3rd
largest tobacco producer in Africa
Cotco – Chinese cotton producer
JTI – 4th
largest tobacco producer in the world
BAT – International Fertilizer Supplier
ETG – large fertilizer and commodity trader in Africa
We supply a number of Banks, Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations
supplying, fertilizer and seed into Africa, ie DFID, UsAid, IFDC, ICDF
In addition we successfully tender and supply a number of Government fertilizer tenders in
Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Internationally, SSP has supplied Urea and DAP/MAP fertilizer to a number of companies
supplying government tenders.
Photographs of Operations
Aerial View of Bosveld - Phalaborwa Phosphoric Acid Plant with Gypsum dumps in the
foreground. Current valuation – US$188mil Plant replacement value - US$470mil

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Aerial View of the plant – Produces 400,000mt Phosphoric Acid 52% and 150,000mt MAP
and 50,000mt SSP and Granulation and blending capacity of 250,000mt
MAP Plant commissioned August 2012 at a cost of US$5,8mil
75,000mt Grain facilities in Malawi - Lilongwe

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Demeter Farm, 8,500hectare Grain, Soya, Ground Nut, Sunflower farm in Malawi – Shire
River
1,000ha under pivot irrigation – Demeter Farm

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230,000mt Grain silo Facility in South Africa in the N.West Province
Transalt – 1,000ha Salt Farm producing 12,500mt of coarse salt.

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Washing of Salt – Transalt
120 Co-operatives Selling and trading commodities
120 Co-operatives Selling and trading commodities

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Port Logistics Operations in Mozambique and warehousing
Loading Phosphoric Acid Wagons for export

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DAP Powder Warehousing
Fertiliser Bulk Blending and warehousing in Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia
Prilled Urea

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Retail Fertiliser Branding
Contact Details:
Meridian Head Office: 1
st
Floor
Sandton Close 2b
Sandton, South Africa
Tel: + 27 11 783 0949
Fax: 0862744885
Email: james@meridiangsl.com
SSP Head Office: Plot 417
King Msati Ave
Matsapha East
Swaziland
Tel: +27 83 259 9302
Email: bsfhandel@lantic.net