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Celebrating 40 Years of Operational Excellence! 


This year marks a monumental milestone for SME Lightning Protection and Earthing and the Group of Companies, as we celebrated 40 Years of quality protection and operational excellence across Southern Africa and beyond.
From humble beginnings to becoming a trusted name in lightning protection and earthing solutions, our journey has been built on technical expertise, operational excellence, business integrity and trust, and an unwavering commitment to safety.

Over the past 40 years, we've:

  • Delivered thousands of successful project installations

  • Partnered with leading industries and institutions

  • Invested in local talent and community upliftment

  • Stayed ahead with cutting-edge technology and protection standards

 

To our dedicated team, loyal clients, and supportive partners — thank you for being part of this incredible journey. Your trust and collaboration have been the lightning behind our success. We recently celebrated this milestone with our teams nationally.

In 2025 we are proud to celebrate the following:

SME Lightning Protection and Earthing - 40 Year Anniversary

SME Lightning Protection and Earthing Coastal - 15 Year Anniversary

SME Lightning Protection and Earthing Inland - 10 Year Anniversary

SWE Lightning Protection and Earthing Namibia - 15 Year Anniversary

And we are excited with the establishment of SME Lightning Protection and Earthing now operational in Western Cape!

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We also recognized and rewarded our Best of the Best Performance Awards Winners 2025 and we were humble and proud to also celebrate our Long Service Award employees for their exceptional loyalty and commitment to our business.

It is very unique to celebrate 10 employees with 5 Year Service, 9 employees with 10 Year Service and 3 employees with 20 Year Service!

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Pictured above the SME Group Management Team and below the SME Lightning Protection and Earthing Inland team and Best of the Best Winners in SME Coastal..

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Engineering Solutions &

Risk Management Solutions

  • Site Assessments and plant-wide audits in accordance with the South African National Standards (SANS)

  • Earth resistivity testing and development of multi-layered soil models

  • Detailed technical report on findings and protection recommendations

  • Risk assessments with mitigation measures

  • Technical 2D & 3D drawings 

  • Lightning Protection System designs with bill of materials

  • Design of Isolated Systems for hazardous locations

  • Design and simulation of Earthing systems

  • LPS Consulting and Designs 

  • Surge Protection

  • Early Warning Lightning Detection Systems

  • Risk Maintenance Support

  • Solar PV & Wind Turbine Designs & Installations​

  • Project and contract management

  • Risk and site safety management

  • Installations in accordance with South African National Standards (SANS)

  • Quality assurance of installations with QCP's

  • Heavy Injection Testing

  • Underground Services Detection

  • Excavation

  • Earth Core Drilling

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Durban


29 Glenugie Road
Pinetow
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KZN

Tel: 031 701 7582

sales@sme.co.za

Johannesburg

212 Weltevreden Road

Northcliff

Gauteng

Tel: 011 678 2080

sales@sme.co.za

Richards Bay

10 Rattray Street 

Empangeni 

KZN

Tel: 035 772 1021

sales@sme.co.za

Cape Town

Cape Town

 

 


Tel: 071 605 3029

sales@sme.co.za

Namibia 

 

Walvis Bay 

JH De Waard Street, House No..2

Windhoek

Klein Aub Estate, Plot 21 Kupferberg

Tel: +264 6420 6302

info@swelightning.com

marius.vanrensburg@sme.co.za

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07:00 am - 17:00 pm

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