South AfricaHolding company
Invested in the work.
Three companies. One standard.
RIHM Investment Group is the holding company behind RIG Mining, XDOY and Rikatec. Three wholly owned South African businesses that mine, connect and move.
Each is run to the same brief: safer operations, stronger recovery and less downtime for the people who depend on them.
- Operating companies
- 03
- Group ownership
- 100%
- Services across the group
- 17
- B-BBEE, XDOY and Rikatec
- Level 1
- Impala Platinum
- Siyanda Resources
- SANParks
- Momentum Group
- MTN MoMo
- RMB
- Discovery
- Sasria
- CSIR
- TETA
- Durban University of Technology
- UNISA
- Aspen
The companies
- 01RIG MiningContract mining. Driving depth. Delivering value.
A premier contract mining partner delivering safe, technology enabled underground operations, precision blasting and sustainable site reclamation.
- Ground support and rehabilitation
- Precision blasting and mine development
- Vamping, sweeping and ore recovery
- Stockpile management
- Environmental reclamation
- Role in the group
- Mining operations
- Leadership
- Rivoningo Mhlari (Group CEO)
A platform, data and AI service provider. Utilising cloud networks and cyber solutions for enterprises in both the public and private sectors.
- Platform development
- Data analytics and AI
- Cloud and networks
- Cyber security
- IoT
- Mining technology
- Role in the group
- ICT and AI specialists
- Leadership
- Noleen Ilunga-Muleya
- 03Rikatec website (opens in a new tab)Redefining Fleet and Asset Management through IoT and innovation and other technologies.
Rikatec offers the CoT System (Centre of Truth), which is their single platform for monitoring, maintenance, compliance, leasing, fuel management and full lifecycle fleet and asset management.
- Vehicle monitoring
- Repairs and maintenance
- Licensing and fines
- Leasing and procurement
- Fuel management
- Centre of Truth platform
- Role in the group
- Fleet and asset management
- Leadership
- Hanyani Makumbani
One continuous line
- 01
Analyse
Every engagement begins with the facts: the site, the systems or the fleet as it stands today, and the result the client needs from it.
- 02
Infrastructure
The foundation goes in next. Crews and equipment, networks and platforms, devices and workshops are put in place so the work can run without interruption.
- 03
Deliver
Each company then does what it does best, with its own teams on the ground and one point of accountability for the outcome.
- 04
Monitor
Live data keeps the work in view. Performance, safety and cost are measured as they happen, so problems are caught early.
- 05
Sustain
What is built is looked after. Maintenance, compliance and steady improvement keep the results in place long after handover.
In the field
Surface haulage 
Platform engineering 
Underground operations 
Repairs and maintenance 
Cloud and networks 
Fleet on the road 
Planning and compliance
Foundation of our success
01
Safety before output
Safer operations, stronger recovery, lower downtime. A Missing Person Locator on the network and zero-incident planning on every blast.
02
Active technology
Drone and stockpile monitoring, predictive analytics, seismic monitoring, IoT telematics and a patented fleet platform.
03
Teams on the ground
On the ground installation crews, mobile repair resources, dedicated account executives and a permanent client presence.
04
Compliance lead
Statutory environmental compliance, pressure-integrity testing, airflow standards, licensing and roadworthiness.
05
Empowerment leading the way
Youth ownership and management, workforce readiness and community benefit from reclaimed land.
06
One accountable partner
The group holds each company outright, so the rock face, the software and the workshop answer to the same owner.
Credentials held across the group
RIG Mining/ Operating standards
- Rock-engineer approval
- Fragmentation and safety focus
- Statutory environmental compliance
- Pressure-integrity testing
- Mine rail clearance standards
- Airflow compliance
XDOY/ Certified expertise
- Huawei HCIE, HCIP, HCSP and HCSE
- Cisco CCIE and CCNP
- HPE Aruba and Ubiquiti certified
- Microsoft Azure and AWS architecture
- TOGAF, ArchiMate, COBIT and ITIL
- Scrum Master and Developer certified
Rikatec/ Accreditation
- Youth owned and managed
- RSA patent registered
- RMA registered
- ICASA approved
- PSIRA registered
Footprint
Through its partners the group has an office or service centre in every province of South Africa, close to the mines, fleets and networks it supports.
Office locations through partners/ 04
- 01
Polokwane
Limpopo
Factory F18/12, Stand 7965Seshego Industrial Park - 02
Rustenburg
North West
802 Monakato, Unit A, 0299 - 03
Bushbuckridge
Mpumalanga
Office 3, Bushbuckridge MallCorner of R533 and R40 Roads - 04
Johannesburg
Gauteng
63 Peter PlaceBryanston, 2191
Partner office locations and service centres/ 05
- 05
Parys
Free State
464 Nick Prince BoulevardVaal de Grace Golf Estate, 9585 - 06
Upington
Northern Cape
41 Park Street, 8 Sai BN - 07
Paarl
Western Cape
1266 Val De Vie - 08
Umhlanga
KwaZulu-Natal
5 Ratoon Hills RoadSunningdale, 4051 - 09
East London
Eastern Cape
67 and 69 Devereux Avenue, 5201
Leadership
Founding Group CEO
Rivoningo Mhlari
Investment Group
COO
Hanyani Makumbani
Rikatec
Managing Director
Noleen Ilunga-Muleya
XDOY