Mr. P.C.C.
Burgers started his career in 1979 when he started farming for
approximately 3 years until 1982. Thereafter he worked as a Sales
Representative at Lewis Stores. Within 3 years he was promoted to
the position of inspector and shortly thereafter to Manager of the
Gobabis Store. During 1986 – 1989 he started his own business as
owner of the Dorsland Liquor Store in Windhoek. He also renovated
buildings and built and rebuilt vehicles and machines and sold
tires. In 1989 he moved to South Africa, but kept his ties with
Namibia were he owned a farm of 6000 hectares.
In South
Africa he went into the transport and earthmoving business. His hard
work paid of when he got the contracts from Lonmin Platinum. In 1994
he was awarded the contract at Amcoal (Anglo American). Total
awarded Mr. Burger a contract in 1996. He started with a fleet of 3
and expanded to a fleet of more than 100 which includes trucks,
trailers and machines. In Witbank he owns premises to service the
Witbank Area. The Anglo and Anglo RLT are done from here. He also
has a screening plant running for Anglo. The Total contracts are
done from two sites, one in Bethal and the other in Kriel. The Head
Office is situated in Witbank.
The
vision of the business is to be a leader in the earthmoving field.
They aim to provide service of a good quality in order to minimize
breakdowns and to provide maximum productivity. They strive to
achieve their goal by addressing one of the biggest problems in the
country namely unemployment by providing employment opportunities.
They also ensure that natural human resources are reserved.
In 2007
Mr. Burgers moved back to Namibia and reintroduced himself in the
Namibian market as founding member of Burgers Namibia. He would like
to bring his knowledge and expertise back to his country of origin.
The Head Office is situated in Okahandja next to the trans Kalahari
highway that is highly visible from the main road.
The aim
of the business is to import and sell earthmoving equipment to the
construction and mining industries but it will also be accessible to
the man on the street. We have a neatly and spacious spare part
department that form part of the head office as well as a tyre store
which satisfies al your truck and earthmoving needs.
With the
backup we receive from LuiGong we will be able to reach the aims
that we have set for ourselves and provide a satisfactory service to
our clients.
