| 1963 |
Robert Gumede is born in Nelspruit (South Africa) to a single domestic worker |
| 1971-1982 |
Robert works as a caddy at Nelspruit Golf Club |
| 1974 |
Robert Gumede begins work as a gardener for golfers after school |
| 1990 |
Robert establishes New Era Consultants in Nelspruit |
| 1995 |
Robert utilises his own funds to establish the Gijima Group |
| 1995 |
Gijima Afrika Security Holdings is born |
| 1996 |
Formation of Gijima Info Technologies Afrika (Pty) Ltd |
| 1996 |
Sechaba Stationers is established |
| 1997 |
Gijima forms a consortium with Unisys, NEC and Marpless to tender for the Home Affairs National Identification System |
| 1997 |
A joint venture with PQ Africa results in Phambili Information Technologies (Pty) Ltd |
| 1998 |
Gijima wins several provincial government contracts |
| 1998 |
Phambili is awarded a Correctional Services tender valued at R104m |
| 1999 |
Gijima’s consortium with Unisys, NEC and Marpless is awarded the Home Affairs (HANIS) tender worth R800m |
| 2000 |
Phambili is awarded the DOJ tender (Integrated Justice System) worth approximately R40m |
| 2000 |
Gijima forms a partnership to represent Walker Financial Solutions in Africa |
| 2000 |
Gijima Info Technologies is awarded the Durban Metropolitan Council tender |
| 2000 |
Gijima acquires 26% in ACT for R30m cash from Dr J Sterenborg |
| 2001 |
Gijima Technologies, Nigeria Operations is established to service West Africa |
| 2001 |
Gijima Technologies features as the key sponsor of the Jock of the Bushveld Amateur Golf Tournament at the Nelspruit Golf Club, where Robert Gumede was once a caddy! |
| 2002 |
Gijima Local Governance (Pty) Ltd wins several local Government contracts |
| 2002 |
Gijima is awarded the SITA LAN and WAN contracts worth several hundred million Rand |
| 2002 |
Gijima Local Governance is awarded the Johannesburg City Power Contract |
| 2002 |
Gijima is awarded the Spoornet Sybase Contract 002 |
| 2002 |
Gijima finalises a deal to represent JD Edwards as a reseller and implementer in Africa |
| 2002 |
Gijima Smart Card Technologies wins a multimillion Rand contract to supply Telkom telephone cards |
| 2002 |
Gijima acquires 51% of Trident Card, a paper based manufacturer and supplier of prepaid cards |
| 2002 |
Gijima successfully tenders for Home Affairs skills supply |
| 2003 |
Gijima acquires 37.5% of Sechaba Valuations |
| 2003 |
Gijima acquire 25.1% of Easypay |
| 2003 - 2006 |
Guma faces unfounded and unsubstantiated allegations in the media based on claims by Dr J Sterenborg. A 417 Inquiry is convened, but is later abandoned and Guma goes on to win all court action instituted against or by Guma |
| 2004 |
Gijima wins a contract with Ford Motor Co RSA |
| 2004 |
Gijima changes Phambili’s name to Gijima Technologies after buying out Comparex’s 50% shareholding |
| 2004 |
Gijima buys out Mustek 40% shareholding in Gijima Support Services (Pty) Ltd for cash |
| 2004 |
Gijima buys out three minority shareholders in Trident (Gijima Scratch Card) and increases its shares from 51% to 72% |
| 2005 |
AST Group Limited is renamed GijimaAst Limited and all entities within the group utilising the "Gijima" name are changed to "Guma" |
| 2005 |
Gumede is appointed Deputy Executive Chairman of Gijima and the turnaround of the floundering company begins |
| 2005 |
Robert Gumede is voted Runner-up for the South African Chapter of the World Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 2006 |
Guma wins a Supreme Court award of R40m against Dr and Mrs J Sterenborg |
| 2006 |
Gijima wins a R1billion contract with ABSA Bank |
| 2006 |
Guma increases its stake in Gijima from 32% to 36.6% by acquiring shares from Kumba Resources |
| 2006 |
Guma develops a strategic alliance with Tawana Resources, a mining group in Australia to assist with their African operations |
| 2007 |
Gijima buys out a 30% share held by ABSA in one of their subsidiaries |
| 2007 |
Robert Gumede assumes Executive Chairmanship of Gijima and its first black CEO, Jonas Bogoshi, is appointed. |
| 2007 |
Guma sells its stake in EasyPay (25.1%) to Nasdaq-listed Net 1 securing a massive return on investment |
| 2007 |
Gijima wins R2billion Department of Home Affairs tender for "Who Am I Online - I Am I Said" contract. This is the largest single contract ever awarded by a South African government department for a system integration IT project |
| 2007 |
Gijima declares maiden dividends. The results of the 2007/8 interim results increased profits and HEPS by 290% |
| 2008 |
Gijima wins a ±R800m IFMS in partnership with SAP and IBM |
| 2008 |
Guma Tourism Holdings makes a successful offer to acquire public-listed Tourvest Holdings Limited for R2billion. Tourvest employs over 4 000 staff in operations all over the world |
| 2008 |
Guma acquires a 51% share in Tourvest for a total price of ±R2billiion in partnership with Old Mutual (30%), Industrial Development Corporation (14%) and Managment (5%) |
