About Us

Tabak Distribution is conveniently headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, and boasts a logistics centre in Durban, optimising accessibility to all the major travel distribution channels.

Then…

Tabak was founded in 1998 by MD Lourens Serfontein with the aim of establishing a supply route to Angola for the distribution of tobacco, wine and spirits. We started with a team of just six employees, and initially managed 300 m2 of warehousing space.

Lourens Serfontein

Managing Director

Allyson Bax

Financial Director

Now…

Three decades later, Tabak Distribution’s 32-person team supplies over 100 duty-free operators across Africa. Our combined warehousing spans 6000 m2 and stocks over 2500 SKUs of duty-free products across a host of categories. These include alcohol, tobacco, perfume, wine, confectionary and food.

A company that cares

Our growing international appeal notwithstanding, Tabak Distribution remains rooted in the needs of our clients. Our go-to strategy is to first understand each customer’s unique needs and then to leverage thirty years of supply-chain experience to deliver world-class services, matching our clients’ needs with their expectations.

We understand that people drive the success of our business, which is why we consider our dedicated and approachable team to be our best asset. Our can-do attitude is what gives us a competitive advantage.