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Event Equipment – Star Hire – Event Hire
Event Equipment – Star Hire – Event Hire | Decor Hire | Furniture Hire
Star Hire is a South African event hire and infrastructure specialist based in Pinetown, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, with additional operational bases in Pietermaritzburg, Durban and Johannesburg. The company offers a comprehensive range of event equipment and services including marquee and tent hire, décor and furniture hire, event infrastructure, and practical site utilities. Their portfolio supports a variety of events from private parties and weddings to large-scale public and corporate functions across South Africa.
With over 40 years of experience, Star Hire provides engineered event environments focusing on structural quality, logistical delivery, and professional execution. Their core offerings include exclusive marquees, luxury tents, flooring, draping, seating, lighting, signage, catering equipment, and specialist infrastructure such as steel fencing, portable toilets, showers, generators, PA systems, gas heaters, and air cooling solutions. This range accommodates both elegant celebrations and high-capacity events requiring robust temporary structures and site functionality.
Customer feedback highlights efficient communication, professional service, and quality equipment, particularly praising staff members for their dedication and responsiveness. While most reviews are positive, there is mention of occasional issues with ephone etiquette. Star Hire’s experience includes involvement in major South African events such as the Comrades Marathon and Splashy Fen, demonstrating their capacity for complex and large-scale event deployments.
Star Hire is an established South African event hire and infrastructure specialist offering a broad, turnkey range of products for functions of almost every size. Based in KwaZulu-Natal with operational bases in Pietermaritzburg, Durban and Johannesburg, the company services events across South Africa with marquee hire, tent structures, décor hire, furniture hire, event equipment and practical site utilities. Its offering is geared towards clients who need both the “wow” factor and the operational backbone that keeps an event running smoothly.
The company’s core hire range includes exclusive marquees, luxury tents and tent structures, along with flooring, pool decking, draping, seating, linen, lighting solutions, signage and catering equipment. Star Hire also supplies specialist event infrastructure such as steel fencing panels, event barriers, portable toilets, premium mobile ablution solutions, portable showers, generators, PA systems, gas heaters, braai drums, air coolers and portable air-conditioning. This makes the business suitable for elegant private celebrations as well as high-capacity sites requiring power, climate control, hygiene, crowd flow and robust temporary structures.
Star Hire’s website highlights more than four decades of experience in the South African event hire sector, with the business active since the 1980s. It positions itself as a provider of engineered event environments rather than simply a rental supplier, focusing on structural excellence, logistical delivery and professional execution. The team works on events where scale, safety, comfort and presentation all matter, from intimate private parties and sophisticated weddings to corporate functions, AGMs, product launches and retail or commercial activations.
For large-scale public and sporting events, Star Hire provides infrastructure such as temporary stadium builds, high-capacity grandstands, strategic site layouts, integrated barriers, fencing, utilities and on-site logistics support. Its event portfolio and collaborations include work associated with major South African and regional events such as the Comrades Marathon, aQuelle Midmar Mile, uShaka Events, Motorsport Events, Dubai Souk, Fashion Week and Splashy Fen. These examples speak to the company’s capacity for mass participation events, festivals, hospitality areas, sporting spectacles and complex deployments.
Comfort and site functionality are also central to the Star Hire range. The company supplies air-conditioned structures, portable air-conditioning, air coolers, gas and power distribution, hygienic ablution facilities and luxury sanitation solutions tailored to event capacities. For outdoor venues, temporary sites and large hospitality spaces, this combination of tenting, climate control, fencing, decking and utilities helps create a complete venue where one may not otherwise exist.
Décor and furniture hire form another important part of the business. Star Hire offers décor supply and hire, wedding furniture, lighting, draping, linen and finishing touches that help transform a temporary structure into a polished event environment. This makes the company relevant not only for infrastructure-heavy projects, but also for planners and hosts who need style, comfort and cohesion across the guest experience.
Star Hire is Level 1 B-BBEE accredited and presents itself as a professional, highly trained team committed to seamless delivery from concept through execution. Through the TimeToParty directory, event organisers can discover Star Hire as a one-stop option for marquee hire, décor, furniture, crowd management infrastructure and essential event equipment, with the experience and operational depth to support events from small private gatherings to thousands of guests.
Star Hire is South Africa’s premier partner in event infrastructure hire and manufacturing, specializing in marquee hire, luxury tents, and bespoke event décor. With over 40 years of experience, they provide a comprehensive range of event equipment to ensure every event is executed with precision and style.
High-performance portable air coolers designed to keep large venues comfortable during events.
A variety of tent structures available for hire, including aluminium tents and pagodas.
A wide range of stylish decor options including furniture, drapery, and lighting solutions.
Crowd control barriers available in various sizes for event management.
Self-contained mobile toilet units available for events.
Composite decking solutions to create usable space over swimming pools for events.
| Monday | 09:00 – 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 – 13:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
8 Krishna Ln, Pinetown, 3201
4.2 ★★★★☆ 21 reviews on Google
Samke is brilliant at her job, we approached star hie late and she ensured that everything s delivered on time, the chairs we hired were clean and delivery s efficient , communication regarding payments s swift and response s always quick! Star hire make sure you keep Samke on your team she is an amazing front of house
We hired a stretch tent, tables, chairs and table cloths from Star Hire for a birthday celebration. The service and communication s excellent and the tent looked lovely.
Thank you to Saki from Star Hire Pinetown. Our black frame glass marquee s a show stopper at our wedding. The pictures say it all! Very reasonably priced and unmatched quality! Thank you SO much!
A very big thank u to start hire for there professional and efficient service. s a pleasure dealing with the staff and office.also a very big thank u to Tiara who went out of her y to make sure our event s a success , your experience and excellent service is much appreciated . Many blessings 🙏
Samke s born to work with people, the level of patience and respect at ensuring the customer gets exactly what they need to make their special day a success. She is dedicated and passionate about her work.
Thank you for making uMembeso mi a memorable one.
Sophia Mathakutha
My experience with Star Hire has been incredible, Samke is such an amazing sales consultant,after I gave her a hard time changing items ,she even came early at work on Sat just to make sure I get my order on time..truly recommend Star Hire to everyone.😊
I received quick and friendly service from Tiara. Highly recommend.
Very Rude and unprofessional, the lady that answers the has no ephone etiquette at all.
👌Service is exceptional
Excellent Service as always.
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