Bridgette Radebe is a political science graduate who has been a pioneer in the South African mining industry. She entered mining in the late 1980's and has experience in contract mining, mining construction and mergers and acquisitions. Ms Radebe is also a founder and board of trustee member of the New Africa Mining Fund, Founder and President of the South African Mining Development Association and has served on the Mintek board. She is also the Vice Chair of the Minerals and Mining Development Board, that advises the Minister of Minerals and Energy.

He started working for the family business at a young age. In 1979 he expanded the family business by establishing Funeral Parlour, and managed it. In 1987 he joined Greater Soweto Chamber of Commerce as Projects Director, and later became the Chief Executive Officer. Co-Founder of the First Black Business Exhibition, the Great Soweto Show in Nasrec in 1988. He later joined Wilson Collins/ African Travel Agency in 1989 as National Sales Manager, and in charge of National Branches.

He later initiated on a Fast Food Franchise in 1992, which let to the establishment of Masingita Foods (Pty) Ltd in 1995. He is currently the Director of Masingita Foods (Pty) Ltd which is specializing in commercial, industrial and institutional catering services.

He is responsible for Research and Development of Masingita Group of Companies and he is currently the Managing Director of Masingita Mining. He serves as the Executive Director of other Masingita Companies.

The gentleman also serves on the following committees of the MMDB (Minerals & Mining Development Board), acting Chairperson of the SDC (Sustainable Development Committee), and Chairperson of the Integrated Resources Management Committee and the Chairperson of the Procurement Working group Committee

He is currently serving on Board of SA Jazz Foundation other Cultural activities as well as The South African Mining Development Association (SAMDA)

Willy Leeuw co-founded Leeuw Mining & Exploration (Pty) Ltd (LME) the company formed by the Leeuw brothers to persue their interest in the Mining Industry. He led the successful bidding process for the acquisition of Anglo American’s KZN Coal Resources on behalf of LME. Willy has gained invaluable knowledge and experience, interacting with Government, Consulting Engineers, Financial Institutions, Parastatals and the Industry at large whilst establishing and promoting LME as a Junior Mining Company. He participated in the Department of Mineral and Energy’s initiated Executive Preparation Programme under the auspices of the Mining Qualifications Authority. Besides being the Managing Director of LME, Willy serves on the Board of Directors of Mhlatuzi, the company that deals with the administration of BEE allocations at Richards Bay Coal Terminal.

He had been previously posted for four years in India (Mumbai first and then New Delhi) as Managing Director of Total Gas and Power India. He was in charge of the construction of an LPG import facility and a LPG underground huge storage (a 60 000 tons capacity mined cavern at 160 m below surface) at Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) in which Total had a 50% share along with Hindustand Petroleum. He was also in charge of importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) into India through a newly built LNG (commissioned in 2005) receiving facility at Hazira (Gujarat) in which Total had a 26% share along with Shell.

Until 2003, he held the position of country delegate for Bolivia and Brazil for gas and power business. Prior to this position, he was a member of the marketing committee of Nigeria LNG. He also spent 3 years in Angola as the head of the telecommunication department of Elf Exploration Angola.

Dolly Doreen Mokgatle
Director

• B.Proc
• LLB (law) – University of Witwatersrand
• Higher Diploma in Tax Law – University of Witwatersrand
• Attorney of the High Court of SA ( non-practicing)

• Dolly Mokgatle is an Executive Director at Peotona Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
• She served as Chief Executive Officer of Spoornet until January 2005. Prior to that she was MD of the Transmission Group in Eskom where she was the first woman, first black person and first non-technical person to be appointed to that position.
• Prior to that, she was Executive Director of Corporate Affairs; Senior General Manager, Growth of Development and Acting Legal manager after her promotion from Corporate legal consultant.
• Before she joined Eskom, she was Litigation Officer of the Black Lawyers Association Legal Education Centre where she focused mainly on political cases, housing, labour and other human rights violation matters.
• She previously joined the University of the Witwatersrand as Research Officer with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies as well as being a Professional Assistant at Cheadle, Thompson and Haysom Attorneys. In this capacity she worked in the field of Homeland Removals, Pass Laws, Rural Communities Rights, working closely with Professor John Dugard on cases such as the Moutse Community in Bronkhorstspruit, who took their incorporation into the then Bophuthatswana Homeland territory to Parliament.
• She was, until November 2008, actively involved in the restructuring of the Electricity Distribution Industry and Chaired the Board of the Holding Company, which is tasked by the Goverment with the oversight, facilitation and monitoring of the establishment of Regional Electricity Distributors throughout the country.
• She was, until December 2009, involved in Energy regulation in South Africa and was Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) which regulates Electricity, Piped Gas and Petroleum Pipelines. As such she has over the years accumulated extensive experience in the Energy Sector, both from a Commercial and Policy point of view.

• Kumba Iron Ore Company
• Zurich Life SA Ltd -Chairman
• Zurich Insurance Company SA
• SASFIN Bank Limited
• SASFIN Holdings Limited
• Woolworths Employee Share Ownership Trust -Chairman

• Associate Governor of MichaelHouse (KZN)
• University of Witwatersrand Foundation
• Junior Achievers of South Africa
• Rena Le Lona
• Black Lawyers Association Legal Education Centre (BLA LEC)

• Ponahalo Holdings
• Lafarge Industries and Mining (Pty) Ltd
• Peo-Entle Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
• Fenner Conveyor Belting SA
• Ash Resources (Pty) Ltd
• Sinako Holdings
• Le-Sel Research (Pty)Ltd

Arthur Mashiatshidi
Director

Arthur Mashiatshidi was appointed Finance Director on a Turnaround Assignment with Wesizwe Platinum – a Junior Ming Company listed on the JSE. He assumed the role of Chief of the Company in October 2010.

Arthur is the former founder and Chief Executive of Decorum Capital Partners, a company that developed and successfully managed the New Africa Mining Fund. He holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, (majoring in Accounting and Finance) from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Arthur holds a number of business qualifications and has pursued the CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst) programme with the Association for Investment Management and Research up to level two. Arthur has an extensive mining background; he was Vice-President at Gold Fields Limited from where he developed the New Africa Mining Fund. He is a non executive director at Total South Africa and Howden Africa Limited.

Jacques de Wet
Director

Following the completion of his formal studies and articles in 1996, Jacques de Wet joined Gencor (later BHPBilliton) as Risk and Audit Manager responsible for the Marketing, Trading and Treasury activities of the Group in London, The Hague and Switzerland. In 1999 he moved to Corporate Finance where he was responsible for project evaluation and funding of Commodities covering the African region which included Aluminium, Chrome, Manganese, Coal and Mineral Sands.

In 2003 Jacques decided to a change in career and joined the University of Johannesburg as Senior Lecturer and part time consultant to companies such as Eskom and BHPBilliton as peer review member on major projects. Following a year contract as Projects Manager at Xstrata in 2007, Jacques joined an entrepreneurial diversified mining junior as Financial Director serving on the Boards of Total Coal SA, Hernic Ferrochrome, Marula Platinum and Shaft Sinkers. In March 2010, he accepted an assignment at Wesizwe – a PGMs exploration company, where he was part of a team concluding a $877m investment transaction with Chinese State Owned companies.

Thabo Shogole
Director

Thabo Josiah Shogole – is the Chief Financial Officer of Lodestar Capital and CEO of Sithatha uMnotho Minerals and Energy. Thabo is a graduate of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (Vista P.E. and U.P.E. merger) where he obtained a B.Com Accounting degree. He then completed a B.Com Hons (C.T.A.) with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (University of Natal merger).

He has vast experience in trading of commodities locally and internationally and has also worked as a Trainee Accountant at Deloitte, the internationally acclaimed accounting and auditing firm. He also co-founded another investment company in 2003, which is a major distributor of petro-chemical products in the Asian Gulf including Africa. Prior to co-founding the petro-chemical company he worked for the South African Revenue Services in the Commissioner’s office under the Strategy and Development unit as a strategist. He was a research analyst for the modernization program of the international tax authorities. Thabo has a wealth of experience ranging from mining, property management, financial services, ICT, logistics and taxation administration.

Pamela Segone
Director

Pamela Segone is a young woman in business. She is the co founder and owner of a trucking company called Oregolele Transport. She is also into mining machinery supply. She has variety of business interests and she is involved in a lot projects in different industries. She is involved in mining in Zambia. Pamela has a business management and marketing qualification. She is passionate and committed to the upliftment of black women in South Africa.

Peter Tshisevhe
Director

Peter Tshisevhe is a Director at Tshisevhe Gwina Ratshimbilani Incorporated, is a medium-sized, technically strong commercial law firm that boasts a collection of diverse highly specialised skills that are rare for law firms of its size in South Africa. Peter holds Bproc, LLB, and LLM Tax degrees from the Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand (“Wits University”) and a Certificate Course in Mining and Prospecting also from the Wits University. Peter was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1998. Peter joined ENS as professional assistant in 2000 and was promoted to a director in 2001 and in the process, never served as an associate. Peter was a senior commercial attorney at ENS where he spent eleven years, ten of which he was a senior director. Peter has written papers, spoken at seminars and radio programmes discussing a wide range of legal and business matters and has been cited in various publications, including the monthly attorneys’ publication DE Rebus wherein he commented on the new Companies Act, 2008.