The Department is proud to welcome the following new members of the Mining Engineering Advisory Board, who took up their responsibilities in the 2020/21 term. Ms Nozipho Dlamini Ms Dlamini is Technical Services Manager at Thungela Resources Limited’s Greenside Colliery. She is an experienced mining engineer, having worked at Sasol Mining and Anglo American. She graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BEng (Mining Engineering) degree in 2007, followed by an honours degree in Technology Management and a Master in Technology Management degree from the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM). With more than 13 years’ mining experience, she has held various management positions, from underground manager to business improvement manager, section manager and technical services manager. In addition, she is the incoming President of SACMA, the professional body representing coal managers across the country. Kennedy Sengani Mr Sengani is Mining Manager at Anglo American Platinum’s Mototolo Der Brochen Complex. He is an experienced mining engineer, having worked at Anglo Gold Ashanti, Xstrata, Glencore and Anglo American Platinum. He graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BEng (Mining Engineering) degree in 2005, and is currently busy with his MBA at MANCOSA. With more than 15 years’ mining experience, he has held various management positions, from shift boss to mine overseer, production manager and mine manager. Leon Joseph Mr Joseph is Vice-President of Syferfontein Colliery at Sasol Mining. His qualifications include a National Diploma and a Higher National Diploma from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a BTech in Mining Engineering through the University of Johannesburg, with demonstrated experience in both gold and coal mining in South Africa. He has held various management positions at Gold Fields South Africa, Anglo Coal and Sasol Mining in a career that spans more than 30 years in the mining industry. He currently serves as a valued member of the Sasol Mining Executive Team. Mbali Phejaolema Ms Phejaolema is Relationship Manager: Mining and Metals at Rand Merchant Bank. She graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BEng (Mining Engineering) degree in 2009 and her qualifications include a BEng (Hons) degree in Technology Management from the GSTM and an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). She started off her career at Sasol Mining as a graduate trainee and left in 2011 as a mine captain. She then worked for Glencore SA as a mine planning engineer based at the Impunzi operation. She has over six years of investment banking experience and held various roles such as technical advisor in the Mining Energy and Infrastructure Team and credit analyst at Standard Bank South Africa. She was head-hunted to join Rand Merchant Bank in 2019, where she is responsible for the bank’s mining and metals portfolio. Charles Makgala Mr Makgala is Managing Director of AmandlaTM Group (Pty) Ltd. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BSc (Eng) Mining in 2005, and is in possession of an MBA from the Wits Business School. With more than 14 years’ mining experience, he has held various management positions, from mine overseer to production manager and mine manager at Khutala and Wolwekrans Colliery and Penumbra Colliery in Mpumalanga, as well as General Manager at the New Clydesdale Colliery, Universal Coal, in the Kriel District. He is the executive partner of Boipelo Mining Contractors and has been Managing Director of the AmandlaTM Group since 2015.
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