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Buang Moloto

10th May 2019

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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Full Name: Hamlet Stephen Buang Moloto

Position: CEO of Linhleko Projects

Main Activity of the Company: Founded in 2012, the company comprises an integrated steel fabrication and erection business unit and a mineral processing operations unit

Date and Place of Birth: September 17, 1973, Rustenburg

Education: National higher diploma in extraction metallurgy, Technikon Witwatersrand (one of the institutions that were brought together to form the University of Johannesburg), 1997; MBA, De Montfort University, UK, 2005

First Job: Graduate metallurgist at Anglo Platinum in 1997, serving at the Mogalakwena platinum mine

Size of First Pay Packet: R 7 400 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: We have not valued our company yet, but the main contract for waste chrome recovery is about R500-million for five years. Additionally, we have a steel supply contract worth about R40-million a year

Number of People under Your Leadership: 36 currently, but we will be adding about 55 employees for the operation of the Waste Chrome Recovery Project in July

Management Style: Empowering and rewarding management style

Personal Best Achievement: During my time as a mine employee – managing the then Anglo Platinum Waterval UG2 Concentrator and being elected president of the Mine Metallurgical Managers Association in 2013. As an entrepreneur – signing a cooperation agreement with FLSmidth and, consequently, being able to conclude an agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife, Thuli

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Richard Pilkington, former GM: concentrators at Anglo Platinum, who gave me a break in 2005 by elevating me to plant superintendent, and Leon Coetzer, CEO of Jubilee Metals, who has been a role model to me

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Oprah Winfrey

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Aliko Dangote

Philosophy of Life: Never fail to try

Biggest Ever Opportunity: The Waste Chrome Recovery Project, at Sibanye-Stillwater

Biggest Ever Disappointment: The failure of my initial consulting metallurgical company, Aamtude

Hope for the Future: That the Linhleko group grows into an international resource company and major Southern African Development Community steel fabricator

Favourite Reading: Spirituality books, autobiographies, Africa history and business improvement

Favourite TV Programme: National Geography Wild and CNN

Favourite Food/Drink: Home-cooked meals/Fuze Icetea Peach

Favourite Music: South African gospel and Afro soul

Favourite Sport: Tennis

Hobbies: Playing golf (not regularly, though), going on wildlife tours and attending musical and theatre productions

Car: Land Rover Discovery 4

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Tomato in any food

Married: To Thuli

Children: Kgalalelo, 17; Keitumetse, 15; Barack, 10; Onthatile, 10, and Onkgetile, 10

Clubs: Rustenburg Golf Club; Tlhabane Community Forum

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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