Lindiwe Nakedi
Full Name: Lindiwe Nakedi
Position: Director of Gubhani Trading
Main Activity of the Company: Exploration drilling
Date and Place of Birth: May 20, 1981, Soweto
Education: BA (psychology), University of the Witwatersrand (Wits); New Managers Programme, Wits Business School
First Job: Recruitment consultant
Size of First Pay Packet: R2 500 a month
Number of People under Your Leadership: 1 to 25, depending on the project being executed
Management Style: I have a very participative style – I like getting input from others, but I also gets things done myself, where necessary
Personal Best Achievement: Successfully growing my company and adding value as a nontechnical professional in a very technical and male-dominated space
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My grandmother – a woman of great faith and a hard worker who single-handedly brought up her children in the belief that love and unity are more important than money
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My friend and former business partner; her work ethic, drive and compassion have always inspired me. She gave me my first job
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: There are too many women within the mining industry whom I find very inspiring that I would love to sit down with and chat
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Phuthi Mahanyele
Philosophy of Life: You will always get what you believe and not what you think
Biggest Ever Opportunity: My life journey is most definitely one big fat opportunity
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Having to let go of a possible game-changing contract because the client unscrupulously changed the spec after contract signing, rendering the contract financially unviable
Hope for the Future: Working towards building a legacy for my children and generations to come
Favourite Reading: The Shack (sad book, but I loved it) and my Bible
Favourite TV Programme: I cannot think of one
Favourite Food/Drink: Seafood and sushi
Favourite Music: RnB (the really old school music!)
Favourite Sport: Running
Hobbies: Not really a hobby but a passion – ballet, I dance and teach
Car: Dodge Journey (I hope when it grows up, it turns into a Q7)
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Unfair treatment and unethical business conduct
Married: For 11 years
Children: Two children (a witty girl and a very outspoken boy)
Clubs: Women in Mining SA committee member
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