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Fikile Mashinini

22nd July 2016

  

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Full Name: Mfanufikile Mashinini

Position: Ncamiso Mining MD and Ncamiso Trading founding director

Main Activity of the Company: Alternative mining solutions and rehabilitation

Date and Place of Birth: May 6, 1969, Springs

Education: Bachelor of Social Sciences, UCT, 1989 to 1992

First Job: Mask bookshop, 1995, for six months

Size of First Pay Packet: R1 750 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: R55 500 000

Number of People under Your Leadership: 73

Management Style: Open-door ethos, always approachable, transparent and fair

Personal Best Achievement: Buying the Woodstock mine in Barberton in 2000 from Gold Fields for next to nothing, after only five years in mining, all based on negotiations and eargerness to work and deliver (all documented)

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Dr David Molapo

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Dr David Molapo

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Aliko Dangote

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Aliko Dangote

Philosophy of Life: Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Toll treatment – seeing a gap in the market between mining and the reprocessing of what is considered to have no value, and unlocking that value to ultimately increase profitability

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Losing the Woodstock mine in 2004

Hope for the Future: In business, to only have success in all our projects and to always demonstrate service excellence to all our partners and clients. Growing the Ncamiso business through honesty, integrity and professionalism and bringing value to all our stakeholders. To make a real difference in the sustainable future of all the communities we operate in.

Favourite Reading: Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step by Edward de Bono

Favourite TV Programme: National Geographic

Favourite Food/Drink: Freshwater fish (braaied)

Favourite Music: Afro-Cuban jazz by Dizzy Gillespie

Favourite Sport: Fishing

Hobbies: Camping, outdoor adventures

Car: Ford Ranchero AC Cobra

Pets: Cats

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Strange characters, people who are difficult to read and trust

Married: Yes

Children: Four

Clubs: Africa Adventure Club

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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