Fikile Mashinini
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
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