Full Name: Olebogeng Tefo Sentsho
Position: Head of operations, Yeabo Mining
Main Activity of the Company: Strategic management of tailings, oil and steel waste products on mining operations
Date and Place of Birth: March 24, 1987, Tlhabane, Rustenburg
Education: LLB
First Job: Due diligence practitioner
Size of First Pay Packet: R198 000 (cost to company)
Value of Assets under Your Control: R4-million (Yeabo Mining with Simba Mgodi Mining Incubation Fund, R10-million)
Number of People under Your Leadership: 61 (in more than one entity)
Management Style: Firm and fair – I need independent thinkers and leaders around me and work best when in a team with other leaders
Personal Best Achievement: Establishing Yeabo Mining
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Mogomotsi Sentsho
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Cedric Ntumba
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Cyril Ramaphosa
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Mike Teke
Philosophy of Life: Carpe diem, carpe omnium – seize the day, take it all!
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being awarded the Mandela Washington Fellowship for 2017 to travel to the US and receive executive education in civic leadership
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Having to repeat a year at university
Hope for the Future: I sincerely hope that mining endures long enough to feed and sufficiently educate the children of South Africa – it is the youth’s ticket to economic emancipation
Favourite Reading: The Social Animal
Favourite TV Programme: Sex and the City
Favourite Food/Drink: Pork trotters and Orange Tropika
Favourite Music: Fusion jazz, Durban house, rhythm and blues
Favourite Sport: Cricket, rugby, netball
Hobbies: Cooking, reading, writing, binge-watching series
Car: VW GTI 2012
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Kiwi fruit, bad breath, chewing gum
Married: To Mogomotsi Sentsho
Children: Reamoleboga, 3; Tshiamo, 1
Clubs/Organisations That You Are a Member of: Youth in Mining South Africa; Women in Mining South Africa