Our Team
Our Team
Pogiso Mthimunye(MBA)
Managing Director
Pogiso was recognised among the top 200 Young People in South Africa in 2023 by the Anglo-American Mail & Guardian Newspaper Top 200 awards in the Mining and Manufacturing category. In the same year, he was named one of the Top 5 Rising Stars in the South African Mining Industry at the annual TransUnion Rising Star award.
Education & Qualifications
- MBA – Master of Business Administration (University of Cape Town)
- MDP – Management Development Programme (University of Pretoria)
- PDBA – Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (University of Pretoria)
- Bsc Honours – Industrial Systems (University of Pretoria)
- Certificate of Competence – Operations Management in Mining systems – (University of the Witwatersrand)
- BEngTech – Industrial Engineering (cum laude) – University of Johannesburg
Tshego Milanzi
Operations Director
Tshego’s experiential engagements in BHP Billiton, South32, and SAEC have led to bottom-line benefits across all businesses/operations. He has been able to enable and achieve this through increased revenue or lower cost base by enabling operations/businesses to create new products & niche market demands, review processes, creating & focusing on the repeatability of performance and the predictability of system outputs, which lead to cost-productive, sustainable and safe operations/businesses.
Education & Qualifications
- Masters (MSc) of Management in Engineering and Technology Management (University of Pretoria)
- BSc Honours in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (University of Witwatersrand)
- Employee and Life sciences Management for Mining Operations (Goldfields Development Programme)
- Continuous Improvement Techniques (MDW, Six Sigma & Lean) (CI Consulting
Mmapula Chabalala (MBA)
Technical Director
Mmapula is one South Africa’s foremost emerging technical experts on a whole suite of Mine Technical services with exposure to Mine Survey, Geology, Rock Engineering and the entire planning horizon. As Technical director, she spearheads Sekgao 189’s excellence-based approach to tackling technical programmes
Education & Qualifications
- MBA – Master of Business Administration (University of Cape Town)
- BSc Honours in Mining Engineering (University of Witwatersrand)
Nomcebo Mlotshwa
Special Projects Director
Having worked for Sibanye, Exxaro, Kumba, Minova, and Emor Mining, she possesses extensive experience in mining projects, funding, trading, and the trading of various minerals. She leads Sekgao’s special projects function as an agent of business transformation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders in a project and organisation.
Education & Qualifications
- (PDBA) Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (MANCOSA)
- BSc Honours Mining Engineering (University of Witwatersrand)