Welcome to Wiki Mzansi

Alphonzo Samuels was appointed chief executive officer of Openserve in October 2015 having joined Telkom in 1984. During his career with Telkom he has held senior positions in a number of different divisions including broadband technology, planning, engineering, operations, capital project management and human resources. Alphonzo Samuels also completed a nine-month assignment with SBC (AT&T)… read more »

Jonas Bogoshi was appointed Chief Executive Office for BCX in June 2018. Prior to this role he was the Chief Revenue Officer at BCX. He has more than 28 years’ experience in information and communication technology (ICT), and brings to BCX a deep knowledge and understanding of the industry, as well as a vast network… read more »

Deon was appointed on 1 July 2018 as Chief Investment Officer. He previously served as Group CFO from September 2014 and as the group executive of corporate finance accounting services from November 2004 to October 2013. He joined Telkom in 1993 as a senior manager in internal audit and has held several executive positions in… read more »

Tsholofelo Molefe is a qualified chartered accountant. She joined Telkom in July 2016 as Deputy Group CFO and was appointed as Group CFO for Telkom Group on 1 July 2018. She was previously employed as a finance director of Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and was an executive director of the company’s board until June 2015…. read more »

Sipho was appointed as GCEO of Telkom in April 2013 and serves as an executive director. He attends all board committee meetings of which he is not a member by invitation. Prior to joining Telkom, he served as group chief operating officer and Managing Director at Vodacom. He held various roles at BP starting in… read more »

SENIOR MANAGER: WHOLESALE DEVELOPMENT. Gavin Parsons

Gareth Reynolds is an exploration geologist with over 12 years of extensive, multi-commodity experience including Lithium (Wodgina and Mt Marion Lithium Projects), Iron Ore and Gold within Western Australia and West Africa . Mr Reynolds is well versed in all aspects of project management from initial scope, tender and approvals to design, implementation, interpretation and over-all… read more »

Mr Hasson is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of accounting and finance experience with a number of ASX listed companies. Since commencing his career at Ernst & Young, Mr Hasson has subsequently served in various senior finance and company secretary roles in the resources sector. Mr Hasson holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.),… read more »

Ms Wei (Vicki) Xie is an accountant with more than 16 years’ experience in Accounting and Finance, as well as in fund raising, acquisition and private equity investment. Ms Xie has held Chief Financial Officer, accounting and Company Secretary roles in both China and Australia. Ms Xie holds a Bachelor of Accounting. Ms Xie is… read more »

Robert (Bob) Vassie is a Mining Engineer with 30 years’ international mining industry experience and 18 years’ experience in a range of senior management roles with Rio Tinto. He is currently the Managing Director & CEO of St Barbara Limited and has particular experience in operations management, resource development strategy, mine planning, feasibility studies, business improvement,… read more »

Mr Calderwood is a Chartered Professional Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Non-Executive Director of Amani Gold and Non-Executive Chairman of Manas Resources Limited. Previously, Mr Calderwood spent more than a decade with Mt Edon Gold Mines, before moving onto Border Gold, a junior gold explorer which later became Moto Gold… read more »

Robert Benussi was the founding shareholder and director of Bligh Resources Limited (ASX: BGH) holding the positions of Managing Director / Chief Financial Officer from 1 July 2011 to 8 October 2015. Prior to this role he held various positions at Jupiter Mines Limited as Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and General Manager, Corporate from July… read more »

Lulu is a communications and development expert with extensive experience in corporate communications, community development, transformation and stakeholder management. Her experience in parastatals and corporates both as an executive and a non-executive has provided her with immense knowledge and experience in leadership. She has worked at senior levels of management for organisations like Telkom, Mercedes… read more »

Chris served as executive director of EG Chapman Group. Under his leadership the Group developed inter alia two golf estates and a number of retail and office developments in South Africa. During this time he was also involved in the creation of Unibank where he served on the board for a number of years. Subsequent… read more »

Mark qualified as a medical doctor in 1991 and furthered his studies with a postgraduate diploma in Anaesthetics in 1994. He obtained his degree as a specialist ophthalmologist in 2001 from the South African Fellowship of Surgeons. Mark joined the Pretoria Eye Institute in 2001 and was elected to the board of the Pretoria Eye… read more »