HSE intern joins Jeffreys Bay wind farm’s ops team
New appointmentsSarah Baartman District 17/08/2023
More than 90 young students have leapt from completing their studies to kicking off their careers through the national Globeleq South Africa’s internship programme, which was created to develop young technical staff for the renewable energy industry in 2015. One of this year’s cohort, S’nenhlanhla Phakathi, a Bachelor... Read more
The Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mmanare Cynthia Nong as the head of its Environmental Management Programme. Nong brings with her a wealth of experience and expertise, gained through her extensive career spanning the public, private,... Read more
Former Senqu municipal manager takes up top metropolitan post
Buffalo City MunicipalityJoe Gqabi DistrictNew appointments 02/03/2023
In a landmark achievement for the Senqu Local Municipality, its municipal manager Mxolisi Yawa has been appointed as Buffalo City’s city manager. Under his helm at the Senqu Local Municipality, Yawa was in the enviable position of leading a local municipality that has achieved a clean audit for eight... Read more
Robert Cisek will leave Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) on 31 October 2022 to take up the position of Head of Volkswagen Small and Compact Product Line in Wolfsburg, Germany, reporting to Thomas Schaefer, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand. Martina Biene, who is currently the Head of... Read more
DEDEAT gets new Amathole regional director
Department of Economic DevelopmentNew appointments 25/07/2022
Vuyelwa Mantyi joined DEDEAT in July 2022 as Regional Director for the Amathole Region. She has had a rich career spanning over 20 years in the private and public sectors in the areas of digital strategy development and execution, programme management, public policy development and monitoring and evaluation. Before... Read more
Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has appointed a new sales and marketing director at the helm of its National Sales Organisation (NSO) in Gauteng. Thomas Milz joined VWSA’s Board of Management effective 1 December 2021. Milz has occupied various positions across the Volkswagen Group since 1997, in a career... Read more
Mtonsi, Pillay new chamber appointments
Nelson Mandela BayNelson Mandela Bay Business ChamberNew appointments 11/01/2022
The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has announced the promotion of Prince Mpumelelo Matonsi into the role of Chief Operations Officer, effective January 2022. Matonsi, who has served as Operations Manager for the Chamber for the past five years, will take on additional roles and responsibilities which will help... Read more
Early risers in the Eastern Cape and Garden Route will wake up to a new voice on Algoa FM – the multi-talented Craig Ross. He will be on air from five to six in the morning on weekdays from Monday, January 10. The recruitment of Ross is part of... Read more
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has appointed Ayanda Wakaba as its next chief executive officer (CEO). ECDC board chairperson Vuyani Jarana says the corporation had reached a milestone in the renewal of the ECDC with his appointment of Ayanda Wakaba. “He joins ECDC at a challenging time as... Read more
The Border-Kei Chamber of Business has appointed Lizelle Maurice as its incoming Executive Director following the retirement of Les Holbrook in December 2020. Maurice will assume the Position of Executive Director on 1 July, taking over from current Acting ED, Drayton Brown whose 6-month period in the position ends... Read more
