We have seen an incredible amount of change in South Africa since we started operating here and we’ve done our best to bring about positive change as well.

We are working hard to make a meaningful contribution to the social and economic development of the country and we are committed to South Africa’s National Transformation Agenda.

We are doing this by:

• Boosting economic empowerment with broad-based equity ownership structures in our operations
• Advocating for equal representation in the workplace by upskilling historically disadvantaged workforces
• Creating opportunities for the growth of black enterprises
• Recruiting from within our local communities
• Improving housing and living conditions for our team members
• Increasing local engagement through sustainable community development
• Making sure our plans are aligned with our values and the South African Mining Charter

We are working with the Kwa-Zulu Natal community to improve the wellbeing of local people.

Calvin Mkhabela, Vice President Operations

Calvin has been working at our operations for over 10 years. He has held various leadership roles at Aluminium South Africa and Wessels Manganese Mine across maintenance, engineering and process governance and improvement. Prior to his current role, Calvin held maintenance and engineering positions in Rio Tinto, Coca-Cola Sabco and Tongaat Hulett before joining South32 in 2007.

Craig Ullbricht, Corporate Affairs