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Noluthando Dorian Bahedile Orleyn
Noluthando Dorian Bahedile "Thandi" Orleyn (born 13 January 1956) is a South African lawyer and businesswoman who is currently the chairperson of Impala Platinum and BP, BP Southern Africa. She rose to prominence in the business world as a co-founder and executive director of Peotona Holdings, a prominent Black Economic Empowerment, black economic empowerment (BEE) investment vehicle. Before that, she was director of the public Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and a practicing lawyer. Early life and education Orleyn was born in New Brighton, Eastern Cape, New Brighton, a Township (South Africa), township outside Port Elizabeth in the former Cape Province. She matriculated at Inanda Seminary School in 1974 and went on to study law at the University of Fort Hare and University of South Africa. She became involved in Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activism as a teenager in the Cape Province and remained so after moving to Katlehong, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negotiations To End Apartheid In South Africa
The History of South Africa in the apartheid era, apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new Interim Constitution (South Africa), interim Constitution in 1993, a precursor to the Constitution of South Africa, Constitution of 1996; and in South Africa's first non-racial 1994 South African general election, elections in 1994, won by the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement. Although there had been gestures towards negotiations in the 1970s and 1980s, the process accelerated in 1990, when the government of F. W. de Klerk took a number of unilateral steps towards reform, including releasing Nelson Mandela from prison and unbanning the ANC and other political organisations. In 1990–91, bilateral "talks about talks" between the ANC and the government established the pre-conditions for substantive negotiations, codified in the Groote Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyota South Africa Motors
Toyota South Africa Motors (Proprietary) Limited (TSAM) is an automobile manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Toyota based in Prospecton, South Africa. History In 1959, the first Toyota model, a Land Cruiser, was exported to South Africa, followed two years later by ten units of the Stout.M. Compton, T. J. GallweyMotor Assemblies Limited. A small South African Assembly Plant that became a major Manufacturer 2009. Production of Toyota models at Motor Assemblies began in 1962 or 1963. At the end of 1964, the sales organisation Toyota SA, which had been founded three years earlier, took over the majority of Motor Assemblies. In 1978, TSAM finally acquired 100% of the shares in Motor Assemblies. Übersicht der Toyota Motor Corporation. The Japanese Toy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Times (South Africa)
The'' Sunday Times'' is South Africa's biggest Sunday newspaper. Established in 1906, it is distributed throughout South Africa and in neighbouring countries such as Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini. History The ''Sunday Times'' was first published on 4 February 1906 as a weekly sister publication of the '' Rand Daily Mail'' which at the time was "standing alone" against its rival, the ''Transvaal Leader''. Founding editor George Herbert Kingswell introduced the slogan "A Paper for the People". It was later changed to "The Paper for the People", a slogan that is still in use today. For the first edition of the paper, published on 4 February 1906, 11,600 copies were printed and soon sold out, forcing the paper to print an additional 5000 copies. By November 1909, the paper sales had risen to 35,000. In 1992, the former columnist Jani Allan sued the British broadcaster Channel 4 for libel over affair allegations involving her and Eugene Terre'Blanche. Allan had interviewed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empowerdex
Empowerdex (Pty) Ltd is a South African company which provides services related to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) compliance. Founded in 2001, it was an early pioneer in the industry of independent BEE verification and ratings. It also conducts research on BEE uptake and provides private advisory services on BEE compliance. History Empowerdex was founded in June 2001 by Witwatersrand University classmates Vuyo Jack and Chia-Chao Wu. They ran the company from Jack's house using Wu's capital and consulted Moody's, the credit rating agency, for advice on their rating methodology. Businessman Brian Joffe, then the CEO of Bidvest, was the first external investor. In 2005 the Department of Trade and Industry announced plans to require accreditation of BEE ratings agencies, and the following year Empowerdex was one of eight founding members of the Association of BEE Verification Agencies (ABVA), an industry association founded to promote accelerate the accreditation process. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafarge (company)
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group. In 2015, Lafarge merged with Holcim and a new company was formed under the name of LafargeHolcim. It was renamed to Holcim Group in 2021. Lafarge was embroiled in the Lafarge scandal, in which it was convicted of financing terrorism and complicity in crimes against humanity by the US Department of Justice for paying $5.92 million to the terrorist groups Islamic State, ISIS and al-Nusra Front between 2013 and 2014 to keep its cement plant in Syria operating. History Foundation and development Lafarge was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge in Le Teil, France (Ardèche), to exploit the limestone quarry in Mont Saint-Victor between Le Teil and Viviers, Ardèche, Viviers. The limestone is white and argillaceous, and yielded an em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Beers Consolidated Mines
The De Beers Group is a South African–British corporation that specializes in the diamond industry, including mining, exploitation, retail, inscription, grading, trading and industrial diamond manufacturing. The company is active in open-pit, underground, large-scale alluvial and coastal mining. It operates in 35 countries, with mining taking place in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Canada. It also has an artisanal mining business, Gemfair, which operates in Sierra Leone. From its inception in 1888 until the start of the 21st century, De Beers controlled 80% to 85% of rough diamond distribution and was considered a monopoly. By 2000, the company's control of the world diamond supply decreased to 63%. The company was founded in 1888 by British businessman Cecil Rhodes, who was financed by the South African diamond magnate Alfred Beit and the London-based N M Rothschild & Sons bank. In 1926, Ernest Oppenheimer, a German immigrant to Britain and later South Africa who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manne Dipico
Manne Emsley Dipico, first Premier of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, was born in Kimberley on 21 April 1959. He was appointed Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) in 2006. He is Chairman of Ponahalo Holdings (De Beers Group) and Deputy Chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. He is the first President of SA-China People's Friendship Association. Website of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa http://www.chinese-embassy.org.za/eng/znjl/t1023994.htm Education and early political involvement Dipico matriculated from St Boniface High School in Kimberley in 1979, going on to study for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Fort Hare. In 1996 he obtained a Leadership Diploma at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. While at Fort Hare Dipico was an executive member of the Azanian Students Organisation (Azaso), joining underground structures of the African National Congress (ANC) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Rand
The South African rand, or simply the rand, (currency sign, sign: R; ISO 4217, code: ZAR) is the official currency of South Africa. It is subdivided into 100 Cent (currency), cents (sign: "c"), and a comma separates the rand and cents. The South African rand is legal tender in the Common Monetary Area member states of Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini, with these three countries also having national currencies: (the Namibian dollar, dollar, the Lesotho loti, loti and the Swazi lilangeni, lilangeni respectively) pegged with the rand at parity and still widely accepted as substitutes. The rand was also legal tender in Botswana until 1976 when the Botswana pula, pula replaced the rand at par. The rand is legal tender in Zimbabwe as part of its multiple currency system, which also includes other currencies such as the euro, the pound sterling, the US dollar, and the Zimbabwean ZiG. Etymology The rand takes its name from the Witwatersrand ("white waters' ridge" in English, being t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Lucas-Bull
Wendy Elizabeth Lucas-Bull (''née'' ''Adair''; born 11 September 1953) is a South African businesswoman, banker and corporate executive, who served as the chairperson of Absa Group, a large pan-African financial services group, with subsidiaries in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. She retired from Absa on 31 March 2022. Background Wendy was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11 September 1953 to William George Adair and Lilian Flora O'Leary. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, in 1974. Career After graduating university, she joined the Chamber of Mines Research Labs from 1975 until 1976 as an Operations Research Analyst. In 1977 she went to London, joining Shell International as an Operations Research consultant until 1978. She joined Anderson Consulting in 1978 based in Johannesburg and London, leaving as a partner in 1994. Prior to her appointment a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolly Mokgatle
Dolly may refer to: Tools *Dolly (tool), a portable anvil *Dolly pot, also known as a dolly, a portable tool used for crushing small quantities of ore-bearing rock, by hand, in a process known as dollying * A posser, also known as a dolly, used for laundering * A variety of wheeled tools, including: **Dolly (trailer), for towing behind a vehicle ** Boat dolly or launching dolly, a device for launching small boats into the water ** Camera dolly, platform that enables a movie or video camera to move during shots **Hand truck, sometimes called a dolly **Flatbed trolley, sometimes called a dolly People * Dolly (name), a list of people with the given name or nickname * Dolly Parton, American singer (born 1946) In arts and entertainment Fictional characters * One of Bonnie's toys in the film ''Toy Story 3'' * Dolly Gopher, in the television film ''Re-Animated'' * Dolly Gallagher Levi, in the movie '' Hello Dolly'' * Dolly for Sue, from the 1964 film ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus (born 27 May 1958) is a South African politician. She was born in Silvertown, on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. Carolus became involved in politics while still at school and became an activist after joining the United Democratic Front in 1983. In May 1990, Carolus was elected to be part of the African National Congress' delegation which held talks with the apartheid government and in July 1991, she was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. She was married to Graeme Bloch, who died in 2021. In 1998, she became South Africa's High Commissioner in London, until 2001. Between 2001 and 2004, she was the chief executive officer of South African Tourism. She was the Board Chairperson for South African National Parks (SANPARKS), and in 2009, she assumed this position at South African Airways. She is also chairperson of Peotona Holdings, an investment company that deals with business development. Carolus is a member of the Executive Committee of the Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
