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Hon. Sindisiwe Chikung
Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa
Honourable Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga was appointed Minister of Transport on 6 March 2023.
She was Deputy Minister of Transport from 5 August 2021 to 6 March 2023. She was Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration from 30 May 2019 to 5 August 2021.
Previously, Ms Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga was the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa from 26 May 2014 and she has been a member of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa since 2004.
Academic Qualifications
Ms Chikunga holds a Masters of Arts degree in Curationis From University of Pretoria; Bachelor of Arts degree in Curationis from University of South Africa; and Bachelor of Arts Curationis Honours from University of South Africa and a Diploma in Nursing Science from the Edenvale Nursing College; a Midwifery Diploma from the Edenvale Nursing College. She is currently studying Political Science with University of South Africa.
Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
As a member of Parliament Ms Chikunga has served on the Correctional Services Portfolio Committee; Joint Budget Portfolio Committee; Housing Portfolio Committee; Auditor General and Joint Standing Committee on Defence and as a Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police from 2009 to 2012.
She was an Ex Officio Member of African National Congress ANC) Regional Executive Committee and she had served on the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) Regional Executive Committee as Ex Officio Member and ANC Deputy Regional Secretary and Regional Secretary for Gert Sibande Region.
Ms Chikunga has also served as a Chairperson of ANCWL branch in Queen Lebotsibeni; Regional Task Team Member Realignment of branches and ANCWL Regional Secretary for Badplaas Region and she became a member of DCO Makiwane Youth League in 1982; ANC Provincial Executive Committee in Mpumalanga and had served as a whip from 2007 to 2009. She has been the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa from 12 June 2012 to date
Fifi Peters
Award-Winning Financial Journalist and Broadcaster
Fifi Peters is a Senior Anchor at CNBC Africa and Host of the SAfm Market Update, with Moneyweb.
Fifi has worked in some of the most reputable financial newsrooms in South Africa including the Business Day and Financial Mail.
An economist at heart, Fifi obtained her BA Degree in Economics & Journalism from Rhodes University in 2010.
She also holds certificates in Finance, Law and Media from the SA Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM), the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), respectively.
As a conference facilitator and MC, Fifi has moderated discussions for government entities and private sector companies in Africa as well as multilateral institutions including the United Nations.
Fifi has also facilitated discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director: Africa & Australia, Anglo American
Themba Mkhwanazi was appointed Regional Director, Africa & Australia on 1 July 2023 with responsibility for Anglo American’s PGMs business, Kumba Iron Ore and Australian operations (steelmaking coal). He previously served as CEO of Bulk Commodities, starting that role in 2021. Prior to that, he was CEO of Kumba Iron Ore from 2016 to 2021, and CEO for Anglo American’s Thermal Coal business in South Africa, having joined the Group in 2014. He is also a non-executive director of Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore.
Themba has extensive experience in the resources industry, including 18 years in his native South Africa, as well as in the US and Australia. Before joining the Group, Themba was managing director for Huntsman Tioxide in South Africa until 2007 when he was appointed COO of Richards Bay Minerals, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP. In 2011, he was seconded to Rio Tinto’s Australian coal business, before taking up the role of regional general manager for the Americas in 2012.
Themba is a Vice President of the Minerals Council of South Africa.