This qualified attorney also owns a stake in mining firm African Rainbow Minerals and Sanlam. Motsepe is a former president of the National Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

This week he was elected as chairperson of a steering committee comprising presidents of national black organisations and black business stalwarts that will lead an organisation that broke away from Business Unity South Africa.

He has stakes in Assore, Bidvest, Mondi, MTN,
SABMiller and Standard Bank. Ramaphosa is a qualified attorney who also
used to be legal adviser for the National Council of Trade Unions. He
bought a stake in the McDonald’s franchise in South Africa this year.

He also owns a stake in Sanlam. He was a founder and chief executive of
Eyesizwe Coal, one of SA’s largest coal producers.

Prior to founding
Eyesizwe in 2001 he spent three years with Asea Brown Boveri Sub Sahara
Africa and Alstom SA, initially as managing director of ABB Power
Generation (SA) and then as country manager of ABB/Alstom Power until
December 2000.

From 1993 to 1997 he was marketing manager for Billiton
Limited.

He
is also chairperson of ASG Consulting Solutions. He is a former
lecturer at the University of Natal, executive director of the
Independent Mediation Services of South Africa and director-general in
the Gauteng provincial government.

He
also owns stakes in Emira Property Fund and Litha Healthcare Group.
Sowazi is executive chairperson of the Tiso Group.

He serves as a member
of the investment committee of Tiso Private Equity Fund II and Tiso
Private Equity Fund I. He is also the chairperson of Idwala Industrial
Holdings, Home Loan Guarantee Company and the Financial Markets Trust.

He is a non-executive director of African Explosives Limited of AECI
Ltd.

Before joining Optimum he was human resources director
at Impala Platinum. He previously worked in human resources at Bayer and
Samancor and was vice-president of human resources at Ingwe Collieries.

He has a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Limpopo, a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Johannesburg and a
Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South
Africa’s School of Business Leadership.

He is the chairperson of investment manager Stanlib
and Liberty Life. Stanlib is wholly owned by the Liberty Group.

Macozoma
also serves as deputy chairperson of Standard Bank SA and is director
of the Liberty Group and Volkswagen SA. Macozoma is a significant
shareholder in Safika Holdings.

» Ranked 39th on the overall list.

He is chief executive
of Eyabantu Capital Consortium. Between 1989 and 1994 he was a
developer and shift boss at Vaal Reefs Gold Mining Company.

From 1995
until 2002 he was shift boss, mine overseer, operations manager and mine
manager at Impala Platinum Limited. He was later chief executive of
Alexkor. He is a non-executive director of the South African National
Oil and Gas Company, chair of its human capital committee and on its
business strategy committee.

Optimum Coal is the
sixth-largest coal producer in South Africa. Kwini chairs Kwini Mining
Investments, Ilitha Resources and Lukhanyo Transport and Logistics, a
family-owned business that provides transportation and logistics
solutions to the industrial mining and petrochemical sectors. Kwini
holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of California in the
US.

He is a former chief operating officer at Becsa
and Ingwe Collieries, BHP Billiton’s wholly-owned energy-coal business
in South Africa. He also owns Monkoe Coal Investments.

» Ranked 39th on the overall list.