Cape Times

The BBC congratula­tes Africa’s black excellence

- FROM BBC

ON THIS DAY, many African countries celebrate the hard-fought achievemen­t of their freedom from European colonial powers. This day coincides with key black appointmen­ts and the BBC wishes to congratula­te this black excellence:

Mxolisi Mgojo, the chief executive of Exxaro Resources, was elected as the president of the Chamber of Mines on Wednesday during its 127th Annual General Meeting, replacing Mike Teke after three years as president of the chamber. Mgojo has been Exxaro chief executive since April 2016. He has served as an executive head of coal at Exxaro and as its executive head of operations, he was responsibl­e for the base metals and industrial minerals commodity business of Exxaro. Exxaro is a corporate member of the BBC.

Steve Phiri, the chief executive of Royal Bafokeng Platinum, was elected vice president of the Chamber of Mines.

Andile Sangqu, the executive head of Anglo American South Africa, was reelected as one of the vice presidents of the Chamber of Mines.

Dr Iqbal Survé and Independen­t Media as they scooped four prizes at the prestigiou­s Internatio­nal News Media Associatio­n Global Media Awards in New York on Wednesday. Independen­t Media scooped first prize in the category: Best Community Service Campaign for the Racism Stops With Me Campaign and were placed second in the Best New Print Product and Best Use of Video for the Independen­t Home magazine and the “Dont Look Away” video series for 16 Days of Activism. Independen­t Media also walked away with the Global Media Award for Best in Africa.

Zunaid Mayet, chief executive of the EOH Industrial Technologi­es division was appointed as the group chief executive. Most important here is that the successor to the group chief executive came from within the current EOH executive team.

Dudu Myeni, SAA chairperso­n and the SAA board of directors for gaining full confidence from Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and agree with the minister that he was convinced that SAA was capable of turning around its fortunes.

African Day was founded at the first conference of independen­t African States, which attracted African leaders and political activists to Ghana, on April 15, 1958.

The purpose of the day was to annually mark the liberation movement’s progress and to symbolise the determinat­ion of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitati­on.

“Let us use the commemorat­ion of the 2017 Africa Day to agitate for radical economic transforma­tion,” says Danisa Baloyi, president of the BBC.

Happy Afrika Day to All!!!

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