Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has announced two senior appointments.
Nozipho Mdawe has been appointed chief operating officer (COO), effective today. She takes over the role recently held by Phyllis Difeto and briefly held in an acting capacity by Moshe Motlohi.
Mdawe served as secretary general of the Port Management Association for Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) in Kenya between July 2015 and April 2018.
Her Transnet career spans 14 years in which she has held senior posts in various divisions of the organisation.
She holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science and is currently in her third year of studies towards a doctoral degree through the Jomo Kenyatta University in Kenya.
Motlohi has been appointed permanently to the newly created role of general manager: corporate affairs and external relations, based in the office of the chief executive. His mandate is to manage, develop, facilitate and sustain effective stakeholder relations, and to create a single point of contact and engagement for all TNPA external stakeholders - including the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa), Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA), South African Association of Ship Operators and Agents (Saasoa) and government representatives.
Motlohi has been involved in the field of logistics for nearly 20 years, 15 of which have been within Transnet. Since 2014 he has headed up management of southern Africa’s busiest port, the Port of Durban. He holds a Management Advancement Programme (MAP) from Wits Business School and an Executive MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.
