Syllabus of the Subject: Bridgette Radebe (Businesswoman / South Africa).
Bridgette Radebe (South African Businesswoman): the first black mining entrepreneur;
Mmakau Mining Company.
Bridgette Radebe (South African Businesswoman)
The Subject “Bridgette Radebe (South
African Businesswoman)” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
Bridgette Radebe was born in 1960 in South Africa, in the times of the Apartheid.
Bridgette Radebe is considered as the “First Black Mining Businesswoman”;
Radebe founded the Mmakau Mining Company, owning coal, gold, chrome and platinum mines in South
Africa, today she is the CEO;
According to Forbes, Bridgette Radebe is one of the Most Powerful African Women;
Bridgette Radebe is the sister of the South African multi-millionaire
Patrice Motsepe and Tshepo Motsepe (wife of
Cyril Ramaphosa);
Ms Bridgette was the pioneer of developing empowerment models in
African mining sector. When she was young, black people were banned from holding mining
licences in South Africa;
Bridgette Radebe was the President of the South African Mining Development Association and founder of the Board of Trustees of the New Africa Mining Fund;
Currently; Radebe is the Advisor to the Minister of Minerals and Energy;