Principal Point of View: Shaft Sinkers
by Johan Mostert (Divisional Human Resources Manager for Shaft Sinkers)
Shaft Sinkers is a specialised contracting company that provides mining and related solutions to clients in various industries. Shaft Sinkers was established in 1961 and has completed in excess of 165 000m of vertical shafts to date, 21 000m of incline and decline shafts, as well as 400 000m of other underground development with a proud safety record.
Our client base varies from traditional mining companies both locally and abroad to hydro power, large underground excavations for storage, tunneling and more.
Shaft Sinkers provides a range of services including planning, engineering designs, project management, shaft sinking and construction of mining infrastructure.
As a company we opted to invest in the Raizcorp initiative as Allon and his team successfully address the fundamental reasons why so many new start-up businesses fail - lack of business acumen and a lack of sustained support.
Raizcorp provides training and business know-how to entrepreneurs in order to assist them in not only understanding the fundamentals of business, but also coaching and guiding them through all the critical steps and pitfalls involved in managing a successful, profitable business.
One of our Enterprise Development success stories is Zanele Matome. One day she decided to walk into our offices with not much more other than an idea and a passion to become involved in the mining industry. Zanele is currently in the process of putting together a black woman-owned shotcrete company (Basadi Development Agency). Shaft Sinkers, along with Raizcorp, are assisting her on her journey as her sponsor and her guide respectively.
Zanele was invited to be a guest speaker at the Shaft Sinkers Employment Equity year-end function at the end of 2009.
Shaft Sinkers is committed to this process and excited about the interventions that have been planned for 2010 and beyond.
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