DRD: DRDGOLD LIMITED - Appointment of Independent Non-executive Director
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DRD: DRDGOLD LIMITED - Appointment of Independent Non-executive Director
DRD: DRDGOLD LIMITED - Appointment of Independent Non-executive Director
Appointment of Independent Non-executive Director
DRDGOLD LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1895/000926/06)
ISIN: ZAE000058723
JSE share code: DRD
NYSE trading symbol: DRD
('DRDGOLD' or the 'Company')
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
In compliance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, DRDGOLD is
pleased to announce that with effect from 1 December 2016, Mrs Toko Victoria Buyiswa
Nomalanga Mnyango has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the
Company.
She is the Chief Executive Officer of Vitom Technologies (Pty) Ltd and Vitom Brands
Communication (Pty) Ltd.
Mrs Mnyango started her career as a prosecutor for the erstwhile KaNgwane homeland. She later
became a legal advisor for the Eastern Cape Development Corporation, the province´s
development financier. The primary focus of the Eastern Cape Development Corporation is the
promotion of sustainable economic development in the Eastern Cape, through focussed provision
of innovative development finance and leveraging of resources, strategic alliances, investments and
partnerships.
Mrs Mnyango has held senior executive positions in Gijima, a leading black owned information and
communications technology services provider.
Mrs Mnyango has also worked at social cohesion projects aimed at the achievement of socio-
economic transformation and at increasing the strength of South Africa´s democracy.
She has held directorships on a number of listed and unlisted company boards including Gijima,
EOH Mthombo (Proprietary) Limited, AllPay Eastern Cape (Proprietary) Limited, a subsidiary of
ABSA Limited. She was also on the Board of the Ryk Neethling Foundation, an organisation of
which the primary objective is to generate funds for the sustainable development and upliftment of
swimming facilities in South Africa, to empower previously disadvantaged communities by training
coaches to develop swimming within their communities and to procure scholarships for future
swimming champions.
Mrs Mnyango holds a Dip. Juris and BJuris degree from the then University of Transkei, now the
Walter Sisulu University.
Johannesburg
1 December 2016
Sponsor
One Capital
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DRDGOLD Limited is a South Africa-based holding company. The Company is primarily involved in the retreatment of surface gold tailings. The Companyâs business includes Ergo, Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR), Hot Button Features and Resources and Reserves. Ergo business is a surface gold retreatment operation, which treats old slime dams and sand dumps to the south of Johannesburgâs central business district, as well as the East and Central Rand goldfields. The operation comprises three plants. The Ergo and Knights plants operate as metallurgical plants. The Ergo plant treats around 1.7 Mtpm of material. The City Deep plant operates as a pump/milling station feeding the metallurgical plants. The Companyâs FWGR is a surface gold retreatment operation that treats old slime dams in the West Rand goldfields and is located near Carletonville in South Africaâs Gauteng province. Mineral Resources consist of sand dumps, slimes dams and silted areas and dams.