Skhumbuzo Macozoma
Full Name: Skhumbuzo Dennis Macozoma
Position: MD of the Johannesburg Roads Agency
Main Activity of the Company: Road network planning, construction and maintenance
Date and Place of Birth: March 25, 1976, Soweto
Education: MSc (civil engineering), University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
First Job: Research engineer, CSIR Building & Construction Technology, 1998
Career History Prior to Current Position: Executive: strategic business at Sizwe IT Group, 2011; chief officer: transport (accommodation, hospitality) and logistics, FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, 2010; chief director: transport infrastructure at the National Department of Transport, 2005; director: transport infrastructure at the National Department of Transport
Size of First Pay Packet: Net salary of R4 000 a month
First Job with Present Group: MD
Value of Assets under Your Control: Over R27-billion worth of City of Johannesburg roads
Number of People under Your Leadership: 1 600
Management Style: Inspirational, consultative, people focused, visionary and decisive
Personal Best Achievement: Being a committed father to my children and a pillar of support to my family
Professional Best Achievement: Winning the seventh Gyula Sebestyen Young Researcher’s Fellowship from the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction in 2001 and receiving the award for delivering a complex logistics solution for the World Cup with my logistics team and our partners from the Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport South Africa in 2010
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: God Almighty
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Professor Yunus Ballim, of Wits
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Oliver Reginald Tambo (not possible)
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Richard John Pelwana Maponya
Philosophy of Life: Kick-open every door you find and reach out to the ones coming behind you
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Conducting my fellowship research at the University of Florida, Gainesville, US, in 2001
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Getting divorced
Hope for the Future: Elimination of the terrible impact apartheid has had mentally on both black and white South Africans
Favourite Reading: Autobiographies
Favourite TV Programme: Any really funny comedy
Favourite Food/Drink: Traditional Zulu food and lots of chicken
Favourite Music: Mainstream jazz
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Favourite Website: Google – it is the gateway to everything
Hobbies: None
Car: Classics – Mustang and Cadillac
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Crawling and slimy creatures
Favourite Other South African Company: Royal Bafokeng Holdings and Group Five
Favourite Foreign Company: Hyundai Motor Corporation
Married: Divorced
Children: Asanda, 8; Azande, 4
Clubs: None
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