User:Sabelo Macingwane

Sabelo Xolile Vusumzi Macingwane (born 23 March 1955) is a South African business leader, investor, and organiser. He is best known for having initiated the consortium behind the development of the Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mine, the largest single manganese mine and exporter in South Africa, and one of the five biggest exporters globally. He is also the President of the National African Federated Chamber Of Commerce (NAFCOC), having previously been CEO of the organisation from 1999 to 2006.

Having first gained popularity as a football player (and earning the nickname "Slyza") and later as manager for Thembu Royals FC, Macingwane decided to leave Football for corporate employment at the Transkei Development Corporation - the beginning of a long and successful career in development and entrepreneurship.


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Early life and Education
Macingwane was born in Sithebe komkhulu, Engcobo, the third child of eight children of school principle and inspector, Lungelo Brian Macingwane, and teacher, Nomalungelo Evelyn Macingwane (nee Bizana). His family moved to nearby Clarkebury, a famous Methodist missionary settlement and village, where he would grow up and attend school.

Early life was mostly a juggle of schooling, herding responsibilities, and football in which he excelled having been blessed with speed, thus his nickname "Slyza" which is Xhosa slang meaning to bolt or dash really quickly. Macingwane also showed early entrepreneurial nouse, gaining notoriety as a serial entrepreneur while still in school dabbling in many small businesses from Cinema to window tinting, with varying success, resulting in his being the first amongst his peers to be able to get himself a car from the fruits of his endeavours.

Upon completion of his matric at | Clarkebury High School, Macingwane was awarded a bursary to study at the | University of Fort Hare. It was here that Macingwane found the Pan Africanist teachings of | Robert Sobukwe of particular resonance and became deeply embroiled in activism. This disrupted his studies as he evaded arrest on numerous occasions, resulting in his father sending him into hiding with his cousin in Orlando, | Soweto. The time in Orlando was characterised by a deeper immersion into football, which he would continue upon his return to the Transkei and settlement in the capital city, | Mthatha where he joined prominent local club, Thembu Royals FC, first as a player, and later as the club's manager.

Career
Other than his early forays into entrepreneurship, Macingwane first tasted formal employment as a clerk at the school in Clarkebury. He would later join the Transkei Agricultural Corporation (TAC), and really established himself upon joining state owned tea producer, | Magwa Tea Corporation, where he ascended to General Manager. It was during his time at the TDC that he decided to return to the classroom to complete his undergraduate studies, obtaining as Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the | University of Transkei.

The advent of democracy in South Africa brought in new, mostly former Ciskei, leadership into power in the new province of the Eastern Cape. Controversial new premier, Max Mamase, looked to replace the leadership of Magwa citing irregularities and corruption in its management. Macingwane and the rest of the his Magwa colleagues went to court to clear their names of the accusations and were successful but new leadership had been installed.

Macingwane uprooted to seek opportunity in Johannesburg And was appointed as CEO of the | Federated Chamber Of Commerce (NAFCOC) in 1998. He would remain with the organisation until 2004 when he decided to take the leap back into business entering into partnerships with companies such as Sandown Motors, PG Bison, and then seeking out the manganese prospecting rights and bringing together consortium that would build South Africa's biggest manganese mine Tshipi é ntle.

Macingwane was elected president of NAFCOC in 2018, 20 years after first taking over as the organisation's CEO. The organisation had been plagued by in-fighting and flagrant pillaging of the organisation's resources in recent years and Macingwane's mandate upon election was ostensibly to clean up and put NAFCOC back on track having been at the helm during a highly successful and impactful period for the organisation.

Marriage and children
Macingwane married Nogolide Pearl Macingwane (nee Qongqo) in 1982. They have three children, Chulumanco Macingwane, Afika Selemani (nee Macingwane), and Mwezi Macingwane.

Published works
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Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
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