{"id":22864,"date":"2021-09-27T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T08:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoka.co.za\/?p=22864"},"modified":"2021-09-27T08:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T08:11:49","slug":"katlego-makgata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/2021\/09\/27\/katlego-makgata\/","title":{"rendered":"Katlego Makgata"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Katlego Makgata<\/p>\n

Position:\u00a0<\/strong>MD of Leoka\u00a0Engineering<\/a><\/p>\n

Main Activity of the Company:\u00a0<\/strong>Project<\/a>\u00a0management,\u00a0design<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0engineering<\/a>\u00a0(engineering<\/a>, procurement and\u00a0construction<\/a>\u00a0management\/engineering<\/a>, procurement and\u00a0construction<\/a>), mainly in the\u00a0mining<\/a>\u00a0sector<\/p>\n

Date and Place of Birth:\u00a0<\/strong>July 6, Majaneng village, near Hammanskraal, in northern Gauteng<\/p>\n

Education:\u00a0<\/strong>Master\u2019s degree in mechanical\u00a0engineering<\/a><\/p>\n

First Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Computational fluid dynamics engineer, Pebble Bed\u00a0Modular<\/a>\u00a0Nuclear<\/a>\u00a0Reactor (Pty) Ltd<\/p>\n

Career History Prior to Current Position:<\/strong>\u00a0Computational fluid dynamics engineer,\u00a0project<\/a>\u00a0engineer,\u00a0project<\/a>\u00a0manager<\/p>\n

Size of First Pay Packet:\u00a0<\/strong>R110 an hour<\/p>\n

First Job with Present Group:<\/strong>\u00a0MD<\/p>\n

Value of Assets under Your Control:<\/strong>\u00a0Not stated<\/p>\n

Number of People under Your Leadership:\u00a0<\/strong>110<\/p>\n

Management Style:\u00a0<\/strong>Inclusive and encouraging of\u00a0innovation<\/a><\/p>\n

Personal Best Achievement:\u00a0<\/strong>Being able to make time for my family and see them through their different life stages<\/p>\n

Professional Best Achievement:\u00a0<\/strong>Completion of the Maseve\u00a0platinum<\/a>\u00a0mine\u00a0project<\/a>, near Rustenburg, in the North West, as lead engineer and\u00a0project<\/a>\u00a0manager<\/p>\n

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life:\u00a0<\/strong>My wife<\/p>\n

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career:\u00a0<\/strong>My former colleague and friend, Carlos Andrade \u2013 he pushed me very hard from the first day I started working at DRA<\/p>\n

Person You Would Most Like to Meet:<\/strong>\u00a0Dangote Industries founder and chairperson Aliko Dangote<\/p>\n

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most:\u00a0<\/strong>My mother \u2013 I learned a lot about smart hard work and how to influence people from working with her on small\u00a0business<\/a>\u00a0ventures<\/p>\n

Philosophy of Life:\u00a0<\/strong>Not trying \u2013 succumbing to the fear of failure \u2013 is not an option<\/p>\n

Biggest Ever Opportunity:\u00a0<\/strong>That must be, by far, the time Leoka was trusted to take over an underperforming\u00a0EPCM<\/a>\u00a0contract for an\u00a0underground<\/a>\u00a0infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0project<\/a>\u00a0to extend the life-of-mine of a\u00a0copper<\/a>\u00a0mine<\/p>\n

Biggest Ever Disappointment:\u00a0<\/strong>Not having had extensive international travel<\/p>\n

Hope for the Future:<\/strong>\u00a0A South\u00a0Africa<\/a>\u00a0that is genuinely committed to uplifting its people through education and creating opportunities for entrepreneurship<\/p>\n

Favourite Reading:\u00a0<\/strong>I read anything from\u00a0business<\/a>\u00a0books to\u00a0engineering<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0financial<\/a>\u00a0literature, autobiographies as well as historical accounts of events<\/p>\n

Favourite TV Programme:\u00a0<\/strong>Any basketball-related programme<\/p>\n

Favourite Food\/Drink:<\/strong>\u00a0Matured medium-rare thick-cut steak with a hint of vegetables, partnered with a good beer<\/p>\n

Favourite Music:\u00a0<\/strong>I listen to most types of music, and all driven by mood, but Soul RnB tends to be the go-to choice on most occasions<\/p>\n

Favourite Sport:<\/strong>\u00a0Basketball<\/p>\n

Favourite Website:<\/strong>\u00a0None<\/p>\n

Hobbies:\u00a0<\/strong>Golf, mountain biking and cycling<\/p>\n

Car:\u00a0<\/strong>Ford Ranger Wildtrak<\/p>\n

Pets:\u00a0<\/strong>None<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous Dislikes:\u00a0<\/strong>Chewing with mouth open<\/p>\n

Favourite Other South African Company:\u00a0<\/strong>Bathu \u2013 the shoe company<\/p>\n

Favourite Foreign Company:\u00a0<\/strong>None \u2013 the corporate scandals of late have made one wary of investing faith and trust in any one company<\/p>\n

Married:\u00a0<\/strong>To Motlatsi Makgata<\/p>\n

Children:\u00a0<\/strong>Oletlile, 14; Kano, 12; Oabile, 3<\/p>\n

Clubs:\u00a0<\/strong>Balemi Golf Club\u00a0<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.miningweekly.com\/article\/katlego-makgata-2021-09-17<\/p>\n

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Full Name:\u00a0Katlego Makgata Position:\u00a0MD of Leoka\u00a0Engineering Main Activity of the Company:\u00a0Project\u00a0management,\u00a0design\u00a0and\u00a0engineering\u00a0(engineering, procurement and\u00a0construction\u00a0management\/engineering, procurement and\u00a0construction), mainly in the\u00a0mining\u00a0sector Date and Place of Birth:\u00a0July 6, Majaneng village, near Hammanskraal, in northern Gauteng Education:\u00a0Master\u2019s degree in mechanical\u00a0engineering First Job:\u00a0Computational fluid dynamics engineer, Pebble Bed\u00a0Modular\u00a0Nuclear\u00a0Reactor (Pty) Ltd Career History Prior to Current Position:\u00a0Computational fluid dynamics engineer,\u00a0project\u00a0engineer,\u00a0project\u00a0manager Size of First Pay Packet:\u00a0R110 an hour First Job with Present Group:\u00a0MD Value of Assets under Your Control:\u00a0Not stated Number of People under Your Leadership:\u00a0110 Management Style:\u00a0Inclusive and encouraging of\u00a0innovation Personal Best Achievement:\u00a0Being able to make time for my family and see them through their different life stages Professional Best Achievement:\u00a0Completion of the Maseve\u00a0platinum\u00a0mine\u00a0project, near Rustenburg, in the North West, as lead engineer and\u00a0project\u00a0manager Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life:\u00a0My wife Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career:\u00a0My former colleague and friend, Carlos Andrade \u2013 he pushed me very hard from the first day I started working at DRA Person You Would Most Like to Meet:\u00a0Dangote Industries founder and chairperson Aliko Dangote Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most:\u00a0My mother \u2013 I learned a lot about smart hard work and how to influence people from working with her on small\u00a0business\u00a0ventures Philosophy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mavro.co.za\/leoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}