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Wesizwe Platinum promotes careers in the mining sector at local Career ExpoThe opportunity to inform and expose young people to the wide range of careers available in the mining sector was one that was too good to miss for Wesizwe Platinum as the company participated in the Career Expo, held at the Rustenburg Waterfall Mall from 24 to 28 July 2013.

The location chosen for the event attracted a wide range of visitors, both young and old, and from all walks of life within the Bojanala District (Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Madibeng Local Municipality, Kgetleng Local Municipality) and from across the entire North West Province. Local community schools were notified of the event and encouraged to visit the event as part of their existing career development

information gathering initiatives and studies.

The main purpose of the Career Expo was to reach out to young local residents who were potentially interested in pursuing future careers in mining or mining related disciplines. The event also gave Wesizwe a platform from which to communicate the company’s vision of being an employer of choice and to prepare the industry for its future resourcing needs.

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The Careers Expo also practically assisted Wesizwe’s HRD (Human Resources Development) team to raise awareness of the wide range of training and development programmes on offer from the company for local young people. Visitors to the exhibition stand learned about the various Learnerships, Internships and Bursaries on offer as part of the company’s Social Labour Plan. The event provided an opportunity to recruit new learners and interns for the 2013/2014 programmes.

As part of promotional activities to raise awareness of the event and to encourage young people to visit the Wesizwe exhibit, the company’s executives undertook a 30 minute interview with North West FM to promote the company’s presence at the Expo and urging interested young people to visit the Wesizwe stand and interact with the specialist staff in attendance.

In addition to the participation of Wesizwe’s Corporate Affairs and Stakeholder Relations team members at the event, a number of specialist mining technical representatives were also on hand to assist in answering any highly technical questions arising from young visitors.

A questionnaire/ visitors book was also made available on the Wesizwe exhibit providing the opportunity for young people to register technical questions with specialist team members and advisors in the case of specific questions being raised and requiring highly specialist technical answers.

Wesizwe’s Lesego Motlhatlhedi: Stakeholder Relations Officer, chats to a visitor at the stand

Brenda Modisane: Wesizwe Recruitment Manager, with Bakubung Platinum Mine General Manager, Mr Eddie Mohlabi

Wesizweʼs Brenda Modisane: Recruitment Manager, welcomes visitors to the Careers Expo exhibition stand

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Celebrating Mandela Day in the Community

of the 67 minutes of voluntary service that is asked of us, represents a year that Mandela spent fighting for human rights.

As South Africa and the world went out and played their part to honour Madiba on this special day, Wesizwe Platinum staff rolled up their sleeves and got down to some serious dirty work in the community!

The Bakubung Clinic was built in 1970 and the original building still survives, and is used as a youth centre. The facility was later extended, and officially re-opened in 1990, with added wards and consulting rooms. With the passage of time, it became clear that the existing structure was not able to meet the primary healthcare needs of the residents, and could no longer cope with an ever-growing population and demand for health-care as prescribed by the constitution. The building was also in need of serious repair and sprucing up. In response to the situation, Wesizwe Platinum has

undertaken, as part of its Social Labour Plan, to extend the facility and build a brand new and bigger clinic. Construction on the new project will commence on 24 July 2013. This will entail the construction of a brand-new block, and a complete revamp and refurbishment of the existing one. It is estimated that the project will be completed by July 2014. Spurred on by the recognition that healing does not only depend on the administration of drugs and strapping of bandages, but also includes a healthy diet and an appealing environment, Wesizwe approached Top-Turf, a gardening and landscaping specialist company that has for the past thirty years or so maintained the grounds around the Sun City complex, to help regenerate the front garden of Ledig Clinic. Tshepo Serame, South Village Manager at Top-Turf, together with Cecil Thompson, Acting Resort Manager, gladly agreed to come on board. They not only donated trees, shrubs, and ground covers for the project, but also

Nelson Mandela made it his lifeʼs work to fight for every South African citizenʼs human rights and spent 67 years of his life pursuing this ideal. In 2009, the United Nations declared 18 July as Mandela International Day and issued a call to action for the world to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate than themselves.

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ensured that their crew joined in the revamp of the garden! “The plants we supplied are “water-wise”, and will survive in this area under harsh, dry conditions”, said Thompson. Once fully grown and developed, the plants will also act as a shield against the yearly dust storms that make life difficult for the medical and cleaning staff at the clinic.

As the crew got their hands dirty in the garden, other Wesizwe members got down to scrubbing floors inside the clinic. Learners from Ratheo Primary School also joined in and cleaned the windows, while others picked up litter around the clinic yard, and raked leaves and grass around the grounds under the guidance of their teachers, Mrs. Mathebula and Mrs. Motsaalore. Some members of the general public, who had come in to the clinic for a consultation, duly joined in, offering a helping hand. Mrs Lerofye, a traditional healer who uses the clinic grounds to provide herbs and healing plants for those that need them, gladly joined the crew and gave tips on the medicinal value of some of her plants.

Sister Nomsa Masilo, the Bakubung Clinic Manager, said: ‘’We are very happy and appreciate receiving this kind of help from all of you. A healthy environment and appealing surroundings are also a part of the standards we need to maintain as the Department of Health, and we will do our level best to try and keep both the garden and the yard as clean and waste free as we can.’’

Oratile Maitshotlo, a learner at Ratheo Primary School, added: ‘’I am very happy to be doing this good work for our clinic because it helps us

a lot when we are sick. People should always engage in doing the 67 minutes, not only for today but it should be a daily thing, and it should not be spent doing wrong things such as drinking alcohol. It should be done on things that will benefit us in the future, just as Madiba did.’’

Meanwhile, other Wesizwe crew members went into the neighbouring village to clean water tanks. The company has over the past years, as part of its social responsibility programme, provided water tanks for the local Bakubung community. Although the provision of water and maintenance of tanks is a municipal function, the crew felt it was their duty to lead the way! The guys set out to bring the tanks down, treat them with disinfectant, and pressure wash and rinse them. They also repaired leaking joints and taps, as well as sealing inlets to the tanks to avoid contamination.

After a long hard day’s work, all crews regrouped at the clinic to congratulate each other and shake hands on a good day’s work done! Mrs Sekano, a village elder and member of the Bakubung Clinic board, thanked the crews for selflessly giving of themselves and their time. She said their work will help everyone to recognize their individual power to make an impact and help change the world around them for the better.

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In Conversation with Wesizwe Platinumʼs Executive: Human Resources

Basetsana Ramaboa, Executive: Human Resources

If you are interested in knowing more about careers in the mining sector and specifically at Wesizwe Platinum, then Basetsana Ramaboa, Wesizweʼs Human Resources Executive is the person to provide all the insights. We spoke to her about the role and what her job entails........

What are the biggest challenges for Wesizwe in terms of HR that will need to be addressed for the remainder of this year?

The first priority is to get the HR team to work together and to fully understand the HR plan and objectives for the year. The other challenge is putting the necessary HR processes, procedures and policies in place that support the business during this critical pre-production phase. Another priority is to build strong working relationships with all colleagues and stakeholders in the business. This is particularly important to the success of Wesizwe going forward as we are all different people from different worlds and different backgrounds, and we have to come together and decide upon the internal culture we would like to drive within Wesizwe and to agree on how we wish to be perceived as a company out there in the marketplace.

On a personal level, I aspire to ensure that employees are proud to work for Wesizwe and are proud to represent the company positively and proactive every day, knowing that we are committed to building a best company to work for. We all have to work together to build this fledgling company from a zero base into what could be in 10 years time, a company regarded as the best platinum company in the country to work for. This is the type of vision I have for the company and the role of HR going forward.

What are the key HR priorities you are going to be focusing on for the next six months?

The key priorities will focus on human resource development. Besides the fact that it is a legislative requirement, we have specific HR targets we need to meet as a company. My role is to ensure we address the practicalities and the affordability of human resource development within the company, whilst at the same time ensuring the value-add of the business. In this regard, key priority areas will include ABET, core business skills training, internships, learnerships, mentoring, and providing practical support primarily for our interns, our apprentices and our bursars. When I look at the needs of our bursars specifically, the best way to make them feel at home and part of Wesizwe, is to ensure regular and quality interaction with them on a regular basis. Another key priority area will be on building constructive working relationships with our strategic partners, such as our contractors Aveng and TWP. Such working relationships with those partners over the next six months will ensure that they deliver seamlessly in the HR space.

Are you going to be involved in community engagement from an HR perspective?

To a small extent only. For example, if there are training and career expos planned in the local area, such as the one held earlier this month in Rustenburg, then we as a company would be interested to participate. We would use this type of event as a platform to promote our bursaries and learnership programmes for example.

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What types of interventions do you have planned that will help to build this "Best Company to Work For" culture at Wesizwe?

One of the challenges I encountered when I first joined Wesizwe was that employees did not have anyone they felt they could talk to when there were issues to be dealt with. I initially started to help by finding solutions to those issues, ensuring familiarisation with procedures and that employees fully understood the content of their letters of appointment and contracts. My priorities for the remainder of this year will be on getting the basics right in terms of HR support, putting the right HR foundation in place and ensuring the HR value chain, from resourcing to long-term incentive planning and retirement fund modelling, is in place. These are the things that will help us as a company to attract the best people and then to retain them. We need to make sure that the career paths are clearly defined within the company. We also need to look at what the company needs to do to support employees to do the best job they can do, this could involve training and development, mentoring, etc. We are also trying to automate HR systems, including basic process mapping this year.

What do you have planned over the next six months in terms of employee engagement and building a positive internal culture.

We already have the Achievement Awards, but a key priority is to ensure that we have the essential HR policies and procedures in place and that we have addressed key gaps that have been identified. By doing so, when we start to form a uniquely Wesizwe culture and way of doing things, it will be based on a solid foundation. So, for the next six months, I will be working on finalising all those policies and procedures. After that, we will focus attention on the behaviours that contribute towards achieving a specific culture in the company. This is a process we have already started at Exco level. We had our first Executive team engagement session to talk about how we should work together going forward, how we see our roles and how we see Wesizwe progressing in the future. As a result of this interaction, there are already good things that have been agreed upon such as the introduction of

quarterly business feedback meetings to the company, both at head office and at regional office. The purpose of such feedback meetings will be to inform employees of the considerable amount of positive change that is happening in the company at an operational and strategic level. It is important that every employee understands how the company is changing for the better. There will undoubtedly be practical HR issues that we will need to tackle on a daily basis, but this will be done as part of this new engagement approach. I believe that communication is going to help us considerably. We need to start communicating regularly with employees, so that they know what is happening in the company and, as a result, they are able to respond appropriately. The more they know, the more they can contribute to, and help to safeguard the Wesizwe brand in the marketplace. This kind of approach helps to build brand pride.

On a personal level, what is your vision for HR in Wesizwe?

One advantage that Wesizwe has at the moment is that it is a 'greenfield' site in terms of HR. Everything has to be created and this represents a very exciting opportunity. My predecessors put in place a foundation upon which to build, but there is a lot of space for me to now create an HR model for the company going forward that represents value add and supports the business. We are building this company together, from the CEO and the Exco, right through the company, and from an HR perspective, that is a very exciting proposition. HR plays a key strategic support role to the business. At the end of the day, you need people to build a mine and to build a company and it is important to remember that a company is only as strong as its people.

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New Training and Development Initiatives

Rock Drill Operator Programme Update

Wesizwe is going into partnership with Aveng Mining for this RDO programme and is in the process of signing an SLA with the company. 15 community members have been selected through a process which began back in January to join the intensive skills development programme, which will last three months (104 working days in total), commencing on 1st September and ending mid-December. The programme will be run from Boshoek Training Centre in Rustenburg, chosen because of its close proximity to the Bakubung community.

From January next year, another potentially larger intake will commence in order to meet the onramping requirements of the Bakubung Platinum Mine project and specialist skills training needs. The trainees emerging from this RDO programme will be certified as having gained specialist core business skills and will be highly employable within the mining industry marketplace, having been equipped with these much-needed, identified specialist skills.

Internship Programme

Based on Wesizwe’s business requirements, the company has advertised 9 internship positions across the wide spectrum of business activities including Engineering, Environmental, Safety, HR, Finance, Sustainability, Survey, Mine Overseer, GES Mechanical and Electrical, and IT. The internships are for people who are already qualified, having attended university, college or specialist training centres, but who require practical training and experience. With the exception of the engineering internships, the rest will get a 3 month exposure to the business.

The company is taking on 3 engineering interns for 2013 and next year that number will rise and will include more junior engineers also. This approach ensures there will be a continual pipeline of qualified people to support the Bakubung Platinum Mine project in the future.

Wesizwe is currently engaged in the development and roll-out of a number of Human Resource Development initiatives including specialist skills training programmes, internships, bursaries and learnerships. Here is a small update on what is currently underway and planned for the near future......

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New Training and Development Initiatives (cont.)

Bursaries Programme

Wesizwe plans to sponsor a number of bursaries over the next two years. In 2014, two bursaries will be offered to external candidates.

The first is a full scholarship for the National Diploma in Accounting, and the second is a bursary for a National Diploma in Chemical Engineering.

The following year, a total of 14 bursaries will be offered to external candidates in the following specialist areas:

Full Scholarship for Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (2)

Full Scholarship for National Diploma in Accounting

Full Scholarship for BCom

National Diploma in Cost Accounting

Full Scholarship for Mining Engineering

Full Scholarship for Human Resources

Full Scholarship for Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

BTech Safety Management (4)

Full Scholarship for Surveying (2)

The current learners on the Wesizwe sponsored EDUMAP programme will be considered for bursaries for engineering studies as their performance at the moment is excellent.

Any candidate interested in knowing more about Wesizwe Platinum’s Bursaries Programme can visit the company website - www.wesizwe.com or alternatively, request more information by contacting Wesizwe’s Regional Office for details.