MEET MASANA Ntinga, the newly appointed commercial manager of the Amandelbult complex at Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplat) in Thabazimbi, Limpopo.
Ntinga has previously worked as an accountant at a major financial services business. Business Report chatted with her about her new role and some of the challenges that she has faced in her new line of work.
According to Ntinga, her role entails reviewing costs for each mine, interrogating them and asking the relevant questions.
“I also interrogate the headcount and the reason for (cost) increases, but then there’s a lot of just reviewing our monthly performance, outputs and costs. Asking why, but then, also approving expenditure.
“When we review the performance, we will say, for example, this shaft is expected, or planned, to produce this much, but it produced…