Two former students of Ridgeway College in Makhado (Louis Trichardt), Ms Joan Tshivhinda and Mr Tshepiso Manyoha, were appointed as directors of this Section 21 Company during a board meeting on 1 September.

Tshivhinda graduated in 2009 with a Bsc (Hons) in computational and applied mathematics from Wits University, after which she joined the Nedbank Capital Graduate Programme in 2010 and was subsequently employed as a quantitative analyst for Nedgroup Securities. Tshivhinda will be moving to BNP Paribus Cadiz as a quantitative analyst at the end of this month.

Manyoha graduated from Witwatersrand University with a BCom degree in information systems and HR, where he was awarded the Waymark Infotech prize for information systems business programming. He also completed the GIBS leadership dialogue circle program (NEXUS) in 2009, TOGAF training and is currently completing his masters degree in business administration (MBA) at GIBS. Manyoha is a senior management consultant at Accenture South Africa and has worked with large corporate clients across different industries such as Telkom, Tiger Brands, FirstRand Group and MTN. He is passionate about doing business in Africa, adding value to organisations and general management. Most of his work has been based on the use of technology to solve business problems. Manyoha is also engaged in leadership development through volunteer initiatives and has served on the board of The Refugees Ministries Centre (a non-government organisation in aid of refugees from war-torn neighbouring countries). He is also the current chairperson of the South African Oracle Human Resources and Payrol Implementors Group.

The principal of Ridgeway College, Ms Leigh Bristow, said that she was proud to see how many of their past students had successful careers, and even more so when these students were prepared to make time in their busy lives to take part actively in the management of the school, bringing with them their business acumen and fresh approach.