BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Board of Directors (the Board) are responsible for strategic direction, managing risk, control and good corporate governance and bring independent, informed and effective judgement to bear on material decisions reserved for the Board.
The Board’s diversity and skills ensure that the Sasol Khanyisa Group is guided to deliver sustainable value to all our stakeholders. A combination of different business and academic backgrounds as well as diversity in age and gender allow for considered decision-making.

THABISO MADIBA
Independent non-Executive Director and Chairman

THALITA BOIKHUTSO
Independent non-Executive Director

TREVOR ARRAN
Independent non-Executive Director
THABISO MADIBA
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director and Chairman
- BCom Accounting, MCom, (SA and International Taxation), CA(SA), RA(SA), Chartered Tax Advisor (SAIT)
- Born 1981
- Appointed to the Board in 2018
Mr Madiba is a Financial Management Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, supervising tax masters students and an Audit Partner at Barakabora Assurance. He is a Director of Podam Consulting and CA Succeed Training (Pty) Ltd and a non-Executive Director at the Trevor Noah Foundation, Peermont Global (East Free State), the SARS collective Society NPC and Trustee of the University of Johannesburg’s Provident Fund and Nal’ibali.
THALITA BOIKHUTSO
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
- BA (Hons), MA, Advanced Risk Management
- Born 1973
- Appointed to the Board in 2018
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Ms Boikhutso is the Managing Director of Alona Advisory Services. She has extensive advisory services experience, with specific focus on Financial Services, Mining, FMCG, Oil & Gas and Public sectors. Her advisory expertise lies in the areas of strategy, business optimisation and turnaround, governance, risk and compliance, and people management.
TREVOR ARRAN
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
- BSc, BSc (Hons), AMP, Dip. Project Management
- Born 1967
- Appointed to the Board in 2024
- Member of the Audit Committee
Mr Arran is an Executive Director at ECS Associates. He is an astute and highly experienced senior executive manager, director and board member with 35 years of professional experience. He has worked extensively in industry, banking and projects in mining, metals and energy that have required the optimisation / rationalisation of businesses and delivery of major projects. He has worked across the world and has overseen large businesses and major projects in Africa and Australia and has in depth knowledge of the specific requirements of various stakeholders, including shareholders, clients and partners. He has over his career been involved in the strategic and operational management of both listed and unlisted South African and international businesses. Companies include Anglo, De Beers, JPMorgan, Kumba Resources, Exxaro, Tronox and IDC.

KANANELO MAKHETHA
Independent non-Executive Director

NONKULULEKO MANYIKA
Independent non-Executive Director

ZANELE MONNAKGOTLA
Independent non-Executive Director
KANANELO MAKHETHA
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
- BCom, MBA
- Born 1960
- Appointed to the Board in 2018
- Chairman of the Social and Ethics Committee and member of the Audit Committee
Mr Makhetha is the former Chief Executive Officer of Club Travel Corporate, a corporate travel management company, providing travel and related services to the private and public sectors. Before Club Travel Corporate, he was Chief Executive Officer of Travelex Africa, a retail travel foreign exchange supplier. He is the Chairman at Education Africa NPO and a non-Executive Director at Shumi Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. He previously held a position as the President of the Association of Southern African Travel Agents and non-Executive Director of SA Tourism and THETA (now CATHSSETA).
NONKULULEKO MANYIKA
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
- BCom Accounting, BCompt (CTA – Hons), CA(SA)
- Born 1983
- Appointed to the Board in 2018
- Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Ms Manyika is the founder of Nonisa, an advisory firm that caters to a large variety of clients within construction and other specialised fields. Under her leadership, Nonisa has built a strong reputation for delivering tailored financial, strategic, and operational advice, enabling clients to achieve sustainable business growth and compliance excellence. She was previously the Chief Financial Officer of ENM Trading, Chief Executive Officer of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of South Africa (ABASA) and a Board member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
ZANELE MONNAKGOTLA
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
- Master’s in Finance, Management Advanced Programme, LLM (Tax), LLB, BCom
- Born 1971
- Appointed to the Board in 2018
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Ms Monnakgotla is the founder and former Managing Director of Freewi, a company providing more affordable Wi-Fi to communities, townships, businesses and the underprivileged in South Africa and the continent. She previously held various senior positions at the Industrial Development Corporation between 2000 and 2014 including Senior Project Manager: Project and Structured Finance, Head of Strategic High Impact Projects and Head of Innovation Department. She is a non-Executive Director on Sasol South Africa Limited, Hulamin, Ecobank Transitional Limited and Rand Water. She previously served as a non-Executive Director on Philafrica (Pty) Ltd, Bluefin, Persomics and Foskor and was a member of the Legal and Technical sub- committee of Pebble Bed Modular Reactor.

KENNY SETZIN
Independent non-Executive Director
KENNY SETZIN
Sasol Khanyisa Public (RF) Limited and Sasol Khanyisa Fundco (RF) Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
- MBA, BA Journalism
- Born 1961
- Appointed to the Board in 2018
- Member of the Audit Committee
Mr Setzin is the founder and Executive Chairman of the DIH group, an investment holding company with interests in financial services and mining. He is responsible for deal origination; negotiations; valuations; deal-structuring; capital raising; and post-investment value- enhancement. Prior to the formation of DIH group, Kenny was an Executive Director and Acting CEO of New Africa Investments Limited (Nail). He is a non-Executive Director on the following boards: Dr Sam Motsuenyane Consortium (Pty) Ltd, Rustenburg Chrome Mine (Pty) Ltd and North-West University Enterprises (Pty) Ltd. He previously held board positions at Rea Vaya – Litsamaiso (Pty) Ltd, Aon South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Jacaranda FM (Pty) Ltd, Radmark (Pty) Ltd, renamed Mediamark (Pty) Ltd and Urban Brew (Pty) Ltd.