Sabelo holds a Chemical Engineering degree and completed his MBA at Wits Business School.  He has also completed several management programmes and courses, including the Certificate Program in Executive Management – Advanced Topics in Business Strategy from the University of La Verne (USA). He started his career at AngloGold Ashanti’s East Noligwa Gold Plants after which he joined Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in 2012.  Here he gained valuable experience in various capacities, such as Superintendent: Molten Product Handling, Engineer: Process Safety Management, and Manager: Process Safety Management.

Before he joined us, he was the Senior Manager: CPA and Smelter at RBM. Sabelo has been in his current position since September 2023.