Kholofelo Maponya is chairman of rapidly influential investment holding group, Matome Maponya Investments (“MMI”).  The group has its origins in Polokwane, Limpopo and has significant investment holdings in key sectors of the South African economy, notably in agriculture, property development and financial services.  The MMI group invests in sectors where the country has deep social challenges and uses its resources to pursue investment opportunities where it can have a deep social footprint.

 

Mr Maponya is a talented businessman who was forced to give up his accounting studies at a young age and to fast track his foray into the business sector due to the illness and subsequent passing of his father, renowned businessman and NAFCOC co-founder, Matome Maponya.   He successfully managed to transition strategic family holdings in farming into property development enterprises, and financial service holdings.  Today MMI is a strategic shareholder in key South African businesses such as Afgri Limited, Daybreak Poultry (formerly Afgri Poultry) and SA Home Loans, where Mr Maponya  is an active board member providing strategic input to these entities.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

1992

In Service Training with KPMG AIKEN & PEAT (Pietersburg)

 

1993

In Service Training with KPMG AIKEN & PEAT(Johannesburg)

 

1994

Owner of Acacia Bottle Store

 

Manager

- Increased sales by more than 100% in two months

- Won a Mercedes Benz 180 for best SAB brand sales

 

1995

Managed Len Se Slaghuis

 

1996-1999

Matome Maponya Toyota

 

Director

- Won several awards in sales, service and parts department from various institutions such as Toyota SA, Wesbank and Stannic.

 

1996-2006

Maponya Meat Market

 

Manager

- Biggest black meat producer and supplier in the then Northern Province.

- Founded in 1976 as Lenyenye Butcheries

Expanded to 20 Outlets by 1994

 

1996-2006

Ora Groove Farms

 

Manager

- Exported  garlic

- Bred and fed Beef and produced Broilers (Since 1987 – Mentz Farm) (Family-1984)

- Operated a Beef Abbattoir and a Broiler Abbattoir (Broiler since 1987) (Family-1984)

- In 2006 was sold to Land Claims Commission

 

1995- To date

- Matome Maponya Investments(Pty)Ltd

 

Director

- Co- founded with his father as a family property company

- Developed a 729 residential StandsTownship named  Serala View  in Polokwane

- Currently developing a 1004 residential Stands Township named Mahlako-a-Phaahla

- Developed in excess of 5000 RDP Houses directly and indirectly

- The company employs 27 permanent employees within its head office in Fourways and its Polokwane Office

- This is the main investment company that invests on behalf of the Maponya family directly or through setting up other structures

- Deal Orignation is done through this company

- The company also does Transaction Advisory Services and Business Support for all entities and deals associated with the group.

 

2013- 2017

Maponya Hoffman Sechaba Farming (Pty)Ltd

 

Director

- Co- founded with Francois Hoffman as a pilot for black and white partnerships in commercial farming

- 1200 Ha with 600 Ha under irrigation, 450 Bonsmara Breeders, 1200 French Isle Lamb Breeders and 240 000 Broilers per cycle

- Contract Grower for Early Bird, recently recognized for best production and lowest mortality with interventions from previous experience

- Upped Profitability of Broilers and Tunnels by 30% in the first year of joint operation through efficiencies

- The company employs 140 people

 

2014- To date

Bolatja Hlogo Consortium (Pty) Ltd

 

Director

- Founded and sponsored the consortium after years of seeking holistic housing solutions

- The company facilitated and negotiated the buy-out of J P Morgan in SA Homeloans (SAHL) (Pty) Ltd

- BHC now holds a 25% stake in SAHL (Pty) Ltd with the PIC owning 25% and Standard Bank of South Africa 50%

- Through this relationship Mr Maponya is also a Director of SAHL (Pty) LTD, and various other Trusts and entities

- SAHL employs in excess of 800 permanent and temporary employees

 

2014- To date

Bafepi Agri Consortium (Pty)Ltd

 

Director

- Founded and sponsored the consortium after years of seeking agri solutions

- The company facilitated the buy-out and delisting of Afgri Limited together with AgriGroupe

- It now holds a 20% stake in Afgri (Pty) Ltd

- Through this relationship Mr Maponya is also a Director of Afgri (Pty) LTD, AgriGoupe and Afgri Operations (Pty) Ltd

- Afgri employs in excess of 4000 permanent and temporary employees

 

2014- 2016

Salt Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd

 

Director

- A company owned by Mr. Maponya purchased 50% of Salt Employee Benefits.

The company employs 140 people

 

2015 – 2016

Daybreak Farm

 

Director & CEO

 

- Founded and sponsored the consortium that acquired Afgri Poultry Limited with funding assistance from The Public Investment Corporation (PIC)

 - This consortium (AFPO) is a broad-based black economic empowerment entity

- Afgri Poultry Limited now trades as Daybreak Farms and is a fully integrated poultry business that competes with other commercial suppliers of poultry in the country.

- As the CEO of Daybreak, Mr. Maponya oversees the efficient and effective management of the business. Which encompasses manufacturing, supply and value chain.

- Daybreak is currently the largest black owned fully integrated poultry producer in the country

 

2000- 2014

Alfred Letsoalo Civils

 

Director

- Co – founded ALC a civil construction company

Built capacity to build Roads and water projects in excess of R100 Million per annum from 2003 till he left management in 2009

 

2004-2009

Limburg Farming Enterprises

 

Director

- Largest Citrus Exporter in Limpopo

 

2004-2009

- BruBoer Industrial and Farming Enterprises

 

Director

- The first company to manage Land Claims Farms for beneficiaries

- Made turnarounds of Lisbon, Limburg, The Oaks and the Willows Citrus Farms till they were taken over by government again

- The company was a culmination of two rival farmers politically being Matome Maponya (NAFU- National African Farmers Union) and Dries Bruwer(TAU- Transvaal Agricultural Union)

Matome came with another farmer, Sepitle Mphahlele(SACP- South African Communist Party) and Dries brought Dr Jongs Terreblanche(ARC- Agricultural Research Council) both for respective expertise in security and research

 

 2003-2007

Council Member of South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors , (Gauteng  and  National)

 

2005-2007

Alternate Director of the Construction CETA

 

2003- 2014

Homenet Bakone Real Estate (now Harcourt’s Real Estates)

 

2000- to date

Klatrade 786(Pty)Ltd

 

Director

- Co-founded this company that developed Eco-Loo Cisterns