The former Vodacom and MTN executive who believes he can fix South Africa’s broken government systems

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The former Vodacom and MTN executive who believes he can fix South Africa’s broken government systems

New SITA managing director Magatho Mello said his leadership team will turn the agency around in 2 years.

 

[Pegging]

I was expecting this to be the please call me guy

 

[Hemi300c]

I suggest you fix where you are right now because it's a shyteshow of corruption. Governments corruption is excelling so they ok or do you want a new cashcow?

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

Is it Makate?

 

[Bad Ballie]

Well, let's see, the man is sailing into a headwind and there is a massive storm coming in. He is going to have to try navigating through institutionalized corruption, looting and incompetence at every level.

 

[oros]

I must say he's got balls.... Maybe he seeing something that most don't..... But either way, would be interesting what he gets right.....

 

[ShaunSA]

“I am confident that 24 months from today, we will be talking about a different organisation because the failures are simply a consequence of the lack of evolution.”

@Sideshow Bob bookmark for two years

Prediction. In 2 years Mello Yello will have achieved fokoli

 

[Sideshow Bob]

@Sideshow Bob bookmark for two years

Prediction. In 2 years Mello Yello will have achieved fokoli

I did have the pleasure of interacting with SITA at one point. 2 years is a bit ambitious tbh. Let us add 2 zero's so make it a nice round 200 years.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Well, let's see, the man is sailing into a headwind and there is a massive storm coming in. He is going to have to try navigating through institutionalized corruption, looting and incompetence at every level.

He is just looking to score nice packet for doing nothing and no one can blame him if he is unsuccessful.

Close to end of his tenure, he will give some interview, complain and exit like Ruyter. And then he will publish a book.

It is becoming boring AF.

 

[Craig_]

I was expecting this to be the please call me guy

I was expecting that Alan Knott-Craig arsehole.

 

[Sargeant]

Ah yes, a person who was given his job and wealth because of BEE now think he can fix the country. Being a token appointment is slightly different to actually doing the work!

 

[Craig_]

Ah yes, a person who was given his job and wealth because of BEE now think he can fix the country. Being a token appointment is slightly different to actually doing the work!

How do you know if he was a token appointment? It looks as if he is suitably qualified?

He enrolled in a National Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering at Technikon Witwatersrand in 1986 and graduated in 1990.

After completing his National Higher Diploma, Mello attended Washington State University in the United States from 1991 to 1994.

During this time, he completed a B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering. Mello was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society and vice president of the African Student Association at Washington State.

He went on to complete an M.Sc at the same university. He began his thesis, entitled “Low-bit rate video coding using arithmetic coded trellis-coded quantizer”, in 1995, and graduated with a Master’s in 1997.

Mello’s fourth qualification came from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). He completed an executive development programme: business at GIBS in 2008.

 

[DreamKing]

trust me, not that difficult, anyone can do that except the anc.