Zimplats Holdings Ltd. announced the appointment of Dr. Sydney Mufamadi as a Non-Executive Director of with effect from 1 May 2015. Dr. Mufamadi was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited on 5 March 2015. Dr. Mufamadi is the current Director of the School of Leadership at the University of Johannesburg.

He serves on the subsidiary boards of the Barclays Bank Africa Group in Mozambique and Tanzania. He is renowned for his mediation and conflict resolution skills as well as his expertise in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy.