SAPA,

LISTED hospital group Netcare announced the appointment, with effect from June 1 2008, of Jerry Vilakazi, as independent non-executive chairman. He succeeds Michael (Motty) Sacks who, on January 25 2008, announced his intention to retire as chairman of the Board. Vilakazi holds a BA (Unisa), MA (Thames Valley), MA (London) and MBA (California Coast University). He is CEO of Business Unity SA. He was managing director of the Black Management Forum in 2004 to 2005, Public Service Commissioner (1999-2001), executive director of the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (2001-2003), chief director for strategic planning at the Department of Home Affairs (1997-1998), and deputy director, affirmative action, in the Department of Public Service and Administration. He co-founded Execuprime, a black-owned training and consulting company specialising in human resources and organisational development. Among his directorships are chairman of the Mpumalanga Gaming Board, BMF Investment Company, Computershare and Execuprime.