Quarry Southern Africa May 2019 | Page 18

BUSINESS Some of the Aspasa awards recipients. Final acknowledgement Pienaar’s own efforts were recently recognised with two separate awards that were made in rapid succession. The first was presented to him by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, at the Mine Occupational Health and Safety 16_QUARRY SA | MAY/JUNE 2019 Summit that was held in Benoni earlier this year. The special award was made in recognition of his valuable and ongoing contributions to the Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) as director of Aspasa. He was also awarded a CEO Global Titans Building Nations Award 2018 for unsung heroes of the African business landscape. It is made in recognition of individuals who carry out important work behind the scenes to improve trading conditions and the lives of all in the sector with the motto ‘Do your best to inspire others, to do the same’.  www.quarryonline.co.za