Yorkcor Board Appointment

Yorkcor Board Appointment                                                       
The York Timber Organisation Limited                                            
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1916/004890/06)                                            
Share code: YRK & ISIN": ZAE000008108                                           
("Yorkcor" or "the company")                                                    
YORKCOR BOARD APPOINTMENT                                                       
Thamsanqa (Gay) Mokoena has been appointed a non-executive director of JSE-     
listed forestry products group, the York Timber Organisation Limited (Yorkcor). 
Mokoena is a development economist, who holds B. Admin (Hons) and Master of     
Business Leadership (MBL) degrees from Unisa.  He has worked in the small       
business development sector for more than 20 years, ultimately at executive     
management level and was a visiting auditor at the West LB Bank, Dsseldorf, in 
Germany in 1995.                                                                
After the democratic elections in 1994, Mokoena joined the Mpumalanga Provincial
Government where he assisted with the transformation of the governmental        
structures and was later appointed to head the SMME Desk in the Mpumalanga      
Government.  In this position, he was responsible for developing the Small      
Business Development Strategy for Mpumalanga. He also played a major role in the
development of the White Paper on Small Business Strategy in South Africa in    
1995.                                                                           
Mokoena left government at the end of 1998 to start Silulu Investment Services, 
a private company involved in financial and consulting services for the SMME    
sector and deal-making for BEE consortia. He put together the Londoloza Forestry
Consortium, a BEE group that together with Paharpur Cooling Towers of India, was
named the reserve bidder for the Komatiland privatisation project.              
Mokoena is a director of a number of companies, including the Mpumalanga Housing
Finance Company and water utility, the Greater Nelspruit Utility Company.  He is
also Secretary-General of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (Nafcoc) in the Mpumalanga Province.                                   
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ISSUED FOR:      THE YORK TIMBER ORGANISATION LIMITED (YORKCOR)                 
CONTACT   :      Ivor tucker, Managing Director: 012 804 9730                   
FAX NO    :      012 804 8611                                                   
E-MAIL    :      ivor@yorkcor.co.za                                             
WEBSITE   :      www.yorkcor.co.za                                              
ISSUED BY :      Letsema Communications                                         
CONTACT   :      Tish Stewart: 011 325 4195 / 082 443 6399                      
FAX NO    :      011 325 4199                                                   
E-MAIL    :      tish@letsemacom.co.za                                          
DATE :           27 August 2006                                                 
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