WEZ - Wesizwe Platinum Limited - Appointment of independent non-executive

WEZ - Wesizwe Platinum Limited - Appointment of independent non-executive       
directors                                                                       
WESIZWE PLATINUM LIMITED                                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 2003/020161/06)                                           
JSE code: WEZ ISIN: ZAE000075859                                                
(the "Company" or "Wesizwe")                                                    
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS                              
In compliance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the Listings Requirements of the        
JSE Limited, the Wesizwe Board of Directors is pleased to announce that         
Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu and Mr Robert (Bob) Garnett have been appointed as          
independent non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 17          
October 2011.                                                                   
Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu is a director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Datatec             
Limited, Rothschild SA and Ethics Institute of South Africa. He served as       
President of the International Organisation of Employers in Geneva from May     
2008 to June 2011. In his capacity as President of the International            
Organisation of Employers, he participated annually in United Nations High      
Level discussions on global issues including Climate Change, Sustainability     
and the Global Compact. He served as a member of the Global Financial           
Crisis Advisory Panel established jointly by the International Accounting       
Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board in January         
2009 to advise on the accounting standards setting implications of the          
Global Financial Crisis.                                                        
Mr Bob Garnett is a chartered accountant with almost forty years`               
experience in mining, manufacturing and financial services. He has recently     
retired from the IFRS Foundation after completing ten years as an IASB          
Board Member and Chair of the IFRS Interpretation Committee. Immediately        
prior to that, he was executive vice-president: Finance of Anglo American       
plc and a director of several of its South African subsidiaries and             
affiliates.                                                                     
Both Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu and Mr Bob Garnett will be members of the Audit &      
Risk Committee of the Company.                                                  
Johannesburg                                                                    
17 October 2011                                                                 
Sponsor:                                                                        
Investec Bank Limited                                                           
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