Zikalala leads Kumba Iron Ore, Anglo American's Northern Cape iron ore business built around the Sishen and Kolomela mines. A Wits chemical engineering graduate, she joined De Beers as a process engineer in 2001, became general manager of Kimberley Mines in 2007, deputy CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines in 2017 and managing director of De Beers' group-managed operations in 2019. She presented Kumba's 2026 interim results in July and is slated to keep running Kumba within Anglo Teck.
