Pinagare Mogodi

Pinagare Mogodiis a South African entrepreneur and the founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of MAB Group (Matsapa-A-Botshelo), a diversified industrial company based in South Africa with operations in mining, construction, logistics, energy, exports, and telecommunications.

Pinagare Mogodi founded MAB Group in 2010, building it from a construction firm into a multi-sector operator. The company added mining and trucking divisions in 2016 and later expanded into chrome and coal exports, fuel logistics, and digital connectivity. Under his leadership, MAB Group developed opencast mining operations supplying washed and unwashed coal against standard export grades, alongside chrome production drawn from South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex. The group exports primarily through Richards Bay and has expanded its logistics network to move material from mine to port.

As Group Chief Executive Officer, Pinagare Mogodi oversees strategy, operations, and finance across the company's divisions. His operating approach emphasizes vertical integration across extraction, processing, logistics, and export, direct payment to institutions, and the selection of established international counterparties. He has positioned MAB Group around parallel commodity engines, using chrome and coal to offset each other through market cycles. The net worth of Pinagare Mogodi and MAB Group is now sitting over a billion rand, with coal, chrome, and WiFi connectivity and telecommunications businesses all running.

Pinagare Mogodi studied at Midrand Graduate Institute in Midrand, South Africa, with coursework in financial management, business management, and public relations, and he holds additional professional qualifications in project management, Pastel accounting, and strategic planning. His business career began in 2010 during his university years, and he has spoken about rebuilding the company through financial difficulty in its early period.

MAB Group and its founder have been the subject of features in business and industry publications including Forbes Africa, USA Today, GQ South Africa, Business Insider Africa, International Business Times, and Leadership magazine. The company has reported expansion into new chrome assets, infrastructure investment, and continental growth plans, and Pinagare Mogodi was among the African business figures noted around the November 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg.

Beyond commercial operations, Pinagare Mogodi has emphasized job creation and community development as central to MAB Group's work, including internship and learnership programs and support for local employment in the regions where the company operates.