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Dennis Mqadi named Cape Town's new Harbour Master

The port of Richards Bay took their farewell of Harbour Master Dennis Mqadi this week, following his appointment as the new Harbour Master at the port of Cape Town.

Mqadi, who comes from a small town in southern KZN called Izingolweni, has previously served as port captain/harbourmaster at East London and before that as pilot in the port of Durban, where he became the first African in Transnet port services to obtain his open unrestricted pilot's license in 2003. He also has a B Comm degree and began his career at sea when he joined the South African Navy in 1990.

Cape Town has been without a permanent harbour master since the resignation of Captain Ravi Naicker in January 2010. A former port captain of Cape Town and Chief Harbour Master of South Africa, Captain Eddie Bremner has been acting in the Cape Town capacity for several months and will now be able to return to his retirement home near Langebaan.