THE TOPROCK CREW

Diverse Workforce: 

The team is a multicultural mix, REALLY MIXED UP!

We have and have had: Basotho, Zulu, English, Coloured, Zimbabwean, Afrikaans, Malagasy, Namibian, Xhosa, Dutch,American,Australian, Russian, Caribbean, Malawian, German, British, Polish, American, Scottish, Shona, Swiss, Chichewa, Ovambo, Damara and many more!

They pride themselves on a friendly, non-polarized environment where colleagues can joke as friends(and insult each other when we can, as much as possible, as that's what you do when you actually like people... you poke fun at them and hope they will come back with something worse!

Members and Associates include....

• Nick May (Rock Finder and founder)
• Adre Erlank (processing, loading, Minister of Happiness)
• Vusi Moyo (Rock and Animal lover with a fantastic eye who sorts and makes up stock)
• Kat Wili (IT, loading product, metaphysical..known her since she was 9 years old)
• Wayne Ncube (Packing and our body builder in the business)
• Gavin Bezuidenhout, (marketing and retail website)
• Tim Bishop (IT and Website and friends from 12 years old)
• Albert Thibathere (Expert at cleaning Delicate Rocks and Mining, Albert has been at Toprock since he was 18 and he is getting older and fatter now!)
• Tsepang Dube (Packing)
• Renate Haberle,(Admin and shipping, accounts/Family friend)
• Ali and Tobecca Kassimo(boxes and packaging)
• Tom Rabearivelo (expert social media videos. rock sourcing and processing)
• Brian Maziwa (photographing and groove)
• Brandon Maziwa (inputting, loading/family friends)
• George Motsi (packing and various)
• Tudor (fixing)
• Ciara Jones (Loading and weighing and sizing)
• Andy Mboho, My Malagasy Deceased partners Dinis Mbohos son who is in his late 40's now)
• Voahangy Albertine, (Dnis'wife and a lady of note.These guys are my Malagasy family)
• Gaynor Stander (Admin, Invoicing, Shipping, enquiries),
• Jakkie Enslin (Mining Namibia, lots of adventures)
• Sipiwe Lembethe (General and superb liquorice all sorts)
• Vadim Vedder (Madagascar Russian Associate for 32 years)
• Slawek Kiskurno (yes there are Poles in Namibia)
• Brett Bouwer (Hanover in Germany) 
• Elmarie Ford in Australia
• Garie and Trudy Chinyandura (Toprock permanent Lapidary team who half live in South Africa and half in Zimbabwe depending on rocks ..surprisingly! I have known Garie for 26 years and he has trained many a lapidary person in his life and is extremely good at polishing, a difficult and highly qualified art, as all stones are different! )

Just like our rocks, we have exciting people from all walks of life, mostly from years in the Rock business!

Sourcing Network:

We have full-time and part time relationships with over2 500 artisanal miners, lapidary setups, and mines across regions like South Africa, Madagascar, Namibia, Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Angola and Swaziland. Emphasis on fair, ethical practices and community support.