The miner�s wife

Putting her miner’s wife cap aside, Mmegi scribe based in Selebi-Phikwe, Onalenna Modikwa-Kelebeile used her sixth sense to pursue the breaking story of the abrupt closure of the mine.  This was her quick way of breaking the silence that had enveloped their living room.

Being the miner’s wife, she knew there was no escape; she had to pack her notebook, camera and pen and possibly cry later.  This was a frustrating moment in the life of a journalist who has covered stories on other people’s lives.  This time around she found herself pursuing a story that affected her  so deeply because it was personal.