Majwe Mining celebrates women miners
Lebogang Baingapi | Wednesday September 23, 2015 16:34
According to the company’s project director, Rod Fraser, when they celebrated women miners last year it was not the first and last time they did that. Last year, the company hosted high tea session and ran profiles of women miners in the press to highlight their roles. He said they do all these to appreciate the contributions and the value women add to their business as they continue to live up to the company’s values of; delivery, respect, integrity and legacy.
Majwe Mining currently employs 72 women. One such achievement which he said women miners managed well was the recently completed Cut 8 project. He said the project has achieved national significance and was completed within budget, on time and was allowed to grow and be nurtured.
Fraser said statistics from inside the business show that women workers have a far lower percentage of absenteeism than their male counterparts.
“Ladies are also more cautious of safety measures as they also have low accident incidents than males,” he added. He said the dinner was also an empowerment session which brought the country’s best brains in investment and health; both which ultimately lead to wealth. He emphasised on the importance of saving and investing money by developing simple daily habits that result in wealth accumulation. “Wealth is about how wisely you can manage the money you earn,” he said. Speaking at the event, financial advisor Calvin Phokontsi encouraged the miners to adapt financial creativity in order to acquire wealth. “It calls for financial intelligence,” he added.
Phokontsi said one needs not to earn much to be financially prudent, but rather they need to have the skill and discipline to manage their funds. He said a person’s wealth is judged by not how much they earn, but how they help others.
Keanole Molelekwa, an operator of a dump truck, 930 Komatsu, hailed the event as motivational and acknowledged the management for the gesture. She encouraged other women to uphold careers in mining.
Neo Moswete, another grateful employee who works as an electrician, said the company has helped her grow career-wise having been moved from dispatching in maintenance department to learn more about mining. Having joined the company in 2012, Moswete was excited to be recognised in a male dominated industry.