Blasting to the top in a man's world

Masego Keleadile is one of three women engineers at Debswana's Orapa and Letlhakane Mines. PATRICIA MAGANU caught up with her on site at Orapa Mine

ORAPA: Masego Keleadile, who is now a Mining Engineer, maintains that it was not an easy road to get to where she is today. She and two other women came in 2005 as fresh graduates and joined Orapa and Letlhakane Mines.

The petite Keleadile holds a degree in Mining Engineering from Leeds University in the United Kingdom where she went after Debswana sponsored her for A-levels at Maruapula Secondary School in Gaborone.

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