The miner�s wife

Onalenna Modikwa-Kelebeile is Mmegi Senior reporter based in Phikwe
Onalenna Modikwa-Kelebeile is Mmegi Senior reporter based in Phikwe

FRANCISTOWN: Heavy silence filled their living room. The silence came on the heels of the abrupt closure of the BCL Mine, which at supersonic speed was placed under judicial management.

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. 

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