Modise has been cutting and polishing diamonds for 13 years now, having joined in 2007 without any trade for the job that has become a source of livelihood for her family. At the time she joined SAFDICO, she became their first Motswana woman diamond polisher.
“It was in September 2007 when I approached one of the company’s managers, Oz Franco, for a job. At the time, I was working for a construction company, which was doing work here, so I wanted to do something different.