Women in mining call for equality - SABC News

Image: ReutersWomen in the mining sector. They voiced their concerns at the second Mining and Energy Investment Conference in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The conference is in partnership with the provincial government, under the theme ‘Realising Northern Cape’s Investment Potential in Mining.’

“Most of the time it is only men and women are few in the mining sector. I would like to get help with my business so I can work and employ the unemployed youth out there,” says small scale miner Alice Mosikare.“I also want to see women empowered and having that chance to participate in the mining sector and see them also operating their own mines and create jobs for women because this has been a widely men dominant industry.

“Our encouragement is for businesspeople from the province to make sure that through the different deals they will be engaging and concluding make sure there are job opportunities,” says the MEC

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