This female manager has shattered the glass ceiling in male dominated mining industry
By CNBC
28 June 2019 |
5:28 am
Portia Malele, Manager for Mining, Drill and Blast, at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine joins CNBC Africa to share her career journey in the male dominated mining industry.
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