I come from a family of Miners!

I come from a family of Miners, we dig, you dig?

My late father, Rre  Lekgoanyana Keoagile Kgasa, tirelessly, worked at the Durban Rooderport Deep Mine, in South Africa. It is worth noting that it was during the pinnacle of the repugnant apartheid system.

His late father, Rre Leselekwane Kgasa worked at the South African Mines. His late uncles – her late mother’s brothers – Rre Kefhitlhile Mogojwa and Rre Hologang Mogojwa worked at the South African Mines. I am told they are responsible for securing my father a job at the very same mine they worked at. To get his very first passport, the duo accompanied my father. His late brother, Rre Elphus Motaboga Kgasa, worked at the recently closed BCL mine, in Botswana. His late brother in law, Rre Mothibi Phiri Ramantele, worked at the South African mines.

Two of my mother’s brothers Rre Obanka Sebatlo and the late Rre Two-Colour Mokhai worked at the South African Mines. My late uncle, Rre Bathina Babusi, the brother to my mother, worked at the Jwaneng Mine, in Botswana.

A lot of my parent’s cousins and friends worked at the mines, too – particularly the South African Mines.

It is probably fair to say that they have greatly inspired me to be a miner too, that is, metaphorically speaking. I am forever grateful.
Ke a leboga bo-Rre.