Modern Mining August 2023

Multotec’s workforce includes skilled women in management, sales and process engineering, production, research, and development, and more.

Multotec employs 333 women in South Africa.

Sally Khambule – a leader in the spotlight Having grown up in a family of metallurgical engi neers, Khambule was attracted to the mining sector early on in life. Herself an extraction metallurgical engineer by profession, Khambule says that although mining is not considered a glamorous occupation, it offers excellent career opportunities. “Through my experience in the mining industry, I have gained a wide range of expertise. Success is not accidental; it requires faith and hard work.” Khambule began her mining career in 2005 as a Management Trainee at Driefontein Gold. In 2006, she was awarded a bursary by AngloGold Ashanti to study her B-tech in Extraction Metallurgy, and in 2008 she was appointed as Metallurgical Engineer. In 2010, she moved into mining projects where she was responsible for implementation of the RIP project. In 2013, Khambule joined DRD Gold as a Plant Superintendent of the new flotation plant. The core areas accredited to her experience included managing processing plants, commission ing, running pilot plants and projects, and conducting field services. She joined Multotec in 2016, bringing her substan tial wealth of experience to the company. Khambule represents Multotec as the Rubber Sales & Field Services Manager, serving customers in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Discussing the value of her mining experience to her job at Multotec, Khambule says it allows her to bring valuable solutions to assist the plants in achiev ing their production targets. She has been in plant operations for about eight years.

So how does she handle discrimination in the workplace? “I don’t take gender discrimination per sonally; instead, I challenge it. If someone is being

Multotec has set targets to increase the number of women in its workforce.

too hard on me, I respond with confidence in my abilities as a hard worker. I believe in treating people well and not engaging in unnecessary confrontation. When you treat others with respect, you are more likely to be treated well in return.” 

Agency vs Communion Agency refers to an individual striving to master the environment and to assert the self, whereas communion refers to a person’s desire to relate closely to, and cooperate and merge, with others.

Sally Khambule, Multotec Sales & Field Service Manager  As a triple qualification holder, she follows her business philosophy, nothing beats hard work.  Khambule holds the following qualifications: BTECH Extraction Metallurgy, Intermediate Programme for Management Development (UCT BS), and Programme for Management Development (GIBS).

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