Bridgette radebe biography of donald

South African businesswoman (born 1960)

Bridgette Radebe (née Motsepe) is a South African businesswoman of Tswana descent and the sister of South African businessman Patrice Motsepe and First Lady of South AfricaTshepo Motsepe.

Career

She was born on 26 February 1960.^[1] Radebe started out as a common miner in the 1980s; managing individual shaft mining operations and producing materials for the larger mine operations in South Africa while working under a contract.^[2] She started Mmakau Mining; a mining firm which initiates explorations and helps to produce platinum, gold, and chrome.^[2]

Radebe is the President of the South African Mining Development Association and her husband was South Africa's Minister in the PresidencyJeff Radebe.^[2] She is also the member of the New Africa Mining Fund and serves on the Sappi Board.^[1][3] Bridgette has criticized the "capitalist mining model" because