Ledile Dikgale

Section Manager: Drill & Blast Technical Kumba Iron Ore, Sishen Mine

Ledile joined the Kumba family in 2008 as a bursar, post graduating she was joined the graduate programme. She has over a decade in mining experience in Gold, Platinum and Iron Ore commodities. She was appointed as Short Term Planner subsequently promoted to Mine Design Engineer at Kolomela Mine in the mine planning department. She also acted as Section Manager:Short Term Planning in 2022. In 2023, she was promoted to Section Manager: Mining responsible for Block preparation and Scaling at Sishen Mine. Ledile is passionate about healthy lifestyle as a result she participates religiuosly in running. She recently participated in the World’s Deepest Marathon In Gapenberg (Boliden), Sweden .Her ambition is to complete all the 7 Abott marathons. Qualifications: BTech Mining Engineering University of Johannesburg, Mine Managers Certificate of Competence, Programme in Project Management (with distinction) Univertsity of Pretoria (Enterprise). MSc Mining Engineerning (In progress, Thesis pending) University of Witwatersrand.