by WOF Editorial Team | 26 Oct, 2016 | Profiles |
Thapelo Ramashobane started from humble beginnings as a firefighter and is now making his career at Tlokwe Local Municipality, where he is employed as a traffic warden in the Department of Public Safety. His job includes the normal traffic warden duties, as well as...
by WOF Editorial Team | 11 Oct, 2016 | Profiles |
Gcobisa Ngubombi, a 23-year-old Newlands High Altitude Team (HAT ) member, joined the HAT programme in February 2015. The High Altitude programme specialises in clearing alien plants on steep mountain slopes and ravines. It plays a vital role in...
by WOF Editorial Team | 10 Oct, 2016 | Profiles |
Zibele Bala, who joined the WOF programme in September 2015, was recently promoted to Base Communications Representative (BCR ) of the Newlands Team. The 27-year-old, who is originally from the Eastern Cape, goes beyond the call of a firefighter and is passionate...
by WOF Editorial Team | 21 Sep, 2016 | Profiles |
Refilwe Makola, a 47-year-old mother of five children and an ex-offender who became a firefighter tells her story of how Working on Fire restored her dignity. She says after being paroled by the Department of Correctional Services, she didn’t think she would ever be...
by WOF Editorial Team | 20 Sep, 2016 | Profiles |
Type 2 Crew Leader, Mpho Kgole, of Ditholo Team in Hammanskraal is now a qualified auxiliary nurse after completing her theatre training at Louis Pasteur Hospital recently in Pretoria. Mpho used some of the monthly stipend she gets from the WOF programme to pay...
by WOF Editorial Team | 19 Sep, 2016 | Profiles |
“ Finally I am writing my matric examinations later this year. It has been a turbulent and trying journey. My mother does not have matric. I am honouring her by completing what she always wanted me to do,’’ said Elsie Molahlegi, a Type 2 Crew Leader at Roodeplaat...
