From Left to right: Mr. N Nxumalo, Ms. S Mazibuko, Mr. M Mthembu, Mr. B Mngomezulu, Ms. N Zwane, Mr. M Lukhele; Mr. Z Sikhakhane  Mr. KB Nkosi, Ms. N Mdunge, Ms. S Kunene, Ms N Xaba, Ms N Buthelezi, Ms. A Makhunga, Ms. N Thwala, Ms. M Mbatha, Ms. N Mthethwa

Kusuka kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla: Mr. N Nxumalo, Ms. S Mazibuko, Mr. M Mthembu, Mr. B Mngomezulu, Ms. N Zwane, Mr. M Lukhele; Mr. Z Sikhakhane  Mr. KB Nkosi, Ms. N Mdunge, Ms. S Kunene, Ms N Xaba, Ms N Buthelezi, Ms. A Makhunga, Ms. N Thwala, Ms. M Mbatha, Ms. N Mthethwa

Electrical Engineering Learner’s future shines bright 

With the skills acquired from the ZAC learnership Mzokhanyo Mthembu feels confident that he can work anywhere around the mine.  

The 33-year-old from Ulundi is currently doing his electrical learnership at ZAC and has been with the company since 2014.  

Mzokhanyo started as an Electric Serviceman underground, but now he is based at the main workshop where he gets to expand his knowledge of operations above ground.  

“I’ve learnt so many things. What I’ve learnt is that the workshop and underground are two different places,” he says. Mzokhanyo has learnt about the differences between pumps used above and below ground amongst many other things.  

For him being in the workshop has been a valuable experience and he looks forward to furthering his studies with the aim of one day becoming an engineer or an engineering manager.  

He has experience working in a high-seam shaft like Ngwabe. With his newfound information, Mzokhanyo is eager to work at a low-seam operation like the Outcrop shaft.  

“I’m able to work anywhere, sites, plants and underground as well and high and low seams…  because before I was working in high seam shaft like Ngwabe,” Mzokhanyo explains.  

Liqhakazile ikusasa lomfundi wobunjiniyela bukagesi

Uma ebuka amakhono asewafunde ohlelweni lokucijwa laseZAC, uMnuz Mzokhanyo Mthembu uyazethemba ukuthi angasebenza kunoma iyiphi imayini. Le nsizwa eneminyaka ewu-33 yasoLundi yayisohlelweni lweZAC lokuqeqeshelwa ugesi kanti selokhu yafika enkampanini ngo-2014. 

UMthembu uqale ukusebenza elungisa ugesi emgodini kodwa manje usesebenza lapho kukhanda khona ukuthuthukisa ulwazi lwakhe ngemisebenzi eyenziwa ngabantu abangangeni emgodini. 

“Sengifunde izinto eziningi. Esengikufundile wukuthi lapho kukhandwa khona nasemgodini yizindawo ezimbili ezihlukene,”  kusho yena. Ezinye zezinto asezifundile uMthembu wumehluko phakathi kwama-pump asetshenziswa ngaphandle nasetshenziswa emgodini.

Sekumkhulisile ukusebenza lapho kukhandwa khona kanti uzimisele ngelinye ilanga ukuqhuba izifundo zakhe njengoba efisa ukuba wunjiniyela noma imenenja yonjiniyela. 

Useke wasebenza emgodini oshona kakhulu iNgwabe. Kanti ngalolu lwazi asanda kuluthola, uMthembu ufisa ukusebenza emgodini ongashoni kakhulu njenge-Outcrop.

“Ngingasebenza noma kuphi, ezindaweni zemishini, emigodini, eshonayo noma engashoni ngoba kuqala bengisebenza emgodini oshona kakhulu njengeNgwabe,” kuchaza uMthembu.