Bridgette Radebe was honoured on Sunday with an international Business Person of the Year Award. South Africa's first black female mining entrepreneur is the only woman to head a deep-level, hard-rock mining company in South Africa.
The Foundation is dedicated to fostering democracy's message of individual, national, and international economy and social prosperity, human rights and global peace.
Past winners include former South African President FW de Klerk
In giving the award to Radebe, the Foundation described her as a heroic women and a born entrepreneur who defied legislation to build her own successful mining group.
"She is an economic activist, an agent of transformation and a pioneer of change who has played a key role in changing exclusionary mining legislation in South Africa and who pioneered the implementation of empowerment mining models in Africa and internationally," said the Foundation in a statement.
Radebe is the founder and CEO of Mmakau Mining, a founder and board of trustee member of the New Africa Mining Fund, founder and president of the SA Mining Development Association and vice-chairperson of the Minerals and Mining Development Board that advises the Minister of Minerals and Energy.
Radebe is the older sister of mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe and is married to Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe.
Sapa
