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Fire women:  Khomotso Moagi and Ntebo Kwanaite of Working on Fire. Photo: Phumlani S Langa
Fire women: Khomotso Moagi and Ntebo Kwanaite of Working on Fire. Photo: Phumlani S Langa

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Khomotso Moagi and Ntebo Kwanaite meet us at the Working on Fire provincial office in Midrand, dressed in their yellow and navy uniforms. The pair seem happy to be speaking to us about their lives as women who also happen to be firefighters. This is yet another on a long list of male-dominated fields, but these two women and their kind are making inroads.

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