I am a fire-fighter
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120416 33 year-old Dudu Ratlhogo is a firefighter emergency personnel working for the city of Johannesburg. She is the acting platoon commander at the Fairview fire station. Picture:Paballo Thekiso 120416 33 year-old Dudu Ratlhogo is a firefighter emergency personnel working for the city of Johannesburg. She is the acting platoon commander at the Fairview fire station. Picture:Paballo Thekiso
Dudu Ratlhogo is a passionate fire-fighter and emergency medical technician. “I’ve been a fire-fighter for the past eleven years and I love it. When I was introduced to this field, I felt so intimidated, but that didn’t stop me from doing what I wanted to do.” She lists the challenges of her job as: “Number one; being a female in a male-dominated place is a challenge on its own because you need to prove yourself three times more.”