Conclusion. “Southern Treasures” profiles two faces of South Africa's mining industry: veteran miner Putswa Tekane and Xoliswa Vanda, the only woman in a mine employing 5000. Vanda, 26, has ambitions to be a manager, something no South African woman has accomplished. But first she must pass a rigorous exam. Tekane, a poet and Catholic lay preacher from Lesotho, has mixed feelings about his job. He hates the fact that it keeps him away from his family most of the year, but it pays well and he doesn't want to lose it: Layoffs are endemic for miners. And for his younger colleagues, so is AIDS.