120 Robson Mail Center Cambridge, MA 01238 Tel: +1 445-3245 - Email : ajoluka@gmail.com 17 January 2012 Ms Tarryn Engelberg Anglo American Dear Ms Engelberg, I am writing to express my interest in the internship opportunity available at Anglo American in partnership with the Africa Careers Network at African Leadership Academy. As an inaugural graduate of ALA and native of Cape Town, I have had my sights set on returning home to engage in engineering opportunities once I have completed my studies abroad. Anglo American as a company, with its South African and global footprint, represents to me just such an opportunity. As a second year Mechanical Engineering candidate at Harvard University, I am in the process of discovering which track within my course I will choose to follow as an area of specialisation and starting point for my career. Consequently I have explored internships within the motor-manufacturing and renewable energy sectors, but I am as of yet unexposed to South Africa’s vast mining sector. As an industry leader, Anglo American would provide me with a breadth of experience within mining operations in the country as well as a foretaste of what awaits me as a qualified engineer upon graduation. My former internships provided me with involvement in marketing and research respectively, but with little acquaintance to the work and life of the engineers in their companies. I now possess more skills within the mechanical engineering curriculum, which I feel better equip me for exploring the field at this stage. Most importantly I feel that Anglo American is a company with the scope and scale to allow me to return to South Africa and plough back into the economy and community, whilst fulfilling my engineering ambitions. I am reachable most easily by email and will be available for a telephonic or Skype interview at your convenience. I look forward to your correspondence. Sincerely, William Mokothu