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Why corporate SA must woo women leaders

In the post-pandemic world, companies are losing female leaders at unprecedented rates as women take up better job opportunities or search for work-life balance. By The Gordon Institute of Business Science Female CEOs are still so rare that they make headlines when one resigns. In February 2023, Natascha Viljoen announced she was leaving her position […]

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Women in Leadership – Matsi Modise, CEO and Founder of Furaha Afrika Holdings

Matsi Modise is an avid entrepreneur and entrepreneurship activist. She has immense experience in corporate governance and building companies from the bottom up. She is an international keynote speaker, sits on various boards and is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Shapers Community and the Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO). Matsi joined the

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Women in Leadership – Charmaine Houvet, Senior Director: Africa, Cisco

Charmaine grew up in a fragile community and when she left matric went straight into a working environment and found a mentor, a coach, who helped her demystify the ICT industry and walked her journey with her. She has over two decades of telecommunications experience working with private and public sector organisations across Africa. She

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Women in Leadership – Taki Netshitenzhe, Vodacom

Taki Netshitenzhe, Director of External Affairs, Vodacom SA and Chairperson, Vodacom Foundation, is a lawyer by profession and spent 20 years in government as a law writer and a legal and policy advisor for the intelligence services. After 10 years within the intelligence and security framework, she ventured into cybersecurity specialising in communications security. Her

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Women in Leadership – Polo Leteka, IDF Capital

Polo Leteka is the Chairperson and Founder of IDF Capital and a qualified accountant with extensive experience in both the South African Public and Private sectors. She concluded her articles by emphasising the importance of finishing something you start, thus making her highly marketable for corporate and investment positions. While not sure what type of

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Every year, in August, South Africa marks Women’s Month in tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. A system meant to control women even further and reduce women to passive beings, at the mercy

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