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GALLERY: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality hosted an employee women’s empowerment programme at Thobi Kula.

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DA women lost to Covid, honoured

DA members observed a moment of silence to remember women who have lost their lives to the vicious Covid-19 virus at the party’s Women’s Month event held in Ezibeleni last week. DA Women’s Network (Dawn) provincial executive committee…

DOING GOOD: Deborah Stellenberg, founder of Deborah Arise, a non-profit organisation that deals with social ills Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

NPO Deborah Arise inspiring women to bring change

Local philanthropist Deborah Stellenberg has challenged women in the light of national Women’s Month to reach out to the homeless and have compassion. “In as much as we are celebrating our positions in the corporate world, let us be…

CELEBRATING WOMEN IN BUSINESS: Komani businesswoman Minty Makapela-Nontsele shares what it is like being a woman in business, while taking note of the soaring GBV pandemic in the country Picture: SUPPLIED

Call for SA women to stand together

A formidable Komani businesswoman, Minty Makapela-Nonstele, whose business is blossoming with the opening of the first Proclean franchise in Whittlesea last week, calls for women to stand together and support one another like the women of…

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: Nomtha Jayiya, who works as an industrial engineer at Sasol, speaks about being a woman in a male-dominated industry Picture: SUPPLIED

Jayiya a rose among thorns

South African women have permeated the so-called “male-dominated” industries as they continue to push boundaries to ensure gender balance and equal opportunities in the work space for all. One such woman is a young Komani woman, Nomtha…

Male teachers don skirts to celebrate value of women

Edlelweni Public Primary school male teachers recently showed their appreciation for women by dressing up as females to help celebrate Women’s Month. Principal, Zukisani Sondlo, said the school took a different approach in commemorating…

A woman who defied the odds

In the light of celebrating Women’s Month, The Rep sat with recently appointed Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality executive mayor, Luleka Gubula, who continues to defy the odds. Gubula, who hails from Luthuthu in Sterkstroom, shared some of…