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Awards for 2013 Businesswomen of the Year this week

The 2013 Businesswomen of the Year awards take place on 22 August at Vodaworld in Midrand. Coordinated and managed by the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa (BWASA), this year they are sponsored by Telkom SA and International Bank Vaults (IBV).
Awards for 2013 Businesswomen of the Year this week

This year's corporate sector finalists are Cristina Texeira, CFO at Group Five and Ntombizine Madyibi, COO of the East London Development Zone. This year's entrepreneurial sector finalists are Thandi Ndlovu, CEO of Motheo Construction Group, Elma von Plaster, owner of BP Stikland and Shauneen Procter, partner at Brand Wizard trading as Idea Engineers.

SABC Interface presenter, Tembisa Marele, will host this year's awards and the guest speaker is well-known talk show host and media personality, Dr Felicia Mabuza-Suttle.

The majority of the ticket sales goes towards the association's bursary programme that assists women to undertake post-graduate studies that will improve their business and career prospects.

Non-members can purchase individual tickets for R2600 and corporate tables for R26,000 while BWASA members can purchase individual tickets for R2300 and corporate tables for R23,000. For more information, call Busi Mkhabele on +27 (0) 11 486 3301 or email az.oc.asawb@ofnI.

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