https://www.bizcommunity.com/WomensMonth South Africa Women's Month | Special Section | Bizcommunity news 15 Women's Month news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/WomensMonth en-us Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:15:16 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/women-need-to-stop-holding-one-another-back-075675a As general manager of Field Force, Carmen Brown manages one of Provantage's largest and most geographically distributed teams; a role that demands presence, authority and an almost inexhaustible reserves of energy. She will tell you, with characteristic directness, that the energy comes from loving the work. Everything else is built from there. 1-271257 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/suzukis-eileen-gengan-on-finding-her-voice-and-leading-authentically-631221a Eileen Gengan, PR and events manager at Suzuki Auto South Africa, did not set out to build a career in automotive. What began as a temporary marketing opportunity at a local dealership during a university break grew into an 18-year career spanning public relations, communications, events and brand experience. 1-271261 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/isuzus-nandi-matomela-on-taking-up-space-in-automotive-853453a Nandi Matomela started her career as a graduate at General Motors South Africa in 2013, never expecting the journey to take her where it has. Today, she is department executive: corporate affairs at Isuzu Motors South Africa, having built more than a decade of experience across communications, marketing and brand strategy. 1-271259 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/fnbs-palesa-moeletsi-on-turning-the-hustle-into-a-sustainable-business-186786a For #WomensMonth, we speak to FNB’s Palesa Moeletsi, an SME Development professional with more than a decade of experience helping entrepreneurs start, grow and scale their businesses, about the lessons she learned growing up in an entrepreneurial family in Soweto and what it takes to turn a hustle into a sustainable business. 1-271258 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:03:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/samsung-africa-cmo-kgomotso-mannya-on-why-representation-isnt-enough-520120a For #WomensMonth, we speak to Samsung Africa chief marketing officer Kgomotso Mannya about her more than two-decade career in marketing, her transition from beauty and consumer goods into technology, and what it takes for women to progress into positions where they have real commercial influence. 1-271256 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/engens-vanessa-moorthi-moodley-is-giving-women-a-seat-at-the-petroleum-table-853463a “Eldest daughter syndrome” is the informal term describing the pressure firstborn girls often face to act as caregivers, mediators, and role models from a young age. While it is sometimes framed negatively, it also means the eldest daughter develops resilience and leadership early on, setting the stage for Vanessa Moorthi-Moodley’s rise in the South African petroleum sector. 1-271249 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/influence-begins-within-the-women-helping-move-kena-outdoor-forward-742352a As Women’s Month draws to a close, Kena Outdoor recognises three leaders whose work across operations, finance and organisational leadership is turning the company’s from inventory to influence ambition into daily practice. 1-271242 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/confidence-is-built-not-born-853403a Antoinette Abrahams will tell you that confidence is not something you arrive with. It is something you build… through difficult conversations, deals won and lost, through the unglamorous work of showing up again after a door closes in your face. 1-271239 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:08:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/maybe-we-should-stop-celebrating-women-day-631271a In the UK advertising industry, women reached 46% of c-suite respondents in 2025. Yet only 24% of Europe's top creative-award recognition between 2019 and 2023 went to women – and one in ten women in the latest All In Census said they had experienced sexual discrimination in the previous year. 1-271221 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/fairlady-hot-time-out-is-back-520150a The perimenopause and menopause experience is set for 19 September 2026 in Johannesburg 1-271216 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:58:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Women's Month South Africa