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Exxaro female engineer bags award

Bontle Mtshengu

Bontle Mtshengu

19th August 2019

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Deputy Editor Online

     

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Exxaro’s first female engineering manager, Bontle Mtshengu, has been named the winner in the Top Gender Empowered Organisation: Resources category in the Standard Bank Top Woman of the Year awards.

Mtshengu, who leads a team of more than 200 people and is responsible for ensuring Exxaro complies with its engineering strategy and health and safety standards at its Leeuwpan coal mine, was named the winner at a ceremony at Emperors Palace, in Ekurhuleni, on August 15.

An overwhelmed Mtshengu dedicated her win to her team and Exxaro.

“I am humbled to have won, considering the quality of the competition. I was just happy to have been among the finalists. Exxaro has provided me with many opportunities to not only succeed personally but also to be a role model to other women and to help all the people who report to me to succeed. Exxaro truly lives its mission to power possibilities for its employees,” she said.

Leeuwpan business unit manager Mangaliso Sethethi noted that Mtshengu was a worthy winner.

“I am delighted at Bontle’s win which, I believe, is testament to the work Exxaro is doing to power better lives for our female employees. Bontle, along with Johanne [Struwig, who was a finalist in the Top Young Achiever of the Year category] are among several women at Exxaro who are paving the way for women in mining in South Africa.”

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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