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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
JULY
2016
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
Pioneer of Innovation
Noluthando Molao (37), associate
director, Turner & Townsend,
Johannesburg
“Winning the award is recognition of all
the hard work I’ve put in over the last ten
years while building my career. I’d like
to encourage other women wanting to
break into the construction industry by
saying that anything is possible with hard
work, perseverance and a plan. It’s vital
to remember no one wins alone. I have
learnt that different people have different
strengths and one should be able to
acknowledge this and draw from this,” says
Molao.
New Starter of The Year (under
30) – category sponsored by:
City of Johannesburg
Etheldreder Koppa, assistant project
manager, National Housing Corpora-
tion, Tanzania
ORGANISATIONAL
CATEGORIES
Excellence in career
development – category
sponsored by: NHBRC
Thobile Bhembe (35), junior site agent,
Inyatsi Construction Group Holdings,
Swaziland
“I am honoured to be recognised by
receiving this award. I am also proud to
be the first female site agent at Inyatsi
Construction Group Holdings. I’d like
to remind the youth interested in the
construction industry to not only like
Mathematics and Science, but work hard at
it too. Construction is not a just for certain
people, it’s for everyone,” says Bhembe.
Most innovative women training
programme
The City of Cape Town's Transport
Authority, Cape Town
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MARKETPLACE
Over 300 guests from the construc-
tion, cement and concrete industry
applauded the finalists and cele-
brated the various winners of the
2016 Women in Construction Awards.
The Women in Construction Awards
evolved through a need to recognise
and celebrate the role of women in the
construction, cement and concrete industry.
The awards, which comprise of both
individual and organisational categories,
acknowledge the increasing importance of
women in the industry.
The call for nominations for the Women
in Construction Awards resulted in 37 nomi-
nations. A panel of judges – that consisted of
19 global industry experts – identified
five individual finalists, representative of
three African countries and six organi-
sational finalists.
The individual categories recognise
women who are pioneers in innovation within
the built environment, as well as identify
‘New Starters’ – women under the age of 30
years – who through their efforts have been
identified as women ‘to watch’ as they get a
foothold within the sector.
The organisational awards acknowledged
organisations which have stepped up and
developed women’s roles through innovative
WOMEN
in
CONSTRUCTION
awards
The winners of the Women in Construction Awards,
recognising excellence in Africa, were announced
on 10 May 2016. The prestigious event took place at
Gallagher Convention Centre and was hosted by the City of
Johannesburg – alongside NHBRC as a gold sponsor, CETA,
SEDA Construction Incubator and The City of Cape Town’s
Transport Authority, as the bronze sponsors of the event.
Thobile Bhembe, junior site agent, Inyatsi
Construction Group Holdings, Swaziland.
BELOW:
Over 300 guests from the construction,
cement and concrete industry applauded the
finalists and celebrated the various winners.
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training programmes as well showing their
commitment to developing the careers of
women in the industry.
“The Women in Construction Awards is
an enabler, which shows women that their
efforts within the industry are recognised.
Seeing and hearing about women excelling
in the construction sector proves that there
is support for women in this male dominated
industry,” said Women in Construction Awards
director, Athi Myoli.