26 Aug 2019

Top women in motoring honoured at SA Festival of Motoring

The second annual Gumtree Women in Autos Conference, hosted by The Festival of Motoring at Kyalami on the 23rd of August, honoured women from the automotive industry with peer-nominated awards.

Claire Cobbledick, GM of Gumtree South Africa said: "A theme from last year's event was Women honouring Women which is why we decided to let the motoring industry nominate candidates for their work across categories such as Human Resources, Admin and Finance, Marketing, Retail and Leadership. The public and their peers then voted for their favourites. We received hundreds of nominations and thousands of entries."

The winners included:

• Janine van der Post, Wheels24 – Winner: Excellence in Journalism

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Thank you #GumtreeAutos for the recognition, I am proud to be just one of only several female motoring journalists in South Africa. Those women are all strong, beautiful individuals, and they can all drive circles around most other men. We love what we do, we are privileged by the awesome opportunities bestowed upon us through manufacturers who take us around the country, and the world, in their beautiful cars. But none of this is possible without the support from our loved ones, and most Importantly, through the grace of God. To our husbands or partners who stand by us when we have to be up at 4am to catch that red-eye flight, and take care of our children, to the grandparents who so often have to stand in and help out, while we go off to work and drive new vehicles. It might take a bit more effort to prep meals ahead and set up the household for perhaps just one, or four nights away, but we do it out of love and passion, because no matter how fancy the car, family will always come first. Yet, we do it so well. I salute all the wonderful people I get to drive with, who have become more than just friends, but my family too. My sisters. Here's to each and every woman motoring journo in SA! . . . . . . #loveliveshere #womeninmotoring #womendrivers #motoringjournothings #friendswhoarefamily #cargirls #petrolheads #womeninautos #gumtreewomeninautos
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• Marcia Mayaba, Dealer Principal: Barloworld Motor Retail – Winner: Excellence in Leadership

• Emma Demmer, Dealer Principal: McCarthy Volkswagen Umhlanga – Winner: Excellence in Purchasing and/or Retail

• Tashta Bhana, PR Manager: Audi South Africa – Winner: Excellence in Marketing & Communications

• Lisa Mallett, Marketing & Communications Director: Jaguar Landrover South Africa – Winner: Excellent Performance as an Executive

• Nolwazi Ntshingila, HR Clerk: McCarthy – Winner: Excellence in HR, Finance and/or Admin

From left to right: Nunben Dixon, Head of Gumtree Auto; Linda du Preez, Sales Manager: Gumtree Auto, Emma Demmer, DP: McCarthy Volkswagen Umhlanga, Nolwazi Ntshingila, HR Clerk: McCarthy, Lisa Mallett, Marketing & Communications Director Jaguar Landrover and Jeff Osborne, Head of Key Accounts: Gumtree Auto.

There were also special nominations honouring race driver and road safety advocate Clare Vale, the first female to participate in the premier national Wesbank V8 Supercar series, as well as a special Career Achievement award for Gumtree's own Linda du Preez, the first female fleet sales manager in South Africa.

The awards were preceded by inspiring speeches from top women in the industry including Inspectacar CEO Pertunia Sibanyoni, Nissan Africa Head of Corporate Relations and Communications Nthabiseng Motsepe, Commercial Director of NAACAM Shivani Singh, Ford CX manager Maja Smith and Head of Volkswagen Brand Martina Biene while South Africa's first black superbike racer, Morongoa Mahope shared the stage with her 12-year old daughter and fellow racer Tsholofelo.

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