Shaping systems, shifting cultures and driving South Africa forward

Shaping Systems, Shifting Cultures and Driving South Africa Forward

Power is never given freely – it is demanded, shaped and lived into reality.

This year’s Celebrating Women issue is anchored in the theme “Power Moves: Women shaping systems, shifting cultures and driving South Africa Forward”. It is both a celebration and a challenge: a celebration of the women rewriting the rules of leadership, business and society, and a challenge to a country that still drags its feet on gender equity.

South Africa cannot claim transformation while gender-based violence continues to scar our homes, workplaces and communities. Nor can we speak of progress when women in corporate South Africa remain locked out of the C-suite, when motherhood becomes a punishment in the form of stalled careers, and when unconscious bias and gendered language quietly reinforce exclusionary cultures.

These are uncomfortable truths, but necessary ones.

Author’s summary: Empowering women in South Africa.

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The Media Online The Media Online — 2025-10-14

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