Gender equality improved at Corobrik

(L - R) Bertha Zwane and Nomvuyo Mkhefa

Zwane, centre manager Lawley, joined Corobrik in January 2003 at the Glencoe factory where she worked as a sales person. "This position and the scope of the work moulded me and gave me the technical knowledge I required to grow within the company," she explains. "In 2005, I moved to Crown Mines in Gauteng, also as a sales person and in a space of a few months, I was promoted to assistant centre manager. In early 2008, I became the internal sales supervisor at the regional office in Edenvale and today I manage the Lawley Centre."

Mkhefa joined the company in July 2005 at the Phesantekraal factory as a trainee production supervisor and in early February 2007, she relocated to Midrand as a management trainee. "Seven months later, I was promoted to production manager at the Witbank factory, where I was mentored by the factory manager, Sam Mabizela. In 2009, I was promoted to my current position of assistant factory manager. The pursuit of high standards and the mentoring and support that the company has given me is the reason I have enjoyed success in my career," adds Mkhefa.

Both Mkhefa and Zwane have been shareholders through the Employee Share Trust since its inception in 2008, when all staff with a year or more service became shareholders in the company at no cost to the employees.

"The influence of these two women, who have both experience and are well grounded in the company's approach to business, will add to the already wide pool of knowledge and experience in the boardroom. We are proud of them and look forward to their input," concludes Dirk Meyer, MD of Corobrik.