{"id":216502,"date":"2022-02-14T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T12:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=112861"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T12:26:41","slug":"shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoprite\u2019s first female truck driver helps hundreds more take the driver\u2019s seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/save-with-myprs-monthly-flat-fee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-112862 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-112862\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\">Shoprite\u2019s first female truck driver helps hundreds more take the driver\u2019s seat:&nbsp;Nomusa Caroline Hlongwane (59), who blazed a trail as the Shoprite Group\u2019s first female driver, is now training the next generation of the Shoprite Group\u2019s highly-skilled team of truck drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Hlongwane, who initially had her eye on becoming a teacher, started her truck driving career in 1990 and joined the Group in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Her experience and passion led her to become a driver trainer, where Hlongwane has combined her love of teaching with her truck driving expertise to train more than 400 drivers to date.<\/p>\n<p>Among the new generation of female truck drivers that Hlongwane has trained is Hunadi Rasesemola (31) who turned to driving when she realised her high school subjects wouldn\u2019t allow her to become a paramedic.<\/p>\n<p>Rasesemola\u2019s father, also a truck driver, taught her how to drive and instilled an early passion for the profession. In 2019 she joined the Shoprite Group and is now one of the most respected drivers on the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trained by Mum Nomsa,\u201d says Rasesemola. \u201cI call her Mum Nomsa because she\u2019s more like a mum to me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no kind of job that is specifically meant for men or women\u201d, Rasesemola continues. \u201cSome people get surprised when they see me and take videos of me reversing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rasesemola has ambitions to follow in Hlongwane\u2019s steps and become a driver trainer with the Group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/shoprites-first-female-truck-driver-helps-hundreds-more-take-the-drivers-seat\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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