{"id":99715,"date":"2017-08-10T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/women-own-their-thrones-with-tsogo-sun-and-proudly-sa\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T18:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:53:20","slug":"women-own-their-thrones-with-tsogo-sun-and-proudly-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/women-own-their-thrones-with-tsogo-sun-and-proudly-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Women \u2018own their thrones\u2019 with Tsogo Sun and Proudly SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women \u2018own their thrones\u2019 with Tsogo Sun and Proudly SA<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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Photo: Cindy Ellis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tsogo Sun and Proudly South African partnered to host a lavish \u2018Women in Business\u2019 lunch on 8 August at Southern Sun Hyde Park, under the theme of, \u2018Own your throne\u2019, with celebrity and businesswoman Basetsana Kumalo, Executive Chairman and CEO of Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings, delivering the keynote address.<\/p>\n

Explaining the theme, Candy Tothill, Tsogo Sun\u2019s GM of Corporate Affairs, at the lunch quoted Marion Williamson: \u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?…\u201d<\/p>\n

The glamourous event featured TV presenter Leanne Manas as MC, welcome addresses by Tsogo Sun\u2019s Candy Tothill and Happy MaKhumalo Ngidi, Chief Officer of Marketing & Communications, Proudly South African, and the post-lunch keynote address by Basetsana Kumalo. Excellent entertainment was provided by The Sax Player, Rike Coetzer, and later by brilliant South African comedienne, Khanyisa Bunu, who will be opening for Trevor Noah in his tour which runs in Johannesburg for three days from 9 August.<\/p>\n

Proudly South African\u2019s Ngidi said, \u201cThis year Tsogo Sun and Proudly South African partnered to present this spectacular lunch which acknowledges how remarkable women are. We each own our throne today and celebrate together our individual and collective strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tothill noted that Tsogo Sun\u2019s celebration of women is born of the reality that the group bucks the global trend in its representation of women in its workforce \u2013 53% of Tsogo Sun\u2019s 14 500 employees are women. \u201cThis focus is also strongly reflected in the fact that 45% of Tsogo Sun\u2019s management are women, and 39% of our executives and senior leadership comprise women. Senior leadership is thus substantially higher than the national average of 29% reported in the 2017 Grant Thornton International Business Report.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through its far-reaching Citizenship portfolio, Tsogo Sun also uplifts women in empowerment programmes that include Tsogo Sun Entrepreneurs that supports 200 businesses across South Africa, 164 of which are women-owned, and the Miss Earth leadership development programme that empowers hundreds of young women to become environmental youth ambassadors and role models in our society.
Invited guests at the Tsogo Sun Women\u2019s Day event included businesswomen, entrepreneurs, media, drivers of change in corporate and community environments, and women who share Tsogo Sun\u2019s passion for building up other women.<\/p>\n

Tothill urged the guests, as beacons of hope for all young women who are starting out in their careers, \u201cto play your part in creating a strong sisterhood of support for yourselves, for each other, and for them, and continue to be shining examples of what it truly means to \u2018own your throne\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsogo Sun\u2019s portfolio includes over 100 hotels and 14 casino and entertainment destinations throughout South Africa, Africa, the Seychelles and Abu Dhabi. For further information, visit tsogosun.com, follow on Twitter and Instagram @TsogoSun or like on Facebook \/TsogoSun.<\/p>\n

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