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Women can do it all! 1 Comment
Lebo Leshabane joined iX engineers (Pty)
Ltd, a product of a partial merger between
Worley Parsons PI business and Black Jills
Engineers (Pty) Ltd consulting business, on
1 October 2016, as the chief executive
officer. And she stands by her credo:
women can do it all! 4 On policymakers’ desks
5 On project owners’ desks
6 On consultants’ desks
7 On contractors’ sites
8 Infrastructure Africa
11 World news
12 This is civil engineering
14 On site
20 Skills development
24 Insight
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32 Project alerts
34 Thought leadership
36 Business intelligence
40 Supply chain news
“Some of the challenges I have
experienced include being
considered incapable of executing my
responsibilities, first as an engineer and
then as a leader.”
34 Thought
leadership
Growing black-owned businesses
While some policies are rightfully placed to
develop small medium and micro enterprises
(SMMEs) in South Africa, long-term strategy is
required to grow black-owned businesses.
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