Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) last week provided hundreds of secondary school female learners with a glimpse of the operations of the national port system and the wide range of career opportunities it offered as part of the “Take a Girl Child to Work Initiative”.
TNPA general manager, Moshe Motlohi, said TNPA had supported the initiative since inception and had seen the number of participants growing steadily over the past 15 years.
“Through various TNPA programmes aimed at promoting gender equality and women’s development, women are increasingly taking up key operational roles traditionally filled by men, such as dredge masters, tug masters and pilots, as well as senior leadership roles,” he said.
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Girls from Indwe Secondary School and Hillcrest High School learning the maritime ropes in Mossel Bay.
