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Advocate Matodzi Makhari (Phill Magakoe/Gallo)
MANGLIN PILLAY

Engineering CEO apologises, keeps his job

The ​SAICE board has accepted Manglin Pillay’s apology for the comments he made in his column

  • Lameez Omarjee
  • Tehillah Nieselow
3 min read
Elias Sito (surveyor) busy at work while Bongani Sibiya (geologist) and Marousha Parshotam (senior engineer) discuss location and geology of a new shaft. (Geoff Brown)
ENGINEERING

Old boy club dominates engineering

Women who raise their voices against the sexism in this field do so at the risk of their careers

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
Angela Merkel celebrates being elected as the new party chairwoman of the Christian Democrats (CDU) by the party convention on April 10 2000 (Edgar Schoepa/AP)
ENGINEERING

Engineering body calls urgent meeting over CEO’s comments on women

SAICE is under pressure to act after lobby group for women in engineering, ​WomEng called on the organisation to ‘rethink their choice of CEO’

  • Tehillah Nieselow
3 min read