Women in the consulting engineering profession were honoured by CESA during Women’s Month, which is celebrated in August. Professionals from our member firms were featured in a social media campaign and video interviews were also conducted and posted on our YouTube channel CE-tv.

The women profiled on social media included:

• Stephanie Cathyia Meyer, Senior Mechanical Engineer at Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers
• Mathapelo More, Asset Transformation Specialist at Zutari
• Heidi Burger, Mechanical Engineer at Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers
• Radeshni Moodley, Section Manager, Urban Development at SMEC South Africa
• Lizmary Alfirs, a Professional Engineer within SMEC South Africa’s Bloemfontein Roads & Highways function

Videos posted featured the following women leaders in the profession:

• Naomi Naidoo, a member of the CESA board and a director at Pink Africa Consulting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22aBiMftp9s

• Refilwe Lesufi, CESA transformation and development chairperson, and Prana Consulting director: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZNdgCSUQ9Q&t=2s

• Renee Petersen, CESA Young Professionals Forum chairperson, and technologist in the roads and highways division at SMEC South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZNdgCSUQ9Q&t=2s

• Yankho Banda, Transport Engineer at AMCE and CESA YPF immediate past chairperson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWPtsP5fb08&t=60s