About 30% club Southern Africa
The 30% Club Southern Africa was launched in 2014 by Business Engage Association NPC, a non-profit organisation driving gender mainstreaming in private sector.
To support the achievement of a minimum of 30% Gender Balance at all senior decision-making tables across Southern Africa, including Boards and c-Suite.
Activate
Activate senior leaders
Engage chairs and CEOs to drive change and support organisations in their diversity & inclusion endeavours, with a specific focus on gender.
Influence
Influence those with power to drive change
Influence at a national level on diversity related topics and working complementary to other national initiatives including Balance for Better Business, the State Boards Diversity Initiative.
Enable
Enabling future women leaders
Support the development of talent pipeline through mentoring, executive education scholarships and board-ready initiatives.
Corporate Gender Intelligence. The aptitude of an organisation to acknowledge the business case for gender mainstreaming and the ability to acquire and apply the necessary knowledge, skills and processes to harness such qualities, with a balance of masculine and feminine perspectives in doing business, and the ability to apply this.
Chapter progress
The JSE listed companies have been required to have a gender policy at board level. A number of years ago Deloitte published a report noting, paraphrasing, that on average it takes five years for an organisation to comply with legislation or regulation. We should therefore expect that the majority of the JSE companies would now be compliant to varying degrees and that the 30% target would be attainable in the next year or two.
2019
2020
2021
19%
20%
32%
Steering Committee
The 30% Club Southern Africa is run by a Steering Committee that is made up of senior men and women who volunteer their time and skills.
Alaine Frank
Senior HR Manager; Pfizer South Africa
Steercom Member
Buhle Hanise
Deputy President, African Women Chartered Accountants
Steercom Member
Wendy Mahoney
Managing Director; Newmella holdings
305 Club Southern Africa, KZN Chair
Refilwe Molukanelo
Transformation Manager; Webber Wentzel
Steercom Member
Rose Mamabolo
Acting CEO and Chief Financial Officer; WDB Investment Holdings
Steercom Member
Tembi Topham
Group HR Development Executive; The Spar Group
Steercom Member
Amanda Barnes
Organisational Effectiveness Consultant; Santam
Steercom Member
Shameemah Fayker
Senior Manager Employment Equity; Sanlam
Steercom Member
Dharshni Padayachee
Transformation, Inclusion and Equality lead; RMB
Steercom Member
Tasmin Coleman
HR Executive; RCL Foods
Steercom Member
Lerato Maupa
Executive Human Resources : Solution Innovation; Nedbank
Steercom Member
Vicki Bryant
Strategic Business Executive; Manpower Group South Africa
Steercom Member
Lyndy van den Barselaar
Managing Director; ManpowerGroup South Africa
Steercom Member
Jo-Ann Pohl
Group Chief Financial Officer; iOCO
Steercom Member
Lesley-Anne Gatter
Head of People and Organisation; Investec
Steercom Member
Delise van der Bijl
Africa Client Programme Leader; Deloitte
Steercom Member
Thembisile Khoza
Programme Manager: Stakeholder and Strategic Partnerships; DBSA
Steercom Member
Lamona Rajah
D&I Leader; Cummins Africa Middle East
Steercom Member
Julia Modise
Group Human Resources Director : BMW
Steercom Member
Kaylash Naidoo
Vice President HR, Diversity & Inclusion ; AngloGold Ashanti
Steercom Member
Malcolm Larsen
Company Secretary ; Business Engage
Steering Committee Chair
Colleen Larsen
Chief Executive; Business Engage
President, Southern Africa