WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP BY SINAZO MKOKO
First Officer Refilwe Moreetsi and Captain Annabel Vundla.
“The aircraft doesn’t know SA pilots proved their mettle, your gender” Two paving a way for many others
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n Tuesday, the 25th of October, history was made in South Africa. For the first time, in 88 years, two black women operated a flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
The two trailblazers who made history are South African Airways (SAA) pilots, Captain Annabel Vundla and First Officer Refilwe Moreetsi. Public Sector Leaders spoke with the pair to find where it all began.
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Their stories couldn’t be more similar as this was a childhood dream for both of them. For Captain Vundla, it all started when she was only seven years old when she visited the airport for the first time. “When I first got to the airport, I saw