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Hosted by Tumi Makgabo, and musical entertainment by Lira, the 400 guests and VIPs were able to share in acknowledging Epainette Mbeki (Ma'Mbeki) for her lifelong, tireless dedication to bringing empowerment to the rural communities around her in the Eastern Cape, when she was honoured with Top Women's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The two overall winners of this year's prestigious awards, were presented as follows:

TOP GENDER EMPOWERED COMPANY OF THE YEAR KMPG TOP WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN BUSINESS Nedbank Group Ltd Professor Shirley Zinn Winners of the nine main categories are as follows: TOP GENDER EMPOWERED CORPORATE COMPANY THE MEDIA SHOP TOP GENDER EMPOWERED COMPANY: ICT IBM SOUTH AFRICA LTD TOP GENDER EMPOWERED COMPANY: SMALL & MEDIUM BUSINESS TRAVEL WITH FLAIR TOP COMPANY INVESTING IN WOMEN KMPG TOP GENDER EMPOWERED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT TOP GENDER EMPOWERED PARASTATAL ACSA TOP EXECUTIVE CORPORATE SA Professor Shirley Zinn Nedbank Group Ltd TOP ENTREPRENEUR Kate Shuttleworth MARVELLOUS MAIDS TOP WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN GOVERNMENT Helen Zille Executive Mayor: City of Cape Town

The Top Women Awards, in association with Top Women in Business & Government encourages the equitable distribution of power among leaders in business and government who have earned the right to be called captains of their industries. The awards are geared to acknowledge dedication, leadership and achievement; inspire women to transcend the ‘glass ceiling'; and encourage those companies and institutions that have instituted integration as part of their business models and corporate governance.

Commenting on this year's proceedings, Ilse Pienaar, Associate Publisher of Top Women in Business & Government, said: “The awards always deliver a great networking occasion, but this year both the Top Women in Business & Government publication and the Top Women Awards' ceremony reflect the more significant stance South Africans have developed towards transformation and gender empowerment.”

Visit our PRESS OFFICE: DYNAMIC BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TopCo Media is one of South Africa's leading business-to-business media houses, producing authoritative, informative and poignant business and investment publications as well as high profile pertinent events and conferences. Year after year we produce a range of publications crammed from cover to cover with all the insight into who's who in the South African economy. Our research department is dedicated to identifying top corporate and executive performance, and in our annual publications we showcase that performance. Our readers are able to tap straight into top performance and use the information we supply to open the doors to opportunity.- more....

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