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Congratulations to Our Delegates

The conference team would like to congratulate the 60 successful 2012 conference delegates, who were selected to attend this years' 7th annual national conference. A conference of ... more

Full Name: Miss Lesley Sibanda

Portfolio: Technical Projects Coordinator

Qualifications: BSc Chemical Engineering, UCT (2009)

Current: MPhil research student (Chemical Engineering)

I am a past delegate of SAWomEng conference and currently serving on the Conference committee as the Technical Project Coordinator. My portfolio involves coming up with a feasible project that tackles relevant engineering problems that are being faced in South Africa using a sustainable development framework.

Background Education

I grew up in Zimbabwe where I did my A’ Levels before enrolling at the University of Cape Town for my BSc degree in Chemical Engineering. I am currently registered for an MPhil degree in Chemical Engineering at UCT.

Personal mantra

"Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine; that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another." Nelson Mandela